3rd Grade History Test 2

Question 1

Who warned Captain Smith of Powhatan’s secret plan to attack?

Answer 1

Pocahontas

Question 2

Pocahontas was traded for _______.

Answer 2

copper kettle

Question 3

What was the first place the Pilgrims landed at but could not stay because of the water?

Answer 3

Cape Cod

Question 4

The leader of the Pilgrims in America was _____.

Answer 4

Captain Miles Standish

Question 5

Which town did the Pilgrims first settle?

Answer 5

Plymouth

Question 6

Where did Squanto live for ten years?

Answer 6

England

Question 7

What did Squanto plant with corn to act as fertilizer?

Answer 7

fish

Question 8

What size were the oak leaves when it was time to plant corn?

Answer 8

as big as a mouse’s ear

Question 9

List ways Pocahontas helped the colonists in Jamestown.

Answer 9

• She saved John Smith’s life
• She brought food to Jamestown
• She warned them of an Indian attack
• Her marriage to a colonist brought peace between the colonists and the Indians

Question 10

List four ways Miles Standish did to help the Pilgrims.

Answer 10

• helped them find a safe place to build their homes
• protected them against unfriendly Indians
• took care of sick Pilgrims
• washed their clothes and cooked for them

Question 11

Pocahontas’s name was changed to ______.

Answer 11

Rebecca

Question 12

Two groups of Pilgrims were ________ and _______.

Answer 12

Separatists and Strangers

Question 13

The ship that brought Pilgrims to America was called _________.

Answer 13

Mayflower

Question 14

The name of the Indian meal of corn and lima beans was called _________.

Answer 14

succotash

Question 15

__________ offered a home to Squanto after he found out that his tribe died.

Answer 15

Chief Massasoit

Question 16

A list of promises between two countries or groups of people are called _______.

Answer 16

peace treaty

Question 17

What did the Pilgrims call Squanto?

Answer 17

Instrument of God

Question 18

The name of the feast the Indians and Pilgrims celebrated together ________.

Answer 18

Thanksgiving

Question 19

What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims?

Answer 19

• He taught them how to make fishing nets, and how to hunt.
• He taught them how to cook vegetables and to make maple syrup and sugar from maple trees
• He taught them how to plant and fertilize crops

Question 20

The dream of the Separatists was to have _______ of ________.

Answer 20

freedom of worship

Question 21

Pocahontas married _________ and went to England.

Answer 21

John Rolfe

Question 22

Miles Standish was the chosen leader of the ______.

Answer 22

Separatists

Question 23

Squanto wanted to sail to _______.

Answer 23

England

Question 24

The Pilgrims landed in America in _________.

Answer 24

1620

Question 25

When they arrived in America, the Pilgrims did not know how to _______ very well.

Answer 25

hunt

Question 26

Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to make ______ and ________ from maple trees.

Answer 26

maple syrup and sugar

Question 27

Pocahontas was taught from the _______ every day while she was a prisoner.

Answer 27

Bible

Question 28

Squanto was NOT sold as a ______ in England.

Answer 28

slave

Question 29

Chief of chiefs among the Indians

Answer 29

Powhatan

Question 30

Daughter of the chief of chiefs

Answer 30

Pocahontas

Question 31

Pocahontas’ Christian name

Answer 31

Rebecca

Question 32

What Chief Japazaws traded Pocahontas for

Answer 32

copper kettle

Question 33

Captain Argall’s ship

Answer 33

Treasurer

Question 34

Jamestown settler who married Pocahontas

Answer 34

John Rolfe

Question 35

What did Powhatan promise the colonists when his daughter married a Jamestown settler?

Answer 35

He promised peace as long as she lived.

Question 36

Why did Captain Argall kidnap Pocahontas?

Answer 36

He wanted to make sure that the Indians would not attack Jamestown.