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- 1. Multiple Choice
How did Magellan's crew discover the need for an international date line?
Their ship's log was one day off when they returned from their voyage.
They crossed the equator
They forgot to keep a ship's log
They wanted to go out to dinner with someone
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who is called the Father of New France?
La Salle
Cartier
Cabot
Champlain
- 3. Multiple Choice
In North America, a magnetic compass will point to
Italy
magnetic north
the South Pole
Santa's workshop
- 4. Multiple Choice
The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was
Henry Huggins
Charlie Hudson
Henry Hudson
Henry Cabot
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why did France have trouble getting settlers to colonize the New World?
They thought it was too far away.
It was too expensive
It was too hot.
They thought all of it was cold and snowy like Canada.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Queen Elizabeth of England knighted Sir Francis Drake for ..
circumnavigating the globe
exploring the Philippines
being her horseman
naming the international date line
- 7. Multiple Choice
A late winter holiday celebrated by Cajuns is
Acadia Day
Mardi Gras
Easter
Halloween
- 8. Multiple Choice
Robert La Salle explored the length of this body of water:
Lake Champlain
Mississippi River
New Orleans River
Hudson River
- 9. Multiple Choice
This Italian working for England explored North America close to the time period of Christopher Columbus.
John Cabot
Samuel de Champlain
Papa Georgio
Sir Francis Drake
- 10. Multiple Choice
Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now_________for France.
the United States
Mexico
Cuba
Canada
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did Jacques Cartier's first colony at Montreal fail?
There were not enough people in the colony.
Cold weather, poor preparation, lack of food , and the native people didn't like them
They did not have fishing poles, tents, shoes, or clothes
There were only 10 people in the colony.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why did the Spanish in the New World call Drake and his men "sea dogs"?
They carried so many domesticated dogs with them on the trip.
They found a lot of dogs out at sea and brought them back with them.
He and his crew were savage, stole food, weren't afraid to hurt other and acted like pirates.
They were mean like dogs.
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