WorksheetsConvicts in Bermuda Part 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year did convicts come to Bermuda?
a)
1833
b)
1832
c)
1823
d)
1834
2.
How many convicts came to Bermuda?
a)
Over 7,000
b)
Over 8,000
c)
Over 9,000
d)
Over 6,000
3.
The prisoners were selected on the basis they were
a)
Skilled workers
b)
young and fit
c)
Larcenist
d)
Grave diggers
4.
Most British convicts were
a)
arsonist
b)
larcenist
c)
cyclist
d)
scientist
5.
Most British convicts served
a)
10 years
b)
9 years
c)
17 years
d)
7 years
6.
Canadian convicts were punished for
a)
desertion
b)
lying
c)
stealing
d)
starting fires
7.
The Irish prisoners were in Bermuda because of the
a)
pea famine
b)
pickle famine
c)
pear famine
d)
potato famine
8.
The Irish potato famine took place between
a)
1865-1876
b)
1846-1851
c)
1836-1841
d)
1866-1871
9.
Convicts did the following type of work
a)
farming
b)
quarrying
c)
whaling
d)
fishing
10.
The convicts lived on how many hulks?
a)
10 hulks
b)
7 hulks
c)
17 hulks
d)
27 hulks
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