SS8 Unit 4 Test Study Guide

Which statement best expresses the Europeans' attitude toward nature?

• Nature was something that people should work with, not against.

• Nature could be changed to meet people's needs and wants.

• Nature was for everyone to enjoy.

• Mammals could be hunted; birds should be left free.

Roger Williams once wrote, "Forced worship stinks in God's nostrils." This is evidence that Williams believed in?

• aristocracy

• theocracy

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

Anne Hutchinson, the mother of 14 children, was banished from Massachusetts Bay one year after Roger Williams. Why?

• Church officials had discovered that she owed money to her landlord.

• She believed God spoke to her directly, not through ministers.

• She refused to pay her taxes.

• She believed in the devil.

Why were Quakers not liked by authorities in England and in America?

• Quakers gave too much power to their clergy.

• The leaders of the Quakers conducted their services in Latin, not in English.

• It was thought that Quakers were prospering too rapidly.

• Quakers believed that people should think for themselves.

What generalization about witches and witchcraft in the 17th century is most correct?

• Only women were persecuted for witchery.

• Salem was one of the few places in the world that took witchcraft seriously.

• The belief in witches was widespread in America and Europe.

• The Puritans were the only people who ever punished people for witchcraft.

Which of the following would you likely find at a Quaker church service?

• intolerance for different religious beliefs.

• a minister

• total silence during the service

• oaths of loyalty to the country

Which colony or religion is not correctly matched with its founder?

• John Mason - New York

• Roger Williams - Rhode Island

• Thomas Hooker - Connecticut

• Ferdinando Gorges - Maine

Which word best describes the Puritans?

• talkative

• self-righteous

• lazy

• tolerant

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for several reasons. One reason was he preached that?

• all colonists should return to England

• general taxes should pay church bills

• Indians should not have their land taken

• Puritan ministers were not good men

In a colony that supports the separation of church and state, the government will not...

• put a government building next to a church

• allow a judge to perform a marriage

• permit tax money to be used to build a church

• allow ministers and priests to visit the head of the government