New Jersey Test Practice

Where does New Jersey get its name?

• a sports shirt

• a type of horse

• an island between the UK and France

• a lake in Minnesota

What was New Jersey connected to 180 million years ago?

• Romania

• Australia

• Antarctica

• North Africa

What is the importance of Princeton?

• home an oil refinery

• our state capital

• largest population in the state

• our nation's capital for 4 month

What American-Indian tribe is native to New Jersey?

• Apache

• Lenape

• Cherokee

• Navajo

Who invented the phonograph, motion-picture camera, and the lightbulb?

• George Eastman

• Armond Hammer

• Albert Einstein

• Thomas Edison

Who were the first European settlers in New Jersey?

• Italians

• Swiss

• Dutch

• African-Americans

Where did George Washington win battles during the Revolutionary War in New Jersey?

• Trenton and Princeton

• Wildwood and Cape May

• Newark and Toms River

• Bridgeton and Camden

New Jersey's state government consists of State Senators and______________.

• House Members

• Assemblymen

• Councilmen

• Surrogates

What is the capital of a county?

• School Board

• Committee Chair

• County Seat

• President's Cabinet

What do County Commissioners control?

• Congressional districts

• townships

• East and West Jersey

• counties