The Plymouth Colony 4.3 Quiz

A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.

• pilgrim

• colonist

• compact

• indentured servant

An agreement.

• compact

• compartment

• counsel

• contemporary

A system of government in which people make their own laws.

• self-government

• self-improvement

• self-restraint

• self-hypnosis

The political idea that the majority of an organized group should have the power to make decisions for the whole group.

• majority rule

• all hands on deck

• monarchy

• oligarchy

Why did the Pilgrims want to go to North America?

• They wanted to build their own society, where everyone shared the same religious beliefs.

• They wanted to build their own society, where everyone could work hard for their king.

• They wanted to build their own society, where everyone could where buckles on their hats and shot turkeys.

• They wanted to build their own society, where everyone could live together in a longhouse and smoke tobacco with natives.

Why was the Mayflower Compact important?

• It gave the Pilgrims the right to govern themselves.

• It gave the Pilgrims the right to build farms anywhere they wanted.

• It gave the Pilgrims the right to through rotten vegetables at the local natives.

• It gave the Pilgrims the right to pick out who does all the work and who gets to sit on their butts.

How did Tisquantum (Squanto) help the pilgrims?

• He helped colonist trade with other tribes and taught them how to get food.

• He helped colonist build their forts.

• He helped colonist trick other natives into becoming Christians.

• He helped colonist grow sugar cane.

Why did the relationship between the Native Americans and the colonist change?

• Colonist began to settle on more Native American land.

• Colonist began to marry Native Americans.

• Colonist began to call Native Americans mean names.

• Colonist began to throw all night parties, which kept the natives up all night.

Who was William Bradford?

• He was one of Plymouth's early governors.

• He was the King of England.

• He was a Native American who liked to talk to horses.

• He was a colonist who liked to swim in the Massachusetts bay.

Where was Plymouth located?

• Virginia
• Jamestown 
• Massachusetts
• New York