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Amplify Knowledge 5 Test

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Port: Is a town or city where ships stop to load and unload cargo called a port?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Impressment: Was the British attempt to force sailors to join their navy called impressment?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Merchant ships: Are merchant ships ones that are used to transport cargo?

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Treaty: Is a treaty an official agreement between two countries?

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Seize: When someone seizes something, are they letting it go?

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Navy: Is the part of the military that protects and fights on land called the navy?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Privateers: Is a privateer a ship (or a sailor on a ship) that was hired to attack and rob other ships during the War of 1812?

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Truce: Is a truce an agreement between sides to stop fighting?

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Surrender: When someone surrenders, does it mean they keep fighting?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Navigator: Is a navigator a person who is good at finding places?

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Represent: If someone represents someone, does it mean he acts or speaks officially for them?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Patience: If you show patience, does it mean you show you have the ability to wait without getting upset?

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Looming: When something really good is about to happen, is it looming?

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Inspired: Was Francis Scott Key inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the fight at Fort McHenry?

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Astonished: Would you be astonished by something that you see all the time?

a)

True

b)

False

16.

If someone represents someone, does it mean he acts or speaks officially for them?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

If you show patience, does it mean you show you have the ability to wait without getting upset?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

When something really good is about to happen, is it looming?

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Was Francis Scott Key inspired to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the fight at Fort McHenry?

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Would you be astonished by something that you see all the time?

a)

True

b)

False

21.

I was the president during the War of 1812.

a)
James Madison
b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

George Washington

22.

I helped save important papers and letters from the President’s House before the British came.

a)
Dolley Madison
b)

Dolly Parton

c)

Dolly Smith

23.

I wrote the national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

a)
Francis Scott Key
b)

Ludacris

c)

Cher

24.

I put together a ragtag army to win the Battle of New Orleans.

a)
Andrew Jackson
b)

Andrew Smith

c)

Dokey Madison

25.

I was built especially for the president and his family.

a)
The President's House, or White House
b)

A mansion

c)

Capital building

26.

The British cannonballs bounced off my sides.

a)
USS Constitution
b)

Francis Scott Key

c)

Dokey Madison

27.

I was called “Old Ironsides” because I was hard to sink.

a)
USS Constitution
b)

Titanic

c)

Submarines

28.

I saw an enormous flag flying and knew that Baltimore had been saved.

a)
Francis Scott Key
b)

Paul Revere

c)

Joan Smith

29.

I was the first person to be called the First Lady of the United States.

a)
Dolley Madison
b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Francis Key