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US History Colonial Basic Test 6

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History Colonial Basic (Elementary) Elementary School (USA History, K-5) USA USA History Standards & AP
What is this test? for Elementary School US/World History (K-5), USA — Elementary School (USA History, K-5) level, USA.
For Elementary School students (K-5) studying History in the USA
Section: History Colonial Basic (Elementary) · Education: Elementary School · Part: History Colonial Basic (Elementary) · Country: USA

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1
Which person helped Pilgrims?
A) Squanto
B) Powhatan
C) Pocahontas
D) Massasoit
Question 2
Which crop made Jamestown economically successful?
A) Rice
B) Tobacco
C) Corn
D) Cotton
Question 3
What document did the Pilgrims sign in 1620?
A) Constitution
B) Bill of Rights
C) Mayflower Compact
D) Declaration of Independence
Question 4
Which term means "Goods slaves rum loop"?
A) the first representative assembly in America
B) the main economy of New England colonies
C) the Triangular Trade
D) triangular trade
Question 5
What was Mayflower Compact?
A) Self-rule pact
B) Royal charter
C) Trade deal
D) Peace treaty
Question 6
What best defines the Triangular Trade?
A) Trade with Asia only
B) Trade between Europe, Africa, and Americas
C) Trade within England
D) Trade between colonies
Question 7
What best defines the Middle Passage?
A) Pleasure cruise
B) Fur route
C) Slave ocean crossing
D) Gold run
Question 8
Who saved Jamestown?
A) Rolfe
B) Gates
C) Dale
D) John Smith
Question 9
Which of the following best defines City on Hill?
A) Model colony sermon
B) Fort plan
C) Trade motto
D) War cry
Question 10
Which person were indentured servants?
A) Enslaved Africans
B) Workers who traded labor for passage
C) Paid soldiers
D) Native allies
Question 11
Which region had large plantations and slavery?
A) Frontier
B) New England
C) Southern Colonies
D) Middle Colonies
Question 12
Which person founded Rhode Island?
A) Hutchinson
B) Hooker
C) Penn
D) Roger Williams
Question 13
Which term means "Self-rule pact"?
A) Mayflower Compact
B) the first representative assembly in America
C) the main economy of New England colonies
D) the Triangular Trade
Question 14
What best defines triangular trade?
A) Two-way trade
B) Goods slaves rum loop
C) No slaves
D) Free trade
Question 15
Which person founded Connecticut?
A) Williams
B) Davenport
C) Thomas Hooker
D) Haynes
Question 16
Provide the definition of first Thanksgiving:
A) 1620 landing
B) 1630 feast
C) No meal
D) 1621 harvest meal
Question 17
Which term means "Frontier colonists vs. colonial government"?
A) Bacon's Rebellion (1676)
B) the first representative assembly in America
C) the main economy of New England colonies
D) the Triangular Trade
Question 18
What was City on Hill?
A) Fort plan
B) Model colony sermon
C) Trade motto
D) War cry
Question 19
Name the Powhatan leader who interacted with Jamestown.
A) Metacom
B) Squanto
C) Chief Powhatan
D) Massasoit
Question 20
Name the person who founded Rhode Island.
A) Hutchinson
B) Hooker
C) Penn
D) Roger Williams

About This Test

For Elementary to University (USA) — U.S. History from Colonial to modern era and World History across ancient to contemporary, including state history and AP. Section: History, USA.

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