Chapter 8 Test

Question 1

Who are the two men who strong leadership turned the Jamestown settlement into a thriving colony?

Answer 1

Jon Smith
Sir Thomas Dale

Question 2

What was the document that was produced by a convention following the US war for independence? 

Answer 2

Constitution

Question 3

Who is the French explorer who discovered three large lakes, and became known as the father of new France?

Answer 3

Samuel D Champlain 

Question 4

Who is discovered the St. Lawrence river?

Answer 4

 Jacques Cartier

Question 5

The new laws of 1542 promised protection for Indians, as a result of whose effort to promote Indian rights?

Answer 5

Caroline de las Cases

Question 6

What three things are true of religion in North America?

Answer 6

1. No freedomes in parts of Canada
2. Puritiand had a vision for a pure church
3. People traveled to North America for religious freedom.

Question 7

What three things are true about education in the colonies?

Answer 7

1. Some parents taught their children at home
2. Only the wealthy went
3. Harvard and Yale were founded during this time. 

Question 8

Which nation colonized the majority of Latin America?

Answer 8

Spain

Question 9

What three things caused discontent in the Spanish colonies?

Answer 9

1. Teachings of French philosopher
2. Teaching of English philosophers
3. Control by their mother country.

Question 10

Viceroy

Answer 10

Ruler of a Spanish colony, who represented the king of Spain

Question 11

Creoles

Answer 11

People of pure Spanish or Portuguese, dissent born in the Americas

Question 12

Pinninsulares

Answer 12

Spanish people who were born in Spain

Question 13

Barrios

Answer 13

Neighborhoods of poor people in Latin American cities

Question 14

Haciendas

Answer 14

A large country estate in Latin America

Question 15

Mestizo

Answer 15

A person with Indian or Spanish parents

Question 16

Puritans

Answer 16

English people who settled in the Massachusetts Bay colony in order to establish a society based on biblical principles

Question 17

Caudillos

Answer 17

South American leaders who established dictatorships