US History Exploration Basic Test 3

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History Exploration Basic (Elementary) Elementary School (USA History, K-5) USA USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for Elementary School US/World History (K-5), USA — Elementary School (USA History, K-5) level, USA.
For Elementary School students (K-5) studying History in the USA
Section: History Exploration Basic (Elementary) · Education: Elementary School · Part: History Exploration Basic (Elementary) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Identify "French Canada founder".

A) Champlain

B) Montezuma II

C) Atahualpa

D) John Cabot

Question 2

Name the person who first circumnavigated the globe (1519-22).

A) Cook

B) Magellan's expedition

C) Columbus

D) Drake

Question 3

Provide the definition of the encomienda system:

A) Protection of natives

B) Freedom for natives

C) Spanish forced labor of natives

D) Trade with natives

Question 4

Who first circled the globe?

A) Cook

B) Drake

C) Columbus

D) Magellan's expedition

Question 5

Who was "Last Inca emperor"?

A) Atahualpa

B) Montezuma II

C) John Cabot

D) Verrazzano

Question 6

Who was "French Canada founder"?

A) Montezuma II

B) Champlain

C) Atahualpa

D) John Cabot

Question 7

Which was the largest empire in the Americas?

A) Aztec

B) Maya

C) Inca

D) Olmec

Question 8

Which conquistador conquered the Inca?

A) Cortés

B) Orellana

C) Almagro

D) Francisco Pizarro

Question 9

Name Hudson.

A) Dutch-English explorer

B) French sailor

C) Spanish don

D) Portuguese

Question 10

Who sought fountain youth?

A) De Soto

B) Ponce de León

C) Balboa

D) Coronado

Question 11

What was the encomienda system?

A) Protection of natives

B) Freedom for natives

C) Spanish forced labor of natives

D) Trade with natives

Question 12

Who was John Cabot?

A) French sailor

B) Spanish don

C) Dutch trader

D) England's explorer

Question 13

Who was "Montezuma II"?

A) "Aztec emperor"

B) "England's explorer"

C) "Dutch-English explorer"

D) "Last Inca emperor"

Question 14

Which term means "first permanent English colony"?

A) the encomienda system

B) Jamestown (1607)

C) the Middle Passage

D) the Columbian Exchange

Question 15

Which of the following best defines the Columbian Exchange?

A) slave ships only

B) map sales

C) plants, animals, diseases swapped continents

D) money trade

Question 16

Name "Dutch-English explorer".

A) Montezuma II

B) Atahualpa

C) John Cabot

D) Hudson

Question 17

Name the person who were conquistadors.

A) Spanish conquerors

B) Dutch traders

C) French priests

D) English farmers

Question 18

Who rounded Africa to India in 1498?

A) Magellan

B) Vasco da Gama

C) Columbus

D) Cabot

Question 19

Identify "Atahualpa".

A) "England's explorer"

B) "Dutch-English explorer"

C) "Last Inca emperor"

D) Hudson

Question 20

Identify "Verrazzano".

A) "England's explorer"

B) "Dutch-English explorer"

C) "Last Inca emperor"

D) "French coast explorer"

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