Encounters and Foundations Knowledge Check

According to the Think About section, the United States is a land of __________________.

• immigrants

• dangerous animals

• busy people

• unusual weather

The very first interactions between Europeans and American Indians involved ____________.

• trading

• bloodshed

• marriage

• establishing government

The increasing arrival of the number European settlers had a ______________ impact on Native Americans.

• tremendous

• deadly

• fantastic

• prodigious

If the Native Americans did survive the diseases brought by the European settlers, they were eventually forced to ___________ their lands and homes.

• share

• sell

• vacate

• remodel

in 1528, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca landed with an expedition on the shores of

• North Carolina

• Boston

• Virginia

• Florida

The Salem Witch Trials took place during _____________.

• the summer of 1776

• the fall of 1825

• the winter of 1691-1692

• the spring of 1700

How many people were accused of witchcraft during the time of the Salem Witch Trials?

• 250

• 4

• 150

• 25

During the witch trials, how many people were officially sentenced to be crushed to death under a pile of stones?

• 19

• 1

• 25

• 100

"Puritan" is a term referring to a number of Protestant groups who sought to _____________ the Church of England.

• restore

• remove

• purify

• purchase

Puritans had trouble deciding who was saved or or who was ______________.

• damned

• in charge

• the most popular

• going to heaven