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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which was the first group to inhabit to The Bahamas after the Amerindians?
The Spanish
The Loyalist
The Lord Proprietors
The Eleutheran Adventuers
- 2. Multiple Choice
Persons who worshiped in a different style from the Anglicans on the island of Bermuda were called...
Puritans
Royalist
Loyalist
Eleutheran Adventurers
- 3. Multiple Choice
Persons who did support the King and the Anglican way of worship were called...
Loyalist
Puritans
Royalist
Eleutheran Adventurers
- 4. Multiple Choice
Captain William Sayle and his followers left Bermuda to go to which country in search of religious freedom?
Barbados
United States
England
The Bahamas
- 5. Multiple Choice
The adventurers landed on the island of
Guanahani
Eleuthera
Sayle's ISland
New Providence
- 6. Multiple Choice
Eleuthera means
Freedom
Land of Mountains
Shallow Seas
Land of the Nutmeg
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Eluetheran Adventurers developed the first
Parliament
Pirate Post
Constitution
House of Assembly
- 8. Multiple Choice
According to the first constitution the islands would have which type of government?
Democracy
Monarch
Constitutional Monarchy
Republic
- 9. Multiple Choice
In which year did the Eleutheran Adventurers arrive in The Bahamas?
1718
1648
1972
1690
- 10. Open Ended
Which diffifculties did the Eleutheran adventurers face? Name four.
- 11. Fill in the Blank
After being shipwrecked, the Eleutheran Adventurers found shelter in a cave named
- 12. Multiple Choice
What problem did Columbus encounter on his first journey that resulted in a delay of his trip to the New World?
Too many ships to man
The rudder on Pinta broke
The Sail on the Nina tore
The Santa Maria bore a hole
- 13. Multiple Choice
Where did Columbus stop to repair his ship?
South Africa
Portugal
France
The Canary Islands
- 14. Open Ended
Explain two Renaisance inventions Columbus would have used on his ship. Identify the invention and explain how it would be used.
- 15. Multiple Choice
How many voyages did Columbus make to the New World?
4
3
2
1
- 16. Multiple Choice
Columbus first landed on the island of
Mayaguana
Guanahani
Inagua
Hispaniola
- 17. Open Ended
Name three other islands discovered on Columbus' first journey.
- 18. Multiple Choice
In which year were The Bahama islands granted to the Lord Proprietors?
1792
1492
1670
1648
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which Lord Proprietor died before reaching the island?
John Wentworth
Hugh Wentworth
Nicholas Trott
Charles Chillingsworth
- 20. Open Ended
Explain three contributions Nicholas Trott made to the Bahamas.
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