6th Grade History Test 3

Question 1

preached to the Indians with the help of his interpreter and died at the age of 29

Answer 1

David Brainerd

Question 2

founded Rhode Island and America’s first Baptist church

Answer 2

Roger Williams

Question 3

invented the written language of the Cherokees

Answer 3

`Sequoya

Question 4

“Apostle to the Indians”; the first Bible printed in America was his translation of an Indian language

Answer 4

John Eliot

Question 5

a Shawnee chief who fought to keep all white men out of Indian territory

Answer 5

Tecumseh

Question 6

a Mohawk chief who translated Scripture into his people’s language

Answer 6

Joseph Brant

Question 7

a Swedish Lutheran missionary who translated some of Martin Luther’s writings into the Delaware language

Answer 7

John Companius

Question 8

translated the preaching of David Brainerd

Answer 8

Tattamy

Question 9

the group of Indians who lived in longhouses

Answer 9

Iroquois

Question 10

group of Indians who lived in the Everglades

Answer 10

Seminole

Question 11

Indian tribe known for their burial mounds

Answer 11

Hopewell

Question 12

Indian tribe who name means “southerner”

Answer 12

Shawnee

Question 13

Indian tribe who joined the Pilgrims for Thanksgiving

Answer 13

Wampanoag

Question 14

group of Indians formed a confederacy known as the League of Five Nations

Answer 14

Iroquois

Question 15

Indian tribe that kept a pictorial chronicle of their history

Answer 15

Delaware

Question 16

the most prominent landform in eastern North America, extending 1,500 miles from Canada to Alabama

Answer 16

Appalachian Mts.

Question 17

Study the maps

Answer 17

MAPS!! There are three maps on this test.

Question 18

the largest known underground cave system in the world

Answer 18

Mammoth Cave

Question 19

a famous narrow passageway between mountains used by pioneers as they traveled west

Answer 19

Cumberland Gap

Question 20

the second largest ocean

Answer 20

Atlantic Ocean

Question 21

an area that slopes from the eastern edge of the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coastal Plain ; most of the land is hilly and rolling

Answer 21

Piedmont Plateau

Question 22

a marshy area of tall grasses and swamps in southern Florida

Answer 22

Everglades

Question 23

the United States’ national bird

Answer 23

bald eagle

Question 24

Five facts about the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 24

1. world’s second largest body of water.
2. the saltiest ocean
3. the most important ocean for commerce
4. once contained the major fishing grounds of the world
5. many varieties of shellfish and other useful sea creatures can be found there
6. in the deep ocean, many unusual and little-known fish live