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Curriculum & Standards
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 4 Assessment:
Building the First Colonies
SAMPLE
A pilgrim is a person who makes a journey for
A.
glory
B.
religion
C.
adventure
D.
riches
A.
B.
C.
D.
History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 4 Assessment
From which city did Spanish leaders govern most of
the colonies in New Spain?
A.
B.
C.
D.
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
Use the map to answer question #6.
Hispaniola
Mexico City
Santa Fe
St. Augustine
What did Spain build in the borderlands of New
Spain to convert the American Indians to
Christianity?
A.
B.
C.
D.
haciendas
missions
plantations
presidios
_______________ are records and artifacts made
by people who saw or took part in the event.
A.
B.
C.
D.
primary sources
primary reasons
secondary sources
secondary reasons
What was one advantage of the Pilgrims' building
their settlement on a bay?
Use the boxed information to answer question #4.
The male landowning members of the Virginia Colony
elected people to represent them in their legislature.
What does the word legislature mean in the
sentence above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
a lawmaking branch of government
a person who speaks for other people
a church supported by the government
an agreement among people, group, or
nations
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of the following is an example of a primary
source?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Which of these statements can be proved to be
true?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Roanoke settlers were killed by Indians.
Pocahontas saved John Smith's life.
All the earliest Africans in Virginia were
indentured servants.
Jamestown was founded on a river near
Chesapeake Bay.
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Land along bays is always good for farming
The location provided a defense from Indian
attacks.
The location provided a harbor near the
Atlantic Ocean.
The Pilgrims could use the bay for fresh
drinking water.
the illustration of Jamestown in your textbook
a movie about Pocahontas' life
John Smith's book A Description of New
England
a recent book about Jamestown
Which of the following changed life for many
American Indians after the arrival of the Spanish?
A.
B.
C.
D.
adobe
agriculture
corn
horses
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 4 Assessment
How did Tisquantum help the first colonists in New
England?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He led their explorations of areas surrounding
their colony.
He taught them how to farm and to fish in
their new home.
He taught them how to speak American
Indian languages.
He became their ally against nearby Spanish
colonists.
In which present-day states did the Dutch establish
New Netherland?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Use the boxed information to answer question #14.
"We whose names are underwritten…[agree] to enact,
constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws…from
time to time, as shall be thought must meet [proper]
and convenient for the general good of the colony…"
- Mayflower Compact 1620
The Mayflower was significant because it
established the idea of
A.
B.
C.
D.
self-government
majority rule
fair laws
all of the above
Which of the following is an example of a
secondary source?
Delaware and Pennsylvania
Maryland and Virginia
New York and New Jersey
Massachusetts and Rhode Island
A.
B.
Which part of North America did La Salle claim for
France in 1684?
A.
B.
C.
D.
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
the land along the St. Lawrence River
the land along the Rio Grande
the Great Lakes region
the Mississippi River valley
C.
D.
a diary of one of the pilgrims kept
an illustration of the signing of the Mayflower
Compact in your textbook
a letter William Bradford wrote to England
a speech given by John Smith to the people of
Jamestown
Use the graph to answer question #16.
______________ is a record of the event made by
someone who was not there at the time.
A.
B.
C.
D.
primary sources
primary reasons
secondary sources
secondary reasons
Use the boxed information to answer question #13.
Spain formed colonies to protect its lands.
What does the word colony mean in the sentence
above.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a land ruled by another country
small religious communities
areas of land that serve as barriers
a huge farm
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How many Europeans lived in the Western
Hemisphere in 1650?
A.
B.
C.
D.
1 million
3 million
5 million
10 million
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History-Social Science Fifth Grade
Chapter 4 Assessment
California Standards HSS 5.2, 5.3, 5.4
What was the aim of the Dutch settlers coming to
North America?
Which colony became known as the Lost Colony?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
to make money by selling furs
to find good farmland
to escape war in Europe
to practice their religion
Study the chart below and answer the question that
follows.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés establishes St. Augustine in
1565.
↓
The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown in 1607.
↓
Jamestown
Plymouth
New Amsterdam
Roanoke
Why did the French colonies grow slowly?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Indians refused to trade with the French.
Spanish soldiers attacked French forts.
French colonies had no land to settle
colonies.
Few French people wanted to live in North
America.
Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec in 1608.
↓
↓
The Dutch establish New Amsterdam in 1626.
Which event should be placed in the fourth box?
A.
B.
C.
D.
John Winthrop establishes the Massachusetts
Colony in 1630.
Peter Stuyvesant establishes a colony in 1647.
William Bradford and the pilgrims establish
Plymouth in 1620.
William Penn establishes a colony in New
Jersey in 1681.
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