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The Salem witch trials

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what year did the witch trials start?

a)

1309

b)

1567

c)

45AB

d)

1692 \

2.

how long did the trials last?

a)

1 year

b)

2 years

c)

3 years

d)

4 + years

3.

where did the trials take place?

a)

Ohio

b)

Salem Massachusetts

c)

Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

d)

Africa

4.

how did the trails start?

a)

A boy thought there was a witch under his bed.

b)

2 young girls were thought to be inhabited by the devil

c)

A witch put a curse on a village

5.

True or false. The Salem witch trials was the biggest witch trial in American history.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

when did the witch trails end?

a)

1234

b)

8967

c)

1234

d)

1693

7.

about how many people died?

a)

100

b)

200

c)

9000

d)

5090

8.

what would they do when the prisons filled up?

a)

kill off the people

b)

let them go

c)

build more prisons

9.

how would they know someone was a witch?

a)

if they didn't believe in what the church believed

b)

if they held a broom stick everywhere they went.

10.

True False. The witch trails were one of the most deadly-est witch trials ever?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

who did they mostly kill?

a)

Man

b)

Woman

c)

KIds

d)

Babies

e)

redheads

12.

who was tituba?

a)

a person

b)

A witch

c)

a priest

d)

a slave

13.

who was the first person to be hanged?

a)

Timmy June

b)

Bridget bishop

c)

John car-nick

14.

what kind of evidence did they use?

a)

fake evidnce

b)

spectral evidence

c)

they didn't use evidence

15.

what was the age of Abigail Williams?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

56

d)

11

16.

how was Giles Corey killed?

a)

pressed

b)

hanged

c)

burned

17.

who was the only person that apologized for her part of accusing people of witchcraft?

a)

Anna Drummer

b)

Ann Putnam

c)

Travies Makenise

18.

thanks to this website for helping me and the cits on the google docs!

a)

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/flashcards/5bbf16446a5696001b4ba6a7?q=%2Fadmin&source=preGameScreen

b)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TPr1dvjQYjhjdY3SV7FYs7oN3t7ZSSvqEgxkX7AqHVE/edit

19.

how many people were hung during the trials?

a)

12

b)

18

c)

17

d)

19

20.

what is not a plausible cause of the hysteria?

a)

bored kids

b)

Ergot poisoning

c)

political rivalry

d)

old bananas