USA Studies Weekly, Week 6, grade 5

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Who is called the Father of New France?

La Salle

Cartier

Cabot

Champlain

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

In North America, a magnetic compass will point to

Italy

magnetic north

the South Pole

Santa's workshop

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The English explorer whose crew left him adrift in Hudson Bay was

Henry Huggins

Charlie Hudson

Henry Hudson

Henry Cabot

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

A late winter holiday celebrated by Cajuns is

Acadia Day

Mardi Gras

Easter

Halloween

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Robert La Salle explored the length of this body of water:

Lake Champlain

Mississippi River

New Orleans River

Hudson River

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

Jacques Cartier claimed the region that is now_________for France.

the United States

Mexico

Cuba

Canada

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

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

30 sec

1 pt

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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