Unit 1 Test for Social Studies Mr.Johnson
Explore Early American History
Test your knowledge of early American history and the foundations of society in the New World. This quiz covers significant events, individuals, and concepts that shaped the development of the United States.
Key topics include:
- The Mayflower Compact
- Understanding slave codes
- The significance of the House of Burgesses
- Influential figures like William Penn and Roger Williams
What was the Mayflower compact
It was a island full of colonists
It was a ship full of Pilgrims
The Mayflower Compact had the first agreement for self-government to be created
It was the ship of the Plynouths
What does the term "slave code" mean?
Slave codes were laws that prevented more freedom of enslaved africans
It was a another term to use morse code to talk to slaves
Slave codes placed harsh restrictions on slaves' already limited freedoms, often in order to preempt rebellion or escape, and gave slave owners absolute power over their slaves.
They were laws that allowed freedom to the slaves
William Penn became a? _________
Pilgrim
Native American
Quaker
Slave
What is a representative government?
Those elected meet to debate and make laws on behalf of the whole community or society, instead of the people voting directly on laws and other debates.
It was a form of democracy which failed to succeed
It was made by the Pilgrims
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What was the house of burgessess
It held the America's first assembly in the church of plymouth
It was a house that colonists sheltered in
It was the America's first assembly held at the church of jamestown
It was a farm house
What were slaves (easy)
Slaves were people to chose to work for white landowners
Slaves were ONLY white people that were held to work for landowners
Slaves were people that were captured to be held in order to work for landowners
They were people that had nothing left, so THEY decided to work as a farmer
Who was Roger Williams?
He was a slave (at 10 years old) that was captured, brought to work, and later found his freedom in the Americas.
Roger Williams was a christian who wanted to reform a church.
Roger Williams was a Puritan who reformed a baptist by spreading his "dangerous" ideas.
He was a slave trader in the triangular trade.
What is racism
Racism is the act of being kind to another race
Racism is the thought that one race is better than another
Racism is the though that your race/culture is better than EVERYTHING else on earth
Racism is the act of giving all your money to get slaves
Who were the Pilgrims?
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Who were the Puritans?
They were people who accepted different religion, allowing people to freely join their group
The Puritans were a group of English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England
They wer landowners who gave up their land due to slavery
The Pilgrims were a group of people from Babworth, East Retford, and Nottinghamshire, England who came together around 1600. An aversion to the Church of England. Lead by Parson Richard Clyfton, these Separatists thought the Church of England had lost its way, so much so that they believed the Church was beyond repair.
What was the middle passage?
It only contained puritans who traded for slaves
It was passage where slave ships would trade goods (and slaves)
It was a passage where slaves were forced to stack in ships, with very low quality, voyaging to work in the americas.
It was a passage where people had died mysteriously without any last words left for their loved ones/friends
What are cash crops?
Cash crops were plants that had ONLY been traded in the middle passage
Cash crops are plants that were grown in order to be sold, in order to get money for farmers
The Iroquois were a tribe that relied on natural resources to fulfill their needs. In order to survive.
False
True
Christopher Columbus was a "master navigator" who "opened a new way for European exploration"
True
False
Quakers established a community for themselves and other persecuted religious minorities in what would become the modern state of Pennsylvania.
False
True
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