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Impact of Europeans on Native Americans

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Impact of Europeans on Native Americans”, from the unit “European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?” (Year 8 History) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. What was the name of the settlement England founded in the Americas in 1585?
  2. What was produced in Jamestown which allowed English settlers to gain lots of wealth?
  3. Match the key words with their correct definitions.
  4. Write the missing word. After three wars with English settlers, the Powhatans were forced to live on ...
  5. Identify the example which best demonstrates European and Native American co-operation.
  6. Why was the colonisation so devastating to the Native Americans?
  7. What percentage of Native Americans are estimated to have died in the century after Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492?
  8. Which keyword means to change a person's beliefs?
  9. Write the missing word. The ___ Empire was indigenous to the Americas. Its largest city was Tenohctitlan.
  10. How did Europeans justify dispossessing Native Americans?
  11. How did the English settlers at Jamestown survive their first winter in the Americas?
  12. Why did European diseases kill so many Native Americans?

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