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STAAR Review - Immigrant Groups

Authored by Dani Boepple

Social Studies

8th Grade

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STAAR Review - Immigrant Groups
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?

English Catholics seeking religious freedom

Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

Irish families escaping a natural disaster

Russian merchants escaping political conflict

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8.23A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following names the group best known for settling this region and states their reason for settling?

Merchants: to trade with the region's American Indians

Quakers: to establish a colony free of slavery

Explorers: to map the region's rivers

Puritans: to freely practice their religion

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8.23A

3.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Catholics immigrated to the Maryland colony in the seventeenth century primarily to - (a)  

profit from natural resources
avoid crop failures and famine
produce cash crops to pay off debts
escape persecution

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8.23A

4.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Irish immigrated to the US in the 19th century primarily to - (a)  

profit from natural resources
avoid crop failures and famine
produce cash crops to pay off debts
escape persecution

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8.23A

5.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Match the group to the correct location of 19th century immigration on the map.

a
b
Irish
Portuguese
Chinese
Swedish

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8.23A

6.

LABELLING QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

a
c
b
Puritans & Pilgrims
Catholics
Quakers

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8.23A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group helped establish the colony of Plymouth in 1620?

English Catholics seeking religious freedom

Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

Irish families escaping a natural disaster

English Puritans seeking religious freedom

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8.23A

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