2nd Grade - People Travel To America (Social Studies)
In this past week we have covered a very important chapter in history, we now have an idea of explorers, first settlements, slavery and independence of America. Just how well did you understand the chapter? Take up the quiz below and polish you understanding before the assessment test is here.
- 1.Who traveled to learn about new places?
- A.
Presidents
- B.
Kings & Queens
- C.
Explorers
- D.
Freedom Fighting Pirates
- 2.What are places that are ruled by another land?
- A.
Independent Settlements
- B.
Colonies
- C.
Pioneer Farms
- 3.True or False: Colonists are people who came to America to live in places ruled by another country.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Who led teh way into land that they did not know?
- A.
Slave Trackers
- B.
Explorers
- C.
Pioneers
- D.
Sniff Dogs
- 5.What did Harriet Tubman help people escape from?
- 6.True or False: Americans wanted independence from England.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Who were the first people to live in America?
- A.
Native Americans
- B.
Early Americans
- C.
Push Cow People
- 8.What was ONE reason for the Civil War?
- A.
The abolishment (ending) of slavery
- B.
The people in the north wanted to build a drive in movie theater
- 9.True or False: Colonists from England built Jamestown (Virginia) and Plymouth (Massachussetts).
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Native Americans called the ____________________ helped the colonists in Jamestown.
- A.
The Sucker Tribe of Fellows
- B.
Powhatan
- C.
MC 50s
- D.
Pascagoula Tribe
- 11.The ______________ built a place called Plymouth.
- A.
Pascagoulans
- B.
Pilgrims
- C.
IPilgrims
- D.
Noah's Revenge Group
- 12.How many English colonies were along the Atlantic Ocean?
- A.
1
- B.
3
- C.
13
- D.
113
- E.
1133
- 13.The people in the 13 colonies had to follow the laws of England. Some colonists wanted the colonies to make their own laws. These people wanted ____________________ from England.
- A.
Taxes and Tariffs
- B.
Immunity
- C.
Independence
- D.
Emergency Exempt Status
- 14.The American leaders signed the _____________________________________ which said that Americans wanted to have a new country. It said that the colonies were free and independent.
- A.
Smartus Americatus
- B.
Declaration of Independence
- C.
Sodium Wafer Papers
- D.
Declaration of Dipping Dots
- 15.True or False: The king of England wanted Americans to be independent. America and England where going to have a war but decided to sit down and sip tea instead.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
- A.
July 14, 1876
- B.
July 14, 1770
- C.
July 4, 1776
- D.
July 4, 2012
- 17.True or False: George Washington was an important American leader. He led the American Amy and became our nation's 3rd President.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.True or False" People from Africa were brought to America to be slaves.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.True or False: Slaves had no freedom and were forced to work without pay. Many people tried to escape from slavery.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.When Abraham Lincoln was President, Americans fought in a war against each other. This was was called the _________________________.
- A.
American Revolutionary War
- B.
War of Independence
- C.
Civil War
- D.
War of No Return
- 21.True or False: After the Civil War ended, slavery was against the law.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Over the years, more people came to live in the United States. At first, people lived in the __________.
- A.
North
- B.
South
- C.
East
- D.
West
- 23.As the East got crowded, people moved to less crowded places. These people were called _________.
- A.
Pine pickers
- B.
Early Settlers
- C.
Pioneers
- D.
Peninsula people
- 24.True or False: All of these new people -- pioneers -- were looking for land where they could live. But most of this land was already the home of Native Americans. Native Americans fought to keep their land, but the pioneers kept coming.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Did Native Americans lost most of their land to the pioneers?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
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