Spanish and English Settlements in North America

Question 1

This was a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry

Accepted Answer

mestizo

Question 2

Roanoke was started by?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 3

Which of the following was NOT a Puritan practice?

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Allowing people to miss church

Question 4

Encomienda refers to the forcing of what group into labor/slavery?

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Native Americans

Question 5

Where did the Pilgrims land in North America?

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Plymouth

Question 6

Florida was discovered by which Spanish explorer?

Accepted Answer

Ponce de Leon

Question 7

Who is credited with founding the desert Southwest, while in search of the 7 Golden Cities

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Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Question 8

This type of English colony was privately owned and run by a joint-stock company

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Proprietary

Question 9

After heading back to England for supplies, John White returned to Roanoke to find...

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No one to be found and no signs of life

Question 10

He was governor of New Mexico and controlled Spain's northern holdings

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de Peralta

Question 11

She was the first English child born in America

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Virginia Dare

Question 12

Who started the colony of New Hampshire?

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Capt John Mason

Question 13

Who was responsible for introducing the "cash crop", tobacco, to Jamestown?

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John Rolfe

Question 14

Which Spanish leader defeated the Aztec and founded Mexico City, New Spain?

Accepted Answer

Cortes

Question 15

What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims arrived to North America on?

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Mayflower

Question 16

This was the term for Spanish explorers who sought gold, silver, and other riches

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conquistadors

Question 17

What is a Theocracy?

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a union between church and state

Question 18

Which Native American tribe assisted the Pilgrims with their settlement?

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Wampanoag

Question 19

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

Question 20

This Spanish explorer expelled the French from Florida and founded St. Augustine

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de Aviles

Question 21

What was the first permanent European settlement in North America?

Accepted Answer

St. Augustine

Question 22

Which of the following colonies was NOT started by Puritans?

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Rhode Island

Question 23

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in what year?

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1621

Question 24

Which of the following did not occur in 1619?

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A man is burned for planning to eat his pregnant wife

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT a New England colony?

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Maryland

Question 26

Jamestown was started by?

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King James I

Question 27

Who started the colony of Maine?

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Sir Fernando Gorges

Question 28

Who led the Pilgrims once they settled in Plymouth?

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Gov William Bradford

Question 29

What term refers to male Spanish settlers?

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peninsulares

Question 30

Which of the following was NOT a major part of New England's economy?

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Agriculture

Question 31

The settlers for Roanoke were led by this man

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John White

Question 32

This type of English colony was owned and governed by settlers themselves

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Charter

Question 33

The English first tried to start a settlement in North America at this location

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Roanoke

Question 34

What was the first college in America?

Accepted Answer

Harvard

Question 35

This type of colony was owned by the King or Queen of a country.

Accepted Answer

Royal

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