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100

True or False - Nobody was living in the Americas before the European settlers arrived.

False

100

Why did Spain and Portugal want to control Mexico and Centra and South American?

a. They wanted riches.

b. They wanted to worship in their own way.

c. They wanted to learn from Native Americans.

a. They wanted riches.

100

The settlers at Jamestown survived because they had help from ____.

a. Squanto

b. the Powhatan

c. the Puritans

b. the Powhatan

200

Who did Spain send to take control of land and people in Mexico and Central and South America?

a. Puritans

b. Pilgrims

c. conquistadors

c. conquistadors

200

Tobacco farmers used enslaved people who were brought by force from

a. Africa

b. England

c. Spain and Portugal

a. Africa

200

What colony was started by the Puritans?

a. Plymouth

b. Jamestown

c. Massachusetts Bay

a. Plymouth

300

John Smith was one of the leaders of 

a. Jamestown

b. Roanoke Island

c. Massachusetts Bay

a. Jamestown
300

The very first English settlement disappeared from

a. Jamestown

b. Roanoke Island

c. Massachusetts Bay

b. Roanoke Island

300

The Puritans believed everyone should have an education and everyone should 

a. learn to farm

b. have job skills

c. observe Thanksgiving

b. have job skills

400

Who was the Native American who could speak English and helped the Pilgrims?

a. Squanto

b. King James I

c. Pocahontas

a. Squanto

400

The Pilgrims meant to go to Virginia but instead settled in ____ after their ship was blown off course.

a. Roanoke Island

b. Jamestown

c. Plymouth

c. Plymouth

400

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims used to come here?

The Mayflower