PA History Final

How do historians believe native tribes traveled to North America 12,000 years ago?

• an ice bridge
• by canoe
• by horseback

True or False: Women had a great deal of power among the Native American tribes in Pennsylvania.

• True
• False

True or False: Native Americans did have a written language.

• True
• False

When the first explorers and European settlers arrived, there were two large groups of Native Americans: the Algonquians and the Iroquois. How were these groups classified?

• by area
• by language
• by government

Someone who studies past cultures through actual objects that are found are called

• archaeologists
• paleontologists
• scientists

Which European country claimed the region of Pennsylvania?

• Spain
• France
• England

By the early 1600s, the English had already started colonies where?

• Jamestown, Virginia
• Plymouth, Massachusetts
• all of the above

Who founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony that became the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?

• Benjamin Franklin
• William Penn
• John Smith

Which of the following is a religious group that believed all people were equal, also known as the Society of Friends?

• absolute monarch
• immigrants
• Quakers

Which was the American colonies’ largest city that also became a major trade center?

• Pittsburgh
• Philadelphia
• Lancaster