Social Studies Unit Test 3.10 Review

Who helped locate many of Washington's buildings, like the Capitol?

• Charles Sumner

• Pierre-Charles L'Enfant

• Benjamin Franklin

Which order should you list these dates when creating a time line?
May 1942, October 1938, December 1941, June 1944

• October 1938, December 1941, May 1942, June 1944

• December 1941, May 1942, June 1944, October 1938

How did Christopher Columbus contribute to the creation of the United States?

• He was chosen as the nations' first president.

• He wrote the Constitution

• He discovered what became known as the "New World"

Who contributed to the United State by helping to write both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?

• Alexander Hamilton

• Benjamin Banneker

• Benjamin Franklin

• Pierre-Charles L'Enfant

What is a decade?

• 10 years

• One week

• 2 years

What is a century?

• 100 days

• 100 years

• 100 months

What was the biggest difficulty faced by the English in Jamestown?

• starvation

• lack of housing

• unemployment

What aspect of life in Virginia threatened the existence of the Jamestown colonists?

• numerous hurricanes

• lack of leadership

• attack from Native Americans

Why did the Pilgrims leave England and being a colony in North America?

• to make money for the Virginia Company

• to compete against the Spanish in the area

• to find the freedom to worship as they wished

• to start a trade relationship with Native Americans

Which people helped the Pilgrims survive, teaching them how to meet their needs?

• Native Americans from the area

• settlers from Virginia

• the French