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SS Grade 8 Unit 1 Common Unit Assessment

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SS Grade 8 Unit 1 Common Unit Assessment
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use the passage to answer the following question. From The First Charter of Virginia, 1606 ...that each of the said Colonies shall have a Council, which shall govern and order all Matters-and Causes...[and we declare] that all and every the Persons...which shall dwell and inhabit within every or any of the said several Colonies and Plantations, and every of their children...shall HAVE and enjoy all Liberties...as if they had been abiding and born, within this our Realm of England...

A. Colonists believed that the King alone had the authority to govern them.

B. Colonists possessed the same rights and privileges as Englishmen at home.

C. Colonists came to the New World ready to form new types of governments.

D. Colonists thought there would be little use for government in the New World.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

John Smith's opinion about the reason for the "starving time" supports which statement?

Constant problems with the Indians caused the settlers to go hungry.

Government policies prevented the colonists from raising enough food.

Colonists failed to build adequate shelters or make provisions for farming.

Jamestown was built on land that lacked good soil and forests for hunting.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What role did John Rolfe play in the history of Jamestown?

He led the colonists through the "starving time."

He negotiated peace treaties with the Powhatan Indians.

He explored the James River and mapped the best trade routes.

He developed processes that made tobacco essential to its economy.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event contributed to the development of representative government in Jamestown?

establishment of the House of Burgesses

Nathaniel Bacon’s rebellion against Lord Berkeley

John Smith’s rule of “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”

arrival of women for the purpose of marriage and establishing families

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Pilgrims that founded Plymouth Colony were called “Separatists” because they

wanted to break away from English rule.

believed that God was a trinity of three holy parts.

wanted a complete break from the Church of England.

believed that Catholics should be segregated from other Christians.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Use the passage to answer the following question. The Mayflower Compact, 1620 We, whose names are underwritten...Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience. Which conclusion can be drawn from the excerpt above?

The Plymouth colonists intended to ignore the rule of the King and Parliament.

The Plymouth colonists agreed to abide by majority rule in making laws and policies.

The Plymouth colonists felt that only the most learned men could lead the government.

The Plymouth colonists believed that a government was unnecessary for order and safety.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which Indian provided assistance to the Pilgrims at the Plymouth Colony?

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Powhatan

Sequoyah

Pocahantas

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