Know the News: The Real Story of Plymouth

1. Which is a central idea of the article?

• A. An alliance with Ousamequin helped the Pilgrims survive and lasted 50 years.
• B. The Pilgrims left England in 1620.
• C. The Wampanoag people lived in dozens of independent but connected communities.
• D. Tisquantum’s knowledge of English was key to Ousamequin’s relations with Plymouth.

2. Which detail best supports that idea?

• A. The English captain John Smith mapped part of “New England” in 1614.
• B. English settlers took the best fishing areas.
• C. Friars helped set Tisquantum free from slavery.
• D. After half of the Pilgrims died, the Wampanoag people taught them how to live off the land.

3. Why did Ousamequin reach out to the people of Plymouth?

• A. to fight off English sea captains
• B. to form an alliance against the Narragansett
• C. to help with the Wampanoag harvest
• D. to chase the Pilgrims off

4. Which statement about the Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest meal is true?

• A. Ousamequin was discouraged from attending.
• B. The Pilgrims called it the first Thanksgiving.
• C. It strengthened the relationship between Ousamequin and the Pilgrims.
• D. The celebration lasted a week.

5. The article describes Tisquantum as “resourceful.” What is the best definition of that word?

• A. slow to understand a problem
• B. clever in dealing with problems
• C. untrustworthy
• D. extremely lucky

6. What is a main reason that the alliance between Ousamequin’s people and the people of Plymouth ended?

• A. Tens of thousands of English settlers arrived, overwhelming the region of New England.
• B. Some Wampanoag groups became Christians.
• C. The U.S. government forced the Wampanoag people to relocate.
• D. The settlers insisted on sharing the land.

7. Which event happened first?

• A. The Indian Removal Act displaced many Indigenous people.
• B. Settlers established Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• C. Ousamequin first visited Plymouth.
• D. A European captain kidnapped Tisquantum.

8. Which of the following was not a way colonization affected America’s Indigenous people?

• A. Many Indigenous people died from European diseases or in battle with the U.S. Army.
• B. At least 100,000 Indigenous people were forced to move to reservations.
• C. Indigenous languages were preserved for generations.
• D. Many Indigenous children were forced to attend boarding schools that erased their cultures.

9. Information about the first European ships that sailed the upper Atlantic coast would best fit in which section of the article?

• A. “Thriving Communities”
• B. “Tisquantum the Survivor”
• C. “Saving the Settlers”
• D. “Swarms of Settlers Arrive”

10. On the map, what is the present-day name of the island that was home to the village of Aquinnah?

• A. Cape Cod
• B. Martha’s Vineyard
• C. Massachusetts
• D. Nantucket