WorksheetsThe Pilgrims: European Colonization
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 15mins
What did the people who did not want to belong to the Anglican Church (or Church of England) call themselves?
Unbelievers
Indians
Ministers
Separatists
Plymouth colony was located in this modern state.
Massachusetts
Virginia
Maine
Rhode Island
The main reason the Pilgrims came to the New World
Find gold
Friendly Native Americans
Religious freedom
Good fishing
Before coming to the New World the Pilgrims fled to which country?
Spain
Netherlands
France
Germany
When the Pilgrims established the Colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts
it led to the signing of the Mayflower Compact which was what?
A peace treaty between the Natives and the colonists
A charter establishing a trade partnership between Spain and England
An early form of Self-Government
A separation of church and state
The Pilgrims established the Plymouth colony so they could
Practice their religion freely
Find gold
Start plantations using slave labor
Beat Russia in the Space Race
What was the Protestant Reformation?
an attempt to reform the Catholic practices that were considered corrupt.
a call for Christian Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Arabs.
an attempt to overthrow the Pope and replace him with a Frenchman.
The Pilgrims' first winter at Plymouth was __________.
terrible
wonderful
bearable
The Pilgrims survived their first year at Plymouth thanks to the help of the __________.
Mayflower crew
Native Americans
King of England
During the first winter in America, how did almost half of the colonists die?
From malnutrition, disease, and exposure to the harsh New England weather.
By being slaughtered by the Wampanaog Indians.
By drowning.
The set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower.
The da Vinci Code
The Constitution
The Mayflower Compact
a person who travels to a territory or community in order to make converts to his or her religion
missionary
conquistador
craftsman
minister
colonize
to send a group of people to a place and become part of the existing culture
to send a group of people to a place and take political control over it
to send a group of people to a place for the purpose of spreading Christianity
to send a group of people to a place in order to look for natural resources
to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion
conquer
coerce
convert
convince
slavery
the use of people as labor rather than animals or machinery
the treatment of people as property
the use of people as labor with inadequate pay
the use of one race of people as labor by another group of people
colony
a settlement established by Native people within the borders of a European country
a new settlement or territory established to provide security on the border of a country
a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
a settlement established and permitted to govern itself freely in another land
