Abeka Grade 4 - History of Our United States -Chapter 2: The Years of Conquest (Chapter Checkup)
What was Canada first called?
"New France"
What were the English pirated called?
"sea dogs"
What great Indian tribe lived in what is now Mexico?
Aztecs
Who helped found it?
Champlain
Who searched for the Seven Cities of Cíbola?
Coronado
What Spanish soldier conquered the Aztecs?
Cortés
What queen permitted English pirates to attack Spanish ships?
Elizabeth I
What was the first successful French settlement in America?
Quebec
Who was the most famous "sea dog"?
Sir Francis Drake
What area did Coronado explore?
Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas)
Name three powerful countries with claims in the New World during the years of discovery.
Spain, France and England
What was the first permanent European settlement in America?
St. Augustine
What was Cartier searching for?
a waterway through America to Asia
Who discovered the Mississippi River?
de Soto
What was de Soto searching for?
gold
What three important things did Cartier do for France?
opened the way for a fur trade with Indians, developed a friendship between the French and the Indians, gave France a claim to the New World
What natural wonder did Coronado discover on his journey?
the Grand Canyon
What legendary place did the Indians describe to the greedy Spaniards?
the Seven Cities of Cíbola
Who was Montezuma?
the leader of the Aztecs
