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The Americas before the arrival of Europeans

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “The Americas before the arrival of Europeans”, 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. Which of these continents are not physically connected to Europe?
  2. What physical barrier separates Europe from the Americas?
  3. True or false? In the fifteenth century, most Europeans believed the world was flat.
  4. Order these events chronologically from least to most recent.
  5. What is 'a group of countries all ruled over by one person or country' called?
  6. If Europeans wanted to spread Christianity to more people, what type of motive does this suggest they had for sailing abroad?
  7. Why were Viking attempts to settle in North America abandoned?
  8. Why can Native Americans be described as indigenous to the Americas?
  9. Which Native American empire ruled over more than five million people?
  10. What type of home did most Iroquois live in?
  11. What were the Three Sisters?
  12. What was happening to the Iroquois population before Europeans arrived in the Americas?

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