North American history is fairly complex and there are gaps in our knowledge. There is debate amongst scholars about the "first contact" made in the Americas. In North America, these initial encounters almost always refer to first contact between indigenous peoples and Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries. In reality, of course, the Americas were populated by millions of people from thousands of culturally distinct communities. There were thousands of “first contacts” between these groups, as well as later European immigrants.
This quiz will test your knowledge of some of the most important periods in North American history. To do well on this quiz, you are going to have to know much about the history of the United States, Mexico, Canada, Greenland or any of the other countries located on the continent. Many of these countries have vastly different cultures, ideals, and ways of life as well. If you are a super smart person, then you should do pretty well on this quiz.
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What is the estimated Native American population before contact with European settlers in 1492?
60,000
6 million
600,000
60 million
What is the name of the Mesoamerican culture of people that flourished from the 14th to 16th centuries in Mexico?
Eloi
Inuit
Mayans
Aztecs
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Who was the 15th president?
James Buchanan
Ulysses S. Grant
Franklin Pierce
Andrew Johnson
What US state became the first to abolish slavery when it did so in the year 1780?
Vermont
New York
Maine
Pennsylvania
In what year did Canada officially become a country of its own?
1832
1794
1867
1904
This large creature came to North America from Asia across the Bering land bridge some 100,000 years ago. It went extinct at the end of the last ice age. What is its name?
Castoroide
The woolly mammoth
Mastodon
Peccary
What US president signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 that led to the forced displacement of tens of thousands of Native Americans?
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
Andrew Jackson
In what year did Canada begin using the maple leaf on its flag?
1965
1942
1928
1867
On what dates is Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebrated in Mexico?
October 30th and 31st
September 1st and 2nd
September 29th and 30th
November 1st and 2nd
In what year did Greenland become an official part of Denmark?
1953
1933
1947
1969
Which US president is thought to have given the White House its name?
George Washington
John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
In which North American country can you find the crater left by the asteroid believed to have killed off the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago?
USA
Greenland
Mexico
Canada
What Canadian territory was only recently created in 1999?
Northwest Territories
The Yukon
Alberta
Nunavut
What US president fathered 16 children?
Bill Clinton
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
George Washington
The Mexican War of Independence began in 1810 and ended with Mexico becoming its own country. What year did the war end?
1812
1817
1824
1821
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I got 3 out of 15!
Not gonna lie, you didn’t do the hottest on this quiz, but that’s OK! This was a tough quiz!