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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about who lived in early north America by looking at their stories.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What is 'Algonquian'?
Correct answer: A group of languages that were spoken in America
A language
A native American chief
Another nickname for Pocahontas
Q2.
When the English set up the colony of Jamestown, who already lived there?
Indian people
No one lived there
Correct answer: Powhatan people
Scottish people
Q3.
Which of the below best describes Powhatan culture?
Correct answer: It was a complex culture
It was a hunter-gatherer culture
It was a simple culture with no art, laws or farming
The Powhatan people had no culture
Q4.
Who was Matoaka/Pocahontas?
A character in a story
An English colonist who created Jamestown
Correct answer: The chief's daughter who was kidnapped by the English
The leader of the Powhatan people
Q5.
Where is Matoaka/Pocahontas buried?
America
Canada
Correct answer: England
India

5 Questions

Q1.
Which was the first successful English colony in America?
Barbados, Caribbean
Jamaica, Caribbean
Correct answer: Jamestown, Virginia
Roanoke, North Carolina
Q2.
What was an indentured servant?
A person who did hard work
Correct answer: A person who sold a set amount of years service in return for their journey
A person who was a servant for life
A person who went to America but had no freedom
Q3.
Which of the below was NOT one of the main groups of people who lived in Virginia?
Enslaved people
Indentured servants
Planters
Correct answer: Puritans
Q4.
Which of these statements best describes a Puritan person?
A Christian who really wanted to move to America
A Christian who was really focused on being clean
A devout Catholic who wished people would pray more
Correct answer: A devout Protestant who believed the church in England wasn’t strict enough
Q5.
Why did Anne Hutchinson go to Boston?
She had been put on trial for having an education and was sent there.
She wanted to travel and explore a new place.
She was a Catholic trying to avoid punishment in England.
Correct answer: She was a Puritan following members of her Puritan community.

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UnitHistory / Who lived in 'British' America?

History