Matching
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a. | Hernando De Soto | d. | Jacques Marquette | b. | John Cabot | e. | Louis Joliet | c. | “son of the
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English explorer who was looking for a shorter route to Asia.
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What de Soto claimed to be.
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Catholic Priest sent to explore the interior of North America.
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fur trapper who explored North America
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landed in La Florida.
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | export | d. | colony | b. | mercantilism | e. | commerce | c. | import |
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the idea that a country gains power by building a supply of gold and
silver
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the buying and selling of goods in large amounts over long distances
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to sell to other countries
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to buy from other countries
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a settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by the
homeland
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | George Washington | d. | limited government | b. | Thomas Jefferson | e. | popular sovereignty | c. | representative
government |
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the idea that government may use only the powers given it by the people
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People elect representatives to make laws and conduct government.
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the idea that government receives its powers from the people
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was made leader of the colonial army in 1775
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Encounters between native peoples and foreign explorers
a. | had little impact on either culture. | c. | occasionally impacted one or the
other culture. | b. | always resulted in changes to both. | d. | always destroyed one of the two
cultures. |
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Columbus fueled the fires of exploration by
a. | telling stories of great riches. | c. | telling stories about the beautiful
lands and people he had discovered. | b. | telling stories about the fountain of
youth. | d. | none of
these. |
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Conquistadors were
a. | Portuguese solders. | c. | Spanish soldiers-explorers. | b. | French
explorers. | d. | English
missionaries |
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Hernando De Soto and his men landed in “La Florida”
a. | 10 years after Columbus landed in the Americas. | c. | at the same time as Columbus was
landing in the Caribbean. | b. | about 20 years after Columbus landed in the
Americas. | d. | about 50 years
after Columbus landed in the Americas. |
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De Soto and his men entered Arkansas when they crossed the Mississippi
River
a. | in the spring of 1541. | c. | in the fall of 1552. | b. | in the summer of 1972. | d. | in 1492. |
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What happened to De Soto?
a. | he returned to Spain a hero. | c. | he died and was dropped into the
Mississippi River. | b. | he returned to Spain
disgraced. | d. | he died and was
buried in a Indian Burial Mound. |
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How did European diseases impact the Native Americans?
a. | The Indians were not impacted by the diseases. | c. | The Indians quickly developed a
natural immunity to the diseases. | b. | The Indians had already developed immunity to
the diseases. | d. | Many Indians
died because they had no natural immunity to the diseases. |
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When French explorers arrived,
a. | they treated the Native Americans like the Spanish had done
previously. | c. | they fought with the Native Americans. | b. | they established good relations with the Native
Americans. | d. | they fought with
the Spanish explorers. |
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La Salle called his new French colony
a. | La Arkansaw. | c. | La Florida. | b. | La Mississippi. | d. | La Louisiane. |
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La Salle
a. | died of disease while exploring. | c. | died fighting the
Spanish. | b. | was killed by his own men. | d. | died while fighting Indians. |
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Arkansas Post was first established by
a. | the Spanish in 1492. | c. | the Quawpaw before the Europeans arrived. | b. | the French in
1686. | d. | none of
these |
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The Arkansas Post was
a. | never moved. | b. | moved from time to time. |
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Mercantilism brought
a. | goods and services to the mother country. | c. | military resources to the mother
country. | b. | gold and silver to the mother country. | d. | wealth and power to the mother
country. |
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Farming was
a. | very successful at the Arkansas Post. | c. | not important at the Arkansas
Post. | b. | very difficult at the Arkansas Post. | d. | none of these. |
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Bernard de la Harpe was sent to
a. | find new territory. | c. | find a route to Asia. | b. | find legendary
treasures. | d. | none of
these. |
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“La petit roche” means
a. | big rock. | c. | sand stone. | b. | green rock. | d. | little rock. |
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The French and Indian War ( Seven Years War) was
a. | between the French and the Indians. | c. | between the French and the
Americans. | b. | between the French and the Spanish. | d. | between the French and the
British. |
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Arkansas became a part of America
a. | after the French and English War. | c. | after Spain defeated the
French. | b. | after the American Revolution | d. | after the Louisiana Purchase in
1803. |
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The Treaty of Paris ended
a. | the French and English War. | c. | the American
Revolution. | b. | the Twelve Years war. | d. | none of these. |
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Chief Angaska was
a. | a Chickasaw warrior. | c. | a British ally. | b. | an ally of the Spanish at Arkansas
Post. | d. | none of
these. |
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The invention of the ____ and ____ by the Arabs and Chinese made European
exploration possible.
a. | astrolabe, compass | c. | rudder, sail | b. | telescope, compass | d. | astrolabe, sail |
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Europeans studied works of ____ and ____ to learn geography of the known
world.
a. | Henry the Navigator, Columbus | c. | de Gama, Dias | b. | Ptolemy,
al-Idrisi | d. | Cabot,
Cartier |
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____ started the slave trade in the Americas.
a. | Gold | c. | Silk | b. | Spices | d. | Sugar |
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Mercantilism was the reason that Europeans first set up trading posts and
colonies in
a. | China and Japan. | c. | Asia and North America. | b. | Africa and
Asia. | d. | Africa and
India. |
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The ____ paid peasants to produce products.
a. | cottage industry | c. | mercantilism | b. | entrepreneur | d. | artisans guild |
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The first European people to build colonies in the Americas were the
a. | French. | c. | English. | b. | Spanish. | d. | Germans. |
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What group of English settlers seeking religious freedom were the first to come
to North America?
a. | English Catholics | c. | Puritans | b. | Quakers | d. | Muslims |
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The House of Burgesses set up a ____ form of government.
a. | monarchy | c. | constitutional | b. | democracy | d. | representative |
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____ led the American colonists to rebel against British rule.
a. | Trade rules | c. | A shipment of bad tea | b. | Property
laws | d. | Taxes |
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This document told the British that the colonies were separating and forming a
new nation.
a. | the Declaration of Independence | c. | the
Constitution | b. | Common Sense | d. | The Social Contract |
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