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A New Nation is Born

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first Americans were...

a)

Hunters from Asia

b)

Gatherers from Alaska

c)

Native Americans

d)

Hunters from South America

2.

Who re-discovered America?

a)

George Bush

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Pocahontas

d)

The British king

3.

Why did Columbus sail across the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

To find love

b)

To find a new place to live

c)

To find a shorter way to India

d)

To find a new Kingdom for the King

4.

What animals did the first Americans hunt?

a)

Reindeer and mammoths

b)

Dinosaurs and mammoths

c)

American bison and reindeer

d)

Reindeer and Water buffalo

5.

Who were the first Europeans in America?

a)

The French

b)

The British

c)

The Vikings

d)

The Norwegians

6.

Which year did Christopher Columbus re-discover America?

a)

1485

b)

1400

c)

1456

d)

1492

7.

Where did Columbus land?

a)

The Canary Islands

b)

The Caribbean

c)

The Bahamas in the Caribbean

d)

India

8.

Which native people lived in the land where Columbus arrived?

a)

Pocahontas and her tribe

b)

The Arawak people

c)

The Indians

d)

The Eagle people

9.

Where did the native people think Columbus came from?

a)

Spain

b)

Another planet

c)

Heaven

d)

England

10.

What happened to the native people?

a)

Columbus sold them as slaves in Europe

b)

They got killed

c)

Columbus brought them to Europe

d)

They married Columbus' men

11.

Where did Britain and France take land?

a)

Caribbean

b)

Mexico

c)

South America

d)

North America

12.

Why did colonists throw tea into Boston Harbor?

a)

To celebrate a new tea tax

b)

To protest against a new tea tax

c)

They didn't like tea anymore

d)

So the King would lose money

13.

Which document established the United States of America?

a)

The Declaration of Equality

b)

The Document of Independence

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The Document of Society

14.

What ideas are in the document that established the US?

a)

Hope, dreams and freedom

b)

Equality, life, liberty and happiness

c)

Equality and happiness

d)

Hope, life, happiness and equality

15.

When do Americans celebrate Independence Day?

a)

June 4th

b)

July 4th

c)

May 4th

d)

May 17th