History 8 Test 2

What was the largest city in colonial America?

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Charles Town

• Boston

What was the name of the trade routes the colonies followed?

• West Indies

• Bermuda Triangle

• triangular

• quadratic

What determined an individual's social class in colonial America?

• wealth

• nationality

• birth

• nobility

What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America?

• Webster's Dictionary

• the Bible

• McGuffey reader

• New England Primer

What was the paddle-shaped board with a printed sheet that was used by children to learn to read?

• paddle book

• hornbook

• reading block

• slate

What school was founded by Benjamin Franklin?

• Cambridge

• Philadelphia Academy

• Yale

• Harvard

What was the first regularly published weekly newspaper in the colonies?

• New York Times

• Philadelphia Gazette

• New England News

• Boston News-Letter

Who is the author of Poor Richard's Almanac?

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• George Whitefield

• Jonathan Edwards

What agreement granted membership to unconverted descendants of church members?

• Descendants Covenant

• Member I Might Be

• Halfway Covenant

• Great Grandpa is a Christian So I Must Be

What denomination did John and Charles Wesley help to organize?

• Baptist

• Methodist

• Presbyterian

• Pentecostal