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What is a person called who travels for religious reasons?
a) pilgrim
b) traveller
c) colonist
d) Separatist
In which region is Massachusetts located?
a) Southern
b) New England
c) Middle
d) Coastal
Why were the Pilgrims called Separatists?
a) They wanted to separate from all the other colonists.
b) They wanted to separate from the South.
c) They wanted to separate from the Church of England.
d) They were never called Separatists.
Which country did the Pilgrims move to before sailing to America?
a) Italy
b) Netherlands
c) They never went directly from England to America.
d) Spain.
What was the name of the Pilgims' ship?
a) Santa Maria
b) Discovery
c) Half Moon
d) Mayflower
Where did the Pilgrims plan to locate before ending up in Massachusetts?
a) Virginia
b) Rhode Island
c) North Carolina
d) Florida
What was the year the Pilgrims landed in America?
a) 1492
b) 1730
c) 1606
d) 1620
What was the paper called that the Pilgrims signed before leaving the ship?
a) Pilgrim contract
b) Rules of Contract
c) Mayflower Compact
d) Mayflower Document
What was the name of the Native American that helped the Pilgrims to survive in the new land?
a) Squanto
b) Sitting Bull
c) Roger Williams
d) Massasoit
Who was the first governor of Plymouth?
a) John Smith
b) Roger Williams
c) William Bradford
d) John Winthrop
What was the name of the settlement begun by the Puritans?
a) Massachusetts Bay Colony
b) Plymouth Rock
c) Charleston
d) Williamsburg
What was the name of the Puritan leader who wanted them to be an example to the world?
a) John Smith
b) William Bradford
c) Squanto
d) John Winthrop
What were two big industries in the New England region?
a) selling crops grown on farms
b) selling seashells
c) growing tobacco
d) fishing and shipbuilding
What was a hornbook?
a) a type of book used in colonial schools
b) a tool used in shipbuilding
c) a book about the history of trumpets
d) a book of Pilgrim rules signed by the colonists
What was the Great Migration?
a) a movement of animals from the forest
b) a movement of Native Americans from their homelands
c) a movement of many colonists into Massachusetts in just 30 years
d) the movement of butterflies to Mexico
Which of the choices are activities the Puritans enjoyed on Sunday?
a) have friends over for lunch
b) Play games and go on picnics
c) go to the meetinghouse and worship
d) finish up work from the week
What conditions made farming hard in the New England Region?
a) sandy soil and lack of rain
b) long hot summers and clay soil
c) rocky soil and long cold winters
d) monsoon rains
Which colony had Roger Williams as a leader?
a) Connecticut
b) Vermont
c) Massachusetts
d) Rhode Island
Which of the following beliefs did Roger Williams NOT have?
a) that the Church of England was the right church for his followers and they should stay in it
b) that Puritans were not strict enough
c) that the colonists should pay the Native Americans for land
d) that people should not be forced to pay taxes to support Puritan churches
What was the New England Primer?
a) a pretty paint color on colonial homes
b) the only text book in colonial schools
c) the name of a sailing ship
d) the name of a settlement in Rhode Island
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