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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of 'sea dog'?
A Spanish fleet of warships.
A resource that can be used to make a product.
A commander of English warships that attacked Spanish ships carrying treasure.
A governor.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of 'raw material'?
A commander of English warships that attacked Spanish ships carrying treasure.
A resource that can be used to make a product.
A Spanish fleet of warships.
Uncooked meat.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of 'armada'?
A group of canoes.
A commander of English warships that attacked Spanish ships carrying treasure.
A resource that can be used to make a product.
A Spanish fleet of warships.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The English came to North America for the
silver
fur
gold
rich fishing
- 5. Multiple Choice
Queen Elizabeth I DID NOT want her captains to attack Spanish ships.
TRUE
FALSE
- 6. Multiple Choice
What did the treasure from Spanish ships allow the English to do?
Build a bigger castle for Queen Elizabeth I.
Buy more beaver fur.
Build a strong navy, grow their colonies and strengthen their world power.
Take over Australia.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Sir Francis Drake was a horrible sea dog.
TRUE
FALSE
- 8. Multiple Choice
Sir Francis Drake was Spain’s best-known sea dog who sailed around the world and claimed
Quebec
New York
Texas
California
- 9. Multiple Choice
The English settled their colony on an island near North Carolina called
Fischer Island
Roanoke Island
Long Island
Fire Island
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did the English hope to find on Roanoke Island?
lumber and other raw materials
more beavers!
gold
Native Indians
- 11. Multiple Choice
The colonists who arrived on Roanoke Island, did not have enough food because they were unable to plant any crops.
TRUE
FALSE
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did John White get stuck in Spain for 3 years when he went back for food and supplies?
He completely forgot to go back
He got lost
England was at war with Spain
He got married and started a new life
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why did Queen Elizabeth I encourage her captains to attack Spanish ships?
To build a stronger navy
To grow the English colonies
To strengthen England's world power
All of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
What was a reason the English wanted to set up a colony on Roanoke Island?
Queen Elizabeth I had a dream they should.
For raw materials and to catch up to Spain and France's colonization.
Everywhere else was already taken.
They got too lazy to look any further.
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who found all the colonists gone upon his return from England?
Sir Frances Drake
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth I
John White
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