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Jose Vigo
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7th grade Unit 1

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Columbus and the Discovery of the New World
The Meso-American civilizations
The arrival of Cortes
Prince Henry the Navigator & Portuguese Exploration
The Pilgrims and the Wampanoag
Roanoke and Jamestown and the Powhatan
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Multiple Choice
Columbus' journey was intended to take him to...
France
Spain
India
Mexico
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Multiple Choice
The "Old World" included all of the following, except
Africa
Europe
South America
Asia
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Multiple Choice
Christopher Columbus was sailing for the
French
Irish
Spanish
Russians
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Multiple Choice
Columbus arrived in the Caribbean and soon met people from the ____ tribe.
Algonquin
Wampanoag
Celtic
Taino
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Multiple Select
Check all that apply: The main reasons for Spanish exploration were
finding trade routes
finding gold
doing scientific research
spreading democracy
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Multiple Choice
At the time of Columbus' journey no one knew the world was round
true
false
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Multiple Choice
Columbus had his men cut off the hands of "Indians" who did not bring him enough gold.
true
false
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Multiple Choice
The Aztec were mainly found in
Peru
Guatamala
Mexico
Spain
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Multiple Choice
Tenochtitlan was located in what is now
Mexico City
Juarez
Cancun
Monterrey
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Multiple Choice
The Aztec were advanced in all of the following, except_____?
farming
astronomy
building and architecture
gun-making
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Multiple Choice
The leader of the Aztec was
Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma II
Powhatan
Columbus
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Multiple Choice
Cortes was most interested in finding ____ in Mexico.
a new religion
farm land
gold
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Multiple Choice
At first, Montezuma and his people believed that Cortes was a
king
god
soldier
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Multiple Choice
The Aztecs used captured enemy warriors for
road building
farming
human sacrifice
soldiers
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Multiple Choice
Henry the Navigator was best known for
being king of Portugal
sailing to India
starting a school for exploration
being the first European to go around Africa
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Multiple Choice
Prince Henry's school taught all of the following except
religion
mapmaking
sailing
shipbuilding
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Multiple Choice
The Portuguese "caravels" were ships best known for being
armored
small
able to sail against the wind
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Multiple Choice
This explorer became tremendously wealthy for being the first European captain to reach India.
Vasco de Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Christopher Columbus
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Multiple Choice
The Pilgrims landed in
Massachesetts
New York
Virginia
Florida
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Multiple Choice
The Thanksgiving mix of New World and Old World food is a good example of the
slave trade
the triangular trade
Columbian exchange
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Multiple Choice
One way the the Wampanoag helped the Pilgrims was by teaching them to
sail
build homes
grow corn
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Multiple Choice
Roanoke is known for being the
first successful English colony
"lost colony" that disappeared
most successful English port
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Multiple Choice
At first, Jamestown's settlers struggled to survive because they didn't grow enough crops to survive.
true
false
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Multiple Choice
Jamestown started making money after ____ began growing and selling tobacco.
John Smith
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Powhatan
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Multiple Choice
This leader took control in Jamestown, and told the English "they would work or they would not eat".
Powhatan
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
John Smith
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