New York A Documentary
Film - Disc 1 Exam
Questions and Complete
Solutions Graded A+
Denning [Date] [Course title]
, September 2nd. 1609 - Answer: When did Henry Hudson first sail into the New York harbor?
1609 - Answer: What year did Henry Hudson first sail into the New York harbor?
The Orient - Answer: What was the Northwest Passage suppose to be a shortcut for?
It's harbor - Answer: What was New York's initial natural appeal?
Over 1,500 years old - Answer: At the time New York was founded how old were London and Paris
roughly speaking?
Spring of 1624 - Answer: When did the Dutch establish the settlement known as New Amsterdam?
The Dutch West India Company - Answer: What was the Dutch company that started New Amsterdam?
French speaking Belgian Huguenots - Answer: The first settlers were not mainly Dutch but rather...?
110 - Answer: How many people (men, women and child) were sent to start New Amsterdam?
Mannahatta - Answer: Inspired by the Lenape what did the settlers call the island they settled on?
Island of many hills - Answer: Though the exact origin of the word is uncertain what is commonly
thought to be the translation of Mannahatta?
A stone and earth fort - Answer: What was at the center of New Amsterdam?
de Heere Straat - Answer: What did the settlers call the old Indian trail (later to become Broadway)
leading north from New Amsterdam? (Spelling varies; I've picked the most common)
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