Directions: In this part, you will have 5
minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on the Answer
Sheet. For questions 56 - 60, mark Y (for Yes) if the statement
agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for No) if
the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;
NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 56- 60 are based on the following
passage. It is very difficult to say just when
colonization began. The first hundred years after Christopher Columbus’s journey
of discovery in 1492 did not produce any settlement on the North America
continent but rather some Spanish trading posts further south, a great interest
in gold and adventure, and some colorful crimes in which the English had their
part. John Cabot, originally from Genoa but a citizen of Venice, was established
as a trader in Bristol, England, when he made a journey in 1497. But his ship,
the Matthew, with its crew of eighteen, did no more than see an island (
probably off the New England coast) and return home. He and his son made further
voyages across the north Atlantic which enabled the English crown to claim a
"legal" title to North America. But for a long time afterwards the Europeans’
interest in America was mainly confined to the Spanish activities further
south. The first beginning of permanent settlement in North
America was nearly a hundred years after Columbus’s first voyage. The Englishman
Sir Walter Raleigh claimed the whole of North America for England, calling it
Virginia. In 1585 he sent a small group of people who landed in Roanoke Island,
but they stayed only for a year and then went back to England with another
expedition, led by Drake, in 1587. A second group who landed in 1587 had all
disappeared when a further expedition arrived in 1590. The first
permanent settlement in North America was in 1607. English capitalists founded
two Virginia companies, a southern one based in London and a northern one based
in Bristol. It was decided to give the name New England to the northern area.
The first settlers in Virginia were little more than wage slaves to the company.
All were men and the experiment was not very successful. Many died. Those who
survived lived in miserable conditions. By 1619 the colony had only a thousand
people. Statements: Among the early settlers in North America in the 16th century were Spanish traders.