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Social Studies Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| About______ years ago, people from the northern part of _______ came to the area of North America that is now the state of______ | 1)30,000 2)Asia 3)Alaska |
| A narrow strip of water about 50 miles wide, called the _____ , separates Asia from North America. | 4)Bering Strait |
| But during the ______ , much of the northern part of North America was covered by ______. | 5)Ice Ages 6)glaciers |
| With so much water frozen into ice, the ocean level was low and land was exposed, forming a natural ______ between North America and Asia. | 7)land bridge |
| Asian ___and ___ crossed this bridge and spread out, forming many societies and establishing cultures throughout the continent. | 8)people 9)animals |
| Second Discovery: | Second Discovery: |
| About ____ years ago, ____ sailors, who had originally come across the ____ Ocean from ____ to Greenland, found their way down to the northeastern coast of what is now the country of ____ and an island off the coast, presently called _____. | 10)1,000 11)viking 12)Atlantic 13) Norway 14)Canada 15)Newfoundland |
| The discoverer of this part of North America was thought to be _____ , the son of the famous Eric the Red. | 16)Leif Ericson |
| Third Discovery: | Third Discovery: |
| About ___ years ago, a sailor by the name of ___, from the country of ___ thought he could get to ___ and The ___ by sailing west. | 17) 500 18)Christopher Columbus 19)Italy 20)China 21)Indies |
| He crossed the ____ Ocean with three ships, paid for by Queen ____ and King ____ of ____. | 22)Atlantic 23)Isabella 24)Ferdinand 25)Spain |
| In the year___, the first land he saw was the island of ___ in the South Atlantic Ocean. | 26)1492 27)San Salvador |
| Later he sailed further south to a larger island, known today as ___ , and then eastward to another large island which he named___, which means the Spanish Isle. | 28)Cuba 29)Hispaniola |
| Today this island holds the countries of ___ and the ___. | 30)Haiti 31)Dominican Republic |
| First Englishman to sail around the world. | Drake |
| America is named after ___ Vespucci. | Amerigo |
| Frenchman who explored the Mississippi River. | La Salle |
| Treaty line which divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. | Treaty of Tordesillas |
| Jolliet and Marquette explored the Mississippi River for this country. | France |
| Italian who sailed under the flag of Spain. | Columbus |
| ___ and de Soto both crossed into the area now known as Texas at the same time. | Coronado |
| An Italian named Giovanni Caboto who was sponsored by England and sailed under the name of ____. | John Cabot |
| An early Italian explorer after whom a New York bridge was named | Verrazano |
| Samuel de ___ explored the St. Lawrence River. | Champlain |
| A Spaniard, Juan Cabrilho, sailed along this state's coast. | California |
| Gulf explored and named by Jacques Cartier. | St. Lawrence |
| River discovered by the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. | Mississippi |
| Explorer sponsored by Holland and England. | Henry Hudson |
| This English queen challenged Spain for control of the New World. | Elizabeth |
| Section of North America named by Ponce de Leon | Florida |
| The Puritans and Pilgrims came to the New World in search of this. | Religious freedom |
| The New World's first permanent colony. | Jamestown |
| These are four of the settlements started where a river joined the ocean. | (Any four of these)... Boston, New York, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, Philadelphia |
| ",,,that he who will not work shall not eat," said _________ to the settlers of ______. | Captain John Smith, Jamestown |
| She was the first European born in America. | Virginia Dare |
| Two groups of people brought to the New World to work for free. | Slaves and indentured servants |
| This mountain range lies directly west of the thirteen original colonies | Appalachian Mountains |
| This document written in 1620 set forth the rules and regulations of the Plymouth settlement | Mayflower Compact |
| In 1632, George Calvert founded this colony as a haven for Roman Catholics | Maryland |
| The major Dutch settlement in the New World | New Amsterdam |
| This country established Fort Christina along the Delaware River | Sweden |
| These men were responsible for founding the colonies of Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland | William Penn, James Oglethorpe, Sir George Calvert, Lord John Berkeley, Thomas Hooker, and Roger Williams |
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