Pilgrim Life/Great Migration Test

Question 1

What were the names of the Native Americans who helped the people at Plymouth?

Answer 1

Samoset and Squanto

Question 2

Where did the Native Americans who could speak English learn the English?

Answer 2

English fishing boats

Question 3

How did the 1st Thanksgiving come to be? List two reasons.

Answer 3

They learned to fertilize soil and developed relations with the Native Americans.

Question 4

What was the name of the Native American group who helped the people at Plymouth?

Answer 4

Wampanoag

Question 5

What was the chief of the Native American group named?

Answer 5

Chief Massasoit

Question 6

Everything revolved around what?

Answer 6

Family

Question 7

How did people educate their children?

Answer 7

They taught them to read and write using the bible.

Question 8

True or False: Religion wasn’t very important.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

What type of farming existed in Plymouth, Massachusetts?

Answer 9

Subsistent farming (barely enough or not enough)

Question 10

Who did the people of Plymouth farm for?

Answer 10

Themselves or their family.

Question 11

True or False: Women had more legal rights in Plymouth than they did in England.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Before the Great Migration, what were the people who migrated having problems with? List four problem.

Answer 12

Economic, social, political, and religious problems.

Question 13

What did the king do to make things worse before the Great Migration?

Answer 13

Raised taxes.

Question 14

Who was the king over England during the Great Migration?

Answer 14

King Charles

Question 15

Between what two years did the Great Migration happen?

Answer 15

1629-1640.

Question 16

About how many English people migrated during the Great Migration?

Answer 16

Around 40,000.

Question 17

Who led a group of people to Massachusetts and who were the group of people?

Answer 17

John Winthrop led Puritans to Massachusetts.

Question 18

Why did people move to the Massachusetts colony?

Answer 18

To create an ideal Christian community.

Question 19

Around what two dates was the Massachusetts Bay colony formed?

Answer 19

1629-1630.

Question 20

Massachusetts created a ______ called the _____. Fill in the blanks.

Answer 20

Self governing body called the General Court.

Question 21

What was the Massachusetts government called? Three words.

Answer 21

A two-house bicameral legislature.

Question 22

Who were the only government leaders?

Answer 22

Church members and ministers.

Question 23

Is religion and government closely linked?

Answer 23

Yes, very closely linked.

Question 24

Who were the only people allowed to vote?

Answer 24

Male church members.

Question 25

_____ members of the church were a part of God’s “_____”. These people had to pass a ____ to prove _____. Fill in the blanks.

Answer 25

Full members of the church were a part of God’s “elect”, had to pass a public test to prove their faith was strong.

Question 26

In 16__, _____ _______ left Massachusetts to found the colony of _____. Fill in the blanks.

Answer 26

In 1636, Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts to found the colony of Connecticut.

Question 27

On what year did Connecticut’s founder set up principles that made the Connecticut government more democratic? What was this called?

Answer 27

In 1639, Thomas Hooker wrote the Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut.

Question 28

What did the bill that Connecticut’s founder wrote help with? List two.

Answer 28

It allowed men who weren’t a church member to vote, and outlined the powers of the General Court.

Question 29

Who was Connecticut’s founder known as? Was this nickname really true?

Answer 29

Thomas Hooker was known as “the father of Democracy”. This wasn’t true because we have never truly been a Democracy.

Question 30

What does democracy mean?

Answer 30

Democracy means letting the people decide on something.

Question 31

What is America’s government called?

Answer 31

A Constitutional Republic.