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Eighth Grade (Grade 8) Pre-Colonial Period Questions

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Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
What was the first permanent settlement in the New World?
  1. Fort Caroline
  2. St. Augustine
  3. San Salvador
  4. Cibola
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of the following is the prevailing view about how people first reached the Americas?
  1. They crossed a land bridge from Africa.
  2. They traveled by boat from Asia.
  3. They traveled by boat from Europe.
  4. They crossed a land bridge from Asia.
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Who set out to find the Seven Cities of Gold?
  1. Coronado
  2. De Vaca
  3. De Soto
  4. Ponce De Leon
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Which city was the first founded by Europeans in North America?
  1. Jamestown
  2. Boston
  3. St. Augustine
  4. Washington
  5. New York
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Who were the first people in the Americas?
  1. Spanish
  2. French
  3. British
  4. Native Americans
  5. Portuguese
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
What monarch(s) chartered Christopher Columbus to find a new route to Asia?
  1. King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella
  2. King James IV
  3. Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. none of the above
  5. He wasn't chartered. He did it during his free time.
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
How is it theorized that Native Americans first traveled to the Americas?
  1. By Boat
  2. By Plane
  3. By Catapult.
  4. By Car
  5. By land bridge
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
A two word definition for Conquistador would be...
  1. African Warrior
  2. American Astrologist
  3. Portuguese Farmer
  4. Spanish Explorer
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Why was Spain so successful in conquering the New World?
  1. Conquistadors brought horses, guns, and canons with them
  2. Native Americans had no natural immunity to Spanish diseases like Small Pox
  3. The Native Americans who hated the Aztecs worked with the Spanish
  4. All of the above
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period

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Which is a primary source for evidence that Columbus sailed to find a new route to the Indies in 1492?
  1. a television show about the explorations of Columbus
  2. a letter from the current ambassador from Spain desribing the voyage
  3. a painting showing Columbus landing in the New World
  4. a diary entry written by a crew member aboard Columbus' ship
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was...
  1. Japan
  2. Hispaniola
  3. The Indies
  4. Asia
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Which of the following is a navigational tool for sailors?
  1. a crusade
  2. an astrolabe
  3. a caravan
  4. an earmark
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
Grade 8 Pre-Colonial Period
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