WorksheetsEarly Inhabitants of Pennsylvania
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How do historians believe native tribes traveled to North America 12,000 years ago?
a)
an ice bridge
b)
by canoe
c)
by horseback
2.
When the first explorers and European settlers arrived, there were two large groups of Native Americans: the Algonquians and the Iroquois. How were these groups classified?
a)
by area
b)
by language
c)
by government
3.
True or False: Women had a great deal of power among the Native American tribes in Pennsylvania.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or False: Native Americans did not have a written language.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The Iroquois started off as five feuding tribes, so they formed a league of tribes to keep from fighting each other. What was this league called?
a)
clan
b)
Iroquois Confederacy
c)
council
6.
Someone who studies past cultures through actual objects that are found are called
a)
archaeologists
b)
paleontologists
c)
scientists
7.
Which European country claimed the region of Florida?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
8.
Which European country claimed the region of the Great Lakes?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
9.
Which European country claimed the region of Pennsylvania?
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
England
10.
By the early 1600s, the English had already started colonies where?
a)
Jamestown, Virginia
b)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
c)
All of the Above
11.
Because several of these European countries had competing interests, the scene was set for
a)
conflict
b)
cooperation
c)
negotiation
12.
Sweden established the first permanent settlement where?
a)
Delaware
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Pennsylvania
13.
Who introduced the dairy cow to the North American colonies
a)
Dutch
b)
Swedes
c)
English
14.
William Penn founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the [blank] North American colony that became the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
a)
British
b)
French
c)
Spanish
15.
Penn founded what major city in Pennsylvania?
a)
Pittsburgh
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Harrisburg
16.
Penn was one of our nation’s first conservationists; what does conservation mean?
a)
Prevention of wasteful use of a resource
b)
Fix or build something in a certain place or position
c)
Conducive to or promoting moral well-being
17.
Which of the following is a religious group that believed all people were equal, also known as the Society of Friends?
a)
absolute monarch
b)
immigrants
c)
Quakers
18.
Which of the following was the formal written document granted by the English King authorizing Penn to establish a colony?
a)
Great Law
b)
Penn’s Charter
c)
Treaty of Friendship
19.
People were viewed as equals, people could worship as they chose, and people had a say in how they were governed was known as what?
a)
Holy Experiment
b)
General Assembly
c)
Penn’s Charter
20.
Which of the following was signed between William Penn and Chief Tamanend that developed peaceful relations with the Delawares and demanded that all lands be legally purchased from them?
a)
Penn’s Charter
b)
General Assembly
c)
Treaty of Friendship
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