Lesson Quiz 4

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Lesson Quiz 4 Exploring the Americas DIRECTIONS:  Multiple Choice  Indicate the answer choice that best answers the question. 1. Which of the following best describes the Reformation? A.  a type of government B.  the study of scientific ideas C.  a religious movement D.  an artistic rebirth 2. What Italian explorer led expeditions for France, exploring the East Coast of America and hoping to discover a route to Asia? A.  Giovanni da Verrazano

C.  Louis Joliet

B.  Jacques Cartier

D.  Samuel de Champlain

3. Who searched for a trading passage through the Americas under the sponsorship of the Dutch? A.  Christopher Columbus

C.  John Cabot

B.  Henry Hudson

D.  Robert de La Salle

4. Which country’s colonists maintained a profitable fur trade in North America? A. Denmark

C.  France

B. England

D.  Spain

A.  New France

C.  Marquette

B. Montreal

D.  New Amsterdam

DIRECTIONS:  True/False  Indicate whether the statement is true (T) or false (F). 6. Martin Luther started the Protestant Reformation by rejecting many teachings of the Catholic Church. 7. Early Dutch and English settlers in America belonged mainly to the Roman Catholic Church. 8. Explorers searched the coast of North America looking for the Northwest Passage to Asia. 9. The relationship between the French and the Native Americans in New France was unfriendly, with little trade, and threatened the way of life of the Native Americans. 10. The French founded the city of New Orleans in 1718. 26

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5. Which French colony was founded along the St. Lawrence River, where estate owners brought in settlers in exchange for land?