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Grade 1 Colonial Period
What was the Middle Passage?
  1. The way African slaves were brought from Africa to the colonies in the New World.
  2. The easiest way to sail to England.
  3. The bridge that crossed in the middle of the river.
  4. The way slaves were sold to plantation owners.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is special about the Liberty Bell?
  1. pictures
  2. a crack
  3. different colors
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Pennsylvania is named after it's founder, William Penn.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
The United States government honored all the treaties they made with the Sioux people.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
  1. The Mayflower
  2. The Cornflower
  3. The Daisy
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Manteo and his tribe, the Croatoans, fought against the Englishmen at the Roanoke Island settlement.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is an "apprentice"?
  1. Someone who is sold as a slave.
  2. Someone who goes to live in a new land.
  3. Someone who has a large farm.
  4. Someone who learns the skills of a trade from a master artisan.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Children were always sent to school.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is one way Squanto helped the Pilgrims?
  1. He taught them how to make clothes.
  2. He showed them how to plant corn with a fish.
  3. He showed them how hook up their TVs.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Why did the Pilgrims decide to have a feast?
  1. To help eat leftover food.
  2. To show the Indians that they didn't need help.
  3. To thank God for helping them survive.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
How did the Puritans get their name?
  1. They wanted to drink clean, pure water.
  2. They wanted to make the Church of England "pure".
  3. They wanted to find pure gold.
  4. They wanted to live "pure" lives.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What was the name the Pilgrims gave their settlement?
  1. Pocahontas
  2. Pike's Peak
  3. Plymouth Plantation
  4. Pretty Plantation
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is the name of the document the Pilgrims and settlers signed before they landed their ship?
  1. Mayflower Compact
  2. Constitution
  3. Pledge of Allegiance
  4. The Lord's Prayer
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Mark all of the things the friendly Native Americans taught the Pilgrims.
  1. Plant corn with fish as fertilizer.
  2. How to make better guns.
  3. Which wild plants they could use for food or medicine.
  4. Where to find gold.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
What is an indentured servant?
  1. Someone who is a slave.
  2. Someone who will work for a number of years without getting paid before they are freed.
  3. Someone who works really hard as a servant.
  4. Someone who is in charge of servants.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
The Pilgrim's first winter in America was easy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
When the Pilgrims got to America they had to live on the boat while houses were built.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Name one reason why the French & Indian War was fought.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Mark all of the things that made Plymouth a good place to build a settlement.
  1. Nearby ocean and stream for water and fishing.
  2. Some land had already been cleared by the Native Americans for growing crops.
  3. Lots of gold located near it.
  4. Lots of trees for wood.
Grade 1 Colonial Period
Mark all of the reasons why a person may have settled in one of the colonies.
  1. To own land of their own.
  2. To have a house on a lake.
  3. To have religious freedom.
  4. To build large factories.
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