4th Grade History Test 4

Question 1

continent with only one country

Answer 1

Australia

Question 2

continent Columbus was trying to reach

Answer 2

Asia

Question 3

continent that contains Canada, Mexico, and U.S.

Answer 3

North America

Question 4

continent at the bottom of the world

Answer 4

Antarctica

Question 5

continent Vasco da Gama sailed around to reach Asia

Answer 5

Africa

Question 6

ocean that touches the west coast of the U.S.

Answer 6

Pacific Ocean

Question 7

most northern and coldest ocean

Answer 7

Arctic Ocean

Question 8

ocean that touches the east coast of the U.S.

Answer 8

Atlantic Ocean

Question 9

Massachusetts was settled to be a refuge for

Answer 9

Puritans

Question 10

Which colony was claimed by England, France, and Holland?

Answer 10

New York

Question 11

Which colony was the first to offer complete religious freedom?

Answer 11

Rhode Island

Question 12

Thomas Hooker was the founder of the colony of?

Answer 12

Connecticut

Question 13

Poor people and prisoners first settled the colony of

Answer 13

Georgia

Question 14

the first permanent European settlement in the New World

Answer 14

St. Augustine

Question 15

the first permanent French settlement in the New World

Answer 15

Quebec

Question 16

What was Canada first named?

Answer 16

New France

Question 17

Where did Columbus first land?

Answer 17

San Salvador

Question 18

The Pilgrims came to America on the ?

Answer 18

Mayflower

Question 19

the name of the first Pilgrim settlement

Answer 19

Plymouth

Question 20

Pennsylvania was settled to be a refuge for ?

Answer 20

Quakers

Question 21

Maryland was settled to be a refuge for?

Answer 21

Catholics

Question 22

How many original colonies were there?

Answer 22

13

Question 23

Know these locations on a map.

Answer 23

Hudson Bay
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Cuba
Lake Huron
lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Mexico
Arctic Ocean

Question 24

preacher who started the first orphanage in America

Answer 24

George Whitefield

Question 25

man who founded the colony of Georgia

Answer 25

James Oglethorpe

Question 26

man who founded the colony of Rhode Island

Answer 26

Roger Williams

Question 27

leader of Jamestown who made people work for food

Answer 27

John Smith

Question 28

man who founded the colony of Pennsylvania

Answer 28

William Penn

Question 29

Know the location of the colonies on a map

Answer 29

All of them :)

Question 30

used by millions of children for over 150 years for school

Answer 30

the New England Primer

Question 31

the major industry in the New England colonies

Answer 31

fishing

Question 32

the first college in America

Answer 32

Harvard

Question 33

the chief food crop in the colonies

Answer 33

corn

Question 34

invented the rocking chair

Answer 34

Benjamin Franklin

Question 35

man who greatly influenced American schools

Answer 35

Christopher Dock