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English & Others,52,4 \Who was the ship captain who sailed twice each for the \Dutch and the British?\ Henry Hudson John Cabot Dan Duluth Adriaen Block \What was Henry Hudson searching for in his voyages?\ a passage to the markets in the Far East gold and Silver mines in Mexico fur trade in the Pacific Northwest pirate treasure in the West Indies \Why did the Dutch initially come to American?\ to trade with the Indians to mine the silver to get slaves to develop a dairy industry \It is possible that the ... prevented the French from \expanding south into New York State.\ Dutch and Iroquois friendship pact selling of whiskey to the Indians treaty with the Hurons and Algonquins Maine settlers \Which country did all Dutchmen hate?\ Spain France England Sweden \Who was the first Director General of New Amsterdam and \later a director of the New Sweden Company?\ Peter Minuit Henry Hudson Peter Stuyvesant Adriaen Block \The wealth of the New World British colonies increased \largely due to ....\ agriculture and fishery gold and other metals furs and leather products industrial goods \What body of land was John Cabot looking for when he \sailed west in 1497?\ Asia Virginia Maine Newfoundland \For nearly 100 years after John Cabot's voyages England's \energies turned to developing a/an ....\ commercial empire which did not include the New World fur trading & finshing monopoly in Canada isolationist and inward looking economy aggressive settlement of Virginia and New England \Who was the British ruler who supported exploration \and the sea rovers who attacked Spanish ships?\ Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary King Henry VIII King Charles III \Why did Drake sail to the West coast?\ to steal Spanish treasure to trade with the Indians for sea otter skins to join the California gold strike to find a river route through the continent \After whose 1576-78 voyages were there rumors of gold? \He also reported that he had found the NW Passage.\ Martin Frobisher John Hawkins Humphrey Gilbert John Davis \.... and .... were sent out by Raleigh to make a \reconnaissance of the East coast.\ Amandas ... Barlowe Davis ... Gilbert Frobisher ... Hawkins Weymouth ... Smith \What 16th century event in Europe made the New World \safer for the British?\ the defeat of the Spanish Armada a friendship treaty with the French in Canada a trade pact with the Hurons and Dutch the end of the Napoleonic wars \Which explorer investigated the US coast on the ship \Matthew 1497, took 35 days; & in 1498 with 5 ships.\ John Cabot Columbus Francis Drake John Smith \Name the explorer who achieved the first recorded land- \fall in North America in 1497 (since the Vikings?)\ John Cabot Henry Hudson Verrazano John Davis \Who explored Newfoundland (Labrador?) and Cape Breton \Island to possibly the Delaware?\ John Cabot Martin Frobisher John Davis Henry Hudson \Who was convinced that his 1497-98 discoveries were \part of Asia?\ John Cabot Henry Hudson Francis Drake John Hawkins \Which explorer was born c1450, died c1498 and was active \in U.S. exploration during a period 1497-98?\ John Cabot Henry Hudson John Smith Martin Frobisher \Which sea captain landed in California 1579 and established \an English claim to the West Coast?\ Francis Drake John Cabot Henry Hudson John Davis \Name the adventurer who carried Virginia settlers back to \England in 1585.\ Francis Drake John Smith Humphrey Gilbert Philip Amandas \Who was the first Englishman to circle the globe?\ Drake Cabot Hudson Raleigh \Who plundered Spanish settlements & ships on the Atlantic & \Pacific coasts?\ Francis Drake Henry Hudson Arthur Barlowe George Weymouth \Which explorer helped found Jamestown in 1607?\ John Smith Martin Frobisher Humphrey Gilbert John Davis \Name the explorer who explored the New England Coast, \named New England & publish a map used by Pilgrims 1614.\ John Smith Walter Raleigh Arthur Barlowe Richard Grenville \Who emphasized settlements over search for gold and forced \settlers to "work or not eat"?\ John Smith Samuel Argall De la Warr Capt Newport \Who advised the Pilgrims & Puritans in England about conditions \in New England?\ John Smith John Rolfe De la Warr Martin Pring \Which explorer was born c1580, died 1631 and was active \in US exploration during a period 1607-14?\ John Smith James Cabot Thomas Hanham James Towne \With which of the following statements was John Smith \most closely associated?\ Almost single handed saved the Jamestown settlement Introduced tobacco to save the town Insisted that the settlers search for gold Insisted that the settlers depend on the Indians for food \Which explorer sailed the Hopewell for the Muscovy Company \in search for the Northeast Passage to the Orient in 1607 \and 1608?\ Henry Hudson John Cabot Sebastian Cabot John Smith \Name the explorer who sailed the Dutch Half Moon west to \Virginia and north, up the Hudson River to Albany 1609?\ Henry Hudson Lord Albany The Duke of York James Gilbert \Whose men mutinied in 1610; he & others set adrift to die?\ Henry Hudson Sebastian Cabot Francis Drake John Hawkins \Which explorer was part of the Royal Navy and performed \a survey of the coast of Newfoundland & Labrador 1763-67?\ Cook Hudson Drake Vancouver \Name the one who explored New Zealand & East Australia \during 1768-71?\ James Cook Vancouver Vitis Bering Alexander Mackenzie \Who explored the Northwest American coast from California to \Alaska in search of a river passage east 1772-75?\ James Cook David Thompson Donald McKenzie Henry Hudson \Who discovered Russian Alaskan sea otter trading activity?\ James Cook Donald McKenzie Alexander Mackenzie Peter Ogden \Name the explorer 1st to cross North America to the Pacific \and establish the breadth of continent 1793\ Alexander Mackenzie David Thompson Donald McKenzie Peter Ogden \Which explorer was born c1764, died 1820 and was active \in US exploration during a period 1789-93?\ Alexander Mackenzie Donald McKenzie Peter Ogden John Rolfe \Name the explorer who joined Astor in 1810 and went with Hunt to \establish Astoria?\ Donald McKenzie Alexander Mackenzie James Cook John Davis \Who rejoined the Northwest Fur Co & returned to Fort George \in 1816?\ Donald McKenzie Robert Gray William Clark Jedediah Smith \Who was the first to traverse Hell's Canyon 1819?\ Donald McKenzie Meriweather Lewis Peter Ogden John Astor \Which explorer was born 1783, died 1851 and was active \in US exploration during a period 1812-1821?\ Donald McKenzie Jacob Astor David Thompson John Colter \Which explorer was apprenticed to Hudson's Bay Co at 14 and \joined the North West Co 1797?\ David Thompson Jacob Astor Jedediah Smith Peter Ogden \Name the explorer who explored the headwaters of the \Missouri & Mississippi rivers 1797-98?\ David Thompson Peter Ogden James Cook George Columbia \Who was the explorer who was the first to explore the \Columbia River from its source to its mouth?\ David Thompson William Clark Donald McKenzie John Colter \Who built Kootenae House, the 1st trading post on the \Columbia River 1807?\ David Thompson Donald McKenzie Alexander Mackenzie James Cook \Which explorer was born 1770, died 1857 and was active \in US exploration during a period 1807-12?\ Thompson Vancouver Hudson Bering \The Great Salt Lake was possibly first seen by a party \led by ....\ Peter Skene Ogden Jedediah Smith John Willamette David Thompson \By 1830 .... may have know more about the West than any other \man except Jedediah Smith.\ Ogden Jackson Hudson Mackenzie \What attracted the English explorers to the Northwest?\ the fur trade farming and ranchin to defend the area from the Spanish timber and lumber products \What impact did the discovery of sea otter trade have \on American exploration? It led to ....\ increased efforts to reach the NW overland of a commercial trade agreement with Russia a triangular trade with China the purchase of Alaska from Spain \What was Mackenzie trying to accomplish?\ a river route to the west coast gold mines for the company a warm water port in Hudsons Bay to find farming land to supply his trappers