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Social Studies Chapter 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A tool invented by the Arabs that sailors used to determine their location

a)

caravan

b)

compass

c)

quadrant

2.

a group of traders who travel together to trade and seel their goods

a)

caravan

b)

compass

c)

quadrant

3.

an invention that allowed sailors to know which direction they were sailing

a)

caravan

b)

compass

c)

quadrant

4.

Who explored the coast of Africa for Portugal?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Dias

d)

Las Casas

5.

Who set foot on an island in the Americas in 1492?

a)

Columbus

b)

Da Gama

c)

Dias

d)

Las Casas

6.

Who wrote about the treatment of the American Indians?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Da Gama

c)

Dias

d)

Las Casas

7.

Who made the colonists work at Jamestown in the fields?

a)

Columbus

b)

John Smith

c)

Dias

d)

John Winthrop

8.

Who governed New Netherlands?

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Da Gama

c)

John Smith

d)

Las Casas

9.

The first person to sail from Europe to India?

a)

Puritans

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Servants

d)

Vasco da Gama

10.

It was declared that Indians were humans with souls by the _____

a)

separatists

b)

servants

c)

Puritans

d)

Pope

11.

The English founded the colony _______ but many of the colonists would not work.

a)

Plymouth

b)

Jamestown

c)

Puritans

d)

5th Grade

12.

To pay for the voyage to America, many people became indentured _______

a)

servants

b)

homeowners

c)

dog owners

d)

Puritans

13.

The people who wanted to change the Church of England by removing the false teachings and practices were called_________

a)

Separatists

b)

Puritans

c)

servants

d)

pope

14.

The people who started their own churches and kept apart from the Church of England were called ______

a)

Separatists

b)

servants

c)

Puritans

d)

pope

15.

A Patuxet Indian taught Pilgrims to grow food in the _________Colony.

a)

New England

b)

Puritan

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

16.

The first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, who wanted the community to be a model of Christian love, was________.

a)

Vasco da Gama

b)

John Smith

c)

John Winthrop

d)

Pope

17.

What did Columbus persuade his men to do when they became restless?

a)

cook some food

b)

go fishing

c)

write a letter

d)

persevere

18.

Which colony set up a congregational church government?

a)

Minnnesota

b)

California

c)

Florida

d)

Massachusets Bay Colony

19.

In what way did the English cities motivate people to start colonies?

a)

Religious reasons

b)

Sell more items

c)

Get farm land

d)

Obtain a bigger house

20.

Who was the chief of several woodland tribes in the Chesapeake Bay area?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Geronimo

c)

Sitting Bill

d)

Powhatan