Matching
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a. | Hernando De Soto | d. | Jacques Marquette | b. | John Cabot | e. | Loiuis Joliet | c. | “son of the
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English explorer who was looking for a shorter route to Asia.
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What de Soto claimed to be.
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Catholic Priest sent to explor the interior of North America.
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fur trapper who explored North America
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landed in La Florida.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Encounters between native peoples and foreign explorers
a. | had little impact on either culture. | c. | occasionally impacted one or the
other culture. | b. | always resulted in changes to both. | d. | always destroyed one of the two
cultures. |
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Columbus fueled the fires of exploration by
a. | telling stories of great riches. | c. | telling stories about the beautiful
lands and people he had discovered. | b. | telling stories about the fountain of
youth. | d. | none of
these. |
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Conquistadors were
a. | Portugese solders. | c. | Spanish soldiers-explorers. | b. | French
explorers. | d. | English
missionaries |
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Hernando De Soto and his men landed in “La Florida”
a. | 10 years after Columbus landed in the Americas. | c. | at the same time as Columbus was
landing in the Caribbean. | b. | about 20 years after Columbus landed in the
Americas. | d. | about 50 years
after Columbus landed in the Americas. |
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De Soto and his men entered Arkansas when they crossed the Mississippi
River
a. | in the spring of 1541. | c. | in the fall of 1552. | b. | in the summer of 1972. | d. | in 1492. |
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What happened to De Soto?
a. | he returned to Spain a hero. | c. | he died and was dropped into the
Mississippi River. | b. | he returned to Spain
disgraced. | d. | he died and was
buried in a Indian Burial Mound. |
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How did European diseases impact the Native Americans?
a. | The Indians were not impacted by the diseases. | c. | The Indians quickly developed a
natural immunity to the diseases. | b. | The Indians had already developed immunity to
the diseases. | d. | Many Indians
died because they had no natural immunity to the diseases. |
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When French explorers arrived,
a. | they treated the Native Americans like the Spanish had done
previously. | c. | they fought with the Native Americans. | b. | they established good relations with the Native
Americans. | d. | they fought with
the Spanish explorers. |
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La Salle called his new French colony
a. | La Arkansaw. | c. | La Florida. | b. | La Mississippi. | d. | La Louisiane. |
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La Salle
a. | died of disease while exploring. | c. | died fighting the
Spanish. | b. | was killed by his own men. | d. | died while fighting Indians. |
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