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6th Grade Colonial Heritage

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This means "before Christ"

a)

A.D.

b)

B.C.

c)

B.D.

d)

A.C.

2.

This means "anno Domini" or "in the year of our Lord"

a)

A.B.

b)

A.C.

c)

A.D.

d)

A.L.

3.

a graph used to show events in their correct order

a)

time line

b)

old-field school

c)

hornbook

d)

log cabins

4.

Spain's powerful fleet defeated by the English in 1588

a)

Ark and Dove

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Spanish Armada

5.

Separatists and others who came to America on the Mayflower

a)

Spanish

b)

royal colony

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Columbus

6.

first written agreement for self-government in America

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Great Awakening

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Ark and Dove

7.

paddle-shaped board that had a piece of paper with the alphabet and Lord's Prayer, covered with a thin sheet of horn

a)

Ark and Dove

b)

paddle board

c)

lob cabins

d)

hornbook

8.

first built by Swedish settlers in Delaware

a)

brick houses

b)

cemented houses

c)

log cabins

d)

stucco houses

9.

colony owned by the king of England

a)

rich colony

b)

royal colony

c)

right colony

d)

red colony

10.

colonial Virginia's elected body of representatives

a)

Speaker of the House

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Senate

d)

House of Burge

11.

two small ships that brought the Catholic settlers to Maryland

a)

Ark and Eagle

b)

Ark and Flamingo

c)

Ark and Jaybird

d)

Ark and Dove

12.

a type of school common in the Southern colonies; often held in a shabby building in an old field

a)

old-field house

b)

old-field school

c)

old red school house

d)

old school house

13.

spiritual revival from about 1730-1760

a)

Great Arise

b)

Great Break of Dawn

c)

Great Night

d)

Great Awakening

14.

first European to reach what is now the U.S. mainland

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

Ponce de Juan

c)

John Cabot

d)

Henry Hudson

15.

claimed part of North America for England in 1497

a)

John Cabaret

b)

John Eliot

c)

John Cabot

d)

John Edwards

16.

claimed the area of New York for the Dutch

a)

Henry Hudson

b)

John Cabot

c)

Ponce de Leon

d)

Samuel de Champlain

17.

claimed the area of New York for the French

a)

Ponce de Leon

b)

John Cabot

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

Henry Hudson

18.

John White governed which colony?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Roanoke

c)

New Netherland

d)

Jamestown

19.

Lord De La Warr governed which colony?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New Netherland

d)

Jamestown

20.

Who was the first governor of Plymouth?

a)

John White

b)

William Bradford

c)

John Carver

d)

Peter Stuyvesant

21.

Who governed Massachusetts?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Lord De La Warr

c)

John Winthrop

d)

John Carver

22.

Who was the second governor of Plymouth?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

William Penn

c)

William Bradford

d)

Roger Williams

23.

Peter Stuyvesant governed which colony?

a)

New Netherland

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

d)

Jamestown

24.

Sir Walter Raleigh founded which colony?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Maryland

c)

Connecticut

d)

Roanoke

25.

Rhode Island was founded by whom?

a)

George Calvert

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

John Mason

26.

John Mason founded which colony?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Georgia

27.

Connecticut was founded by whom?

a)

William Penn

b)

Thomas Hooker

c)

Sir Walter Raleigh

d)

George Calvert

28.

William Penn founded which colony?

a)

Philadelphia

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Maryland

29.

Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley founded which colony?

a)

New Netherland

b)

Maryland

c)

New Hampshire

d)

New Jersey

30.

Maryland was founded by whom?

a)

Thomas Hooker

b)

George Calvert

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Roger Williams

31.

Georgia was founded by whom?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

John Mason

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

Roger Williams

32.

"Virgin Queen" of England; Virginia named after her

a)

Queen Virginia

b)

Queen Kate

c)

Queen Elizabeth

d)

Queen Melania

33.

king of England; James River and Jamestown were name after him

a)

King James I

b)

King James II

c)

King James IV

d)

King James III

34.

king of England who granted a charter to the Massachusetts Bay Company

a)

King Charles II

b)

King Charles IV

c)

King Charles I

d)

King Charles III

35.

first English child to be born in America

a)

Queen Elizabeth

b)

Virginia Darell

c)

Queen Elizabeth II

d)

Virginia Dare

36.

took control of Jamestown; wisely made a new rule stating, " He that will not work shall not eat."

a)

Captain John Wheatley

b)

Captain John Smith

c)

Captain John Rolfe

d)

Captain John Cabot

37.

military leader of Plymouth

a)

Captain Miles Standoff

b)

Captain Miles Standish

c)

Captain Miles Stanford

d)

Captain Miles Standard

38.

first Indian to welcome the Pilgrims

a)

Sommerset

b)

Samotet

c)

Samofret

d)

Samoset

39.

Indian who lived with the Pilgrims and taught them how to hunt and plant corn

a)

Squanto

b)

Squinto

c)

Squire

d)

Squash

40.

leader of the Wampanoags; made a treaty with the Pilgrims and shared the first Thanksgiving

a)

Chief Mazzanti

b)

Chief Massasoit

c)

Chief Mass

d)

Chief Meza

41.

married Pocahontas; introduced tobacco from the West Indies to the colonies

a)

John Rolf

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Smith

d)

John Rolof

42.

first black woman writer in America to publish a book

a)

Phillis Wheaties

b)

Phillis Wheat

c)

Phillis White

d)

Phillis Wheatley

43.

wanted to separate from the Church of England

a)

Puritans

b)

Quakers

c)

Moravians

d)

Separatists

44.

Pilgrim minister at Plymouth

a)

David Brainerd

b)

Elder Brewster

c)

Count von Zinzendorf

d)

John Eliot

45.

wanted to purify the Church of England

a)

Purifiers

b)

Puritans

c)

Separatists

d)

Moravians

46.

Puritan minister from Massachusetts who ministered to the Indians

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

John Cabot

d)

John Eliot

47.

Society of Friends; believed all people were equal

a)

Quakers

b)

Separatists

c)

Moravians

d)

Puritans

48.

leader of the Moravians, who founded a settlement in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

a)

Elder Brewster

b)

Count von Zinzendorf

c)

David Brainerd

d)

Johnathan Edwards

49.

Germans who followed the teachings of John Huss

a)

Quakers

b)

Separatists

c)

Moravians

d)

Puritans

50.

one of the first leaders of the Great Awakening

a)

David Brainerd

b)

Johnathan Edwards

c)

Elder Brewster

d)

George Whitefield

51.

great preacher from England; evangelist to America who preached from Georgia to New England

a)

George Whitfield

b)

George Whitefield

c)

Johnathan Edwards

d)

Elder Brewster

52.

as a result of the Great Awakening, became one of the first missionaries to the Indians

a)

David Brainerd

b)

Jonathan Edwards

c)

Elder Brewster

d)

John Eliot

53.

first permanent European settlement in the New World, planted by Spain

a)

Savannah

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Charleston

d)

Roanoke

54.

"The Lost Colony" founded by Sir Walter Raleigh

a)

Jamestown

b)

Roanoke

c)

Plymouth

d)

New Netherland

55.

first permanent English settlement in the New World

a)

Jamestown

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Philadelphia

d)

Williamsburg

56.

the Pilgrims' settlement

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

Jamestown

c)

Roanoke

d)

Plymouth

57.

colony established by the Puritans; were allowed to take charter with them to establish their own government

a)

Hartford

b)

Charleston

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Savannah

58.

first major settlement in Connecticut

a)

Philadelphia

b)

Hartford

c)

Charleston

d)

Savannah

59.

First place Separatist moved to

a)

Poland

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Plymouth

d)

Holland

60.

Dutch colony that today is New York

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

New Netherland

c)

Roanoke

d)

Savannah

61.

Dutch settlement that today is New York City

a)

New Amsterdam

b)

St. Mary's City

c)

New Netherland

d)

Charleston

62.

city founded by William Penn

a)

Harford

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Charleston

d)

St. Mary's City

63.

city in Delaware founded by the Swedes

a)

Fort Christina

b)

Charleston

c)

Roanoke

d)

Williamsburg

64.

city that became the capital of Virginia in 1699

a)

Williamstown

b)

Charleston

c)

Jamestown

d)

Williamsburg

65.

first settlement in Maryland

a)

St. Mary's City

b)

Charleston

c)

Savannah

d)

Plymouth

66.

South Carolina's first permanent settlement

a)

Williamsburg

b)

Hartford

c)

Charleston

d)

Roanoke

67.

Georgia's first settlement

a)

Atlanta

b)

Paris

c)

Roanoke

d)

Savannah

68.

Who were the group of English merchants who obtained a charter from King James I to establish a colony?

a)

Ole' Deluder Satan Act

b)

Massachusetts Bay Company

c)

London Company

d)

Separatists

69.

Choose all three ships that brought settlers to Jamestown

a)

Discovery

b)

Susan Constant

c)

Half Moon

d)

Godspeed

70.

Which act established the first public school system directing by directing every town hat had at least 50 households to hire a teacher for their children?

a)

London Company

b)

Ole' Deluder Satan Act

c)

Half Moon

d)

Harvard College

71.

What reading textbook was used by millions of American children for over 150 years?

a)

old-field school

b)

Abeka

c)

London Company

d)

New England Primer

72.

What was the name of the first college founded in the colonies (1636) by the Puritans to train ministers?

a)

Harvard College

b)

Princeton

c)

Stanford

d)

UCLA

73.

What was the first written constitution in America?

a)

Fundamental Order of Philadelphia

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Fundamental Orders of Kentucky

d)

Fundamental Orders of Concord

74.

What is the name of henry Hudson's ship?

a)

Crescent

b)

Half Moon

c)

Full Moon

d)

Mayflower

75.

What year did Columbus discover the New World?

a)

1620

b)

1630

c)

1492

d)

1592

76.

What year did English settlers discover Jamestown?

a)

1608

b)

1620

c)

1601

d)

1607

77.

What year did the Pilgrims discover Plymouth, Massachusetts?

a)

1620

b)

1720

c)

1820

d)

1520

78.

What year did the Puritans find Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

1530

b)

1630

c)

1620

d)

1730

79.

When was the Ole' Deluder Satan Act passed?

a)

1747

b)

1850

c)

1647

d)

1650

80.

What years were the Great Awakening?

a)

1630-1660

b)

1530-1560

c)

1830-1860

d)

1730-1760