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Plymouth Colony

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Plymouth Colony also known as?

a)

New Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Hampshire

d)

Virginia

2.

In what years did Plymouth colony exist?

a)

1620-1691

b)

1607-1620

c)

1676-1776

d)

1620-1640

3.

What were the original settlers known as for going against the King of England?

a)

devils

b)

separatists

c)

exiled

d)

baptists

4.

Who did the Pilgrims obtain a land patent from?

a)

Boston Land Company

b)

London Land Company

c)

German Land Company

d)

Canadian Land Company

5.

What two ships did they originally leave on?

a)

Mayflower & Speedwell

b)

Mayflower & Santa Maria

c)

Pinta & USS Ocoee

d)

Titanic & Nina

6.

What two ships did the Pilgrims originally leave England on?

a)

Mayflower & Speedwell

b)

Mayflower & Santa Maria

c)

Pinta & USS Ocoee

d)

Titanic & Nina

7.

How many passengers did the Mayflower have when it finally left in September 1620?

a)

10

b)

30

c)

90

d)

102

8.

How long would a voyage take from Europe to America in the early 1600s?

a)

1 week

b)

2 months

c)

3 days

d)

2 years

9.

Who was the first child born to a Pilgrim in the New World?

a)

Peregrine White

b)

Elizabeth White

c)

Maria Smith

d)

Ann Hutchinson

10.

Whose map were they using as a guide to find New Plymouth?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolfe

c)

Frank Hudson

d)

Sir Walter Raleigh

11.

Where was the broken-off piece of Plymouth rock placed?

a)

center of town

b)

local zoo

c)

town court building

d)

museum

12.

How many Pilgrims died during that first winter?

a)

None

b)

12

c)

45

d)

105

13.

Who was elected governor to replace Governor Martin?

a)

John Carver

b)

John Smith

c)

William Brewster

d)

James Braddock

14.

Who was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe?

a)

Massasoit

b)

Powhatan

c)

Samoset

d)

Pocahontas

15.

In what year was the first Thanksgiving that is celebrated?

a)

1621

b)

1620

c)

1607

d)

1691

16.

Which one was NOT a food item that was served at the first Thanksgiving?

a)

Pizza

b)

Turkey

c)

Fish

d)

Deer

17.

Which was NOT a part of the Pilgrims economy?

a)

growing rice

b)

fur trade

c)

fishing

d)

making furniture

18.

How many settlers were there in Plymouth in 1691?

a)

1,000

b)

7,000

c)

2 million

d)

18,000

19.

Which was NOT a major war that Plymouth Colony was involved in?

a)

Squanto War

b)

Pequot War

c)

King Philip's War

20.

When did the Plymouth colony end and become part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

Oct 17, 1691

b)

Sept 30, 1645

c)

July 4, 1701

d)

March 2, 1683

21.

Which word means to be mistreated because of your religious beliefs?

a)

persecution

b)

provisions

c)

harbor

d)

agriculture

22.

Which word means the providing or supplying of something especially food or other necessities?

a)

persecution

b)

provisions

c)

harbor

d)

agriculture

23.

The Mayflower had a problem and was forced to return back to England.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The Pilgrims used a Jason Myers map to locate Plymouth.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

5 Pilgrims died during the first winter in Plymouth.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Plymouth colony ended up becoming part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691.

a)

True

b)

False