Social Studies

Question 1

Archaeologists

Answer 1

Scientists who study artifacts to learn about the past

Question 2

Ice age

Answer 2

The time when the Earth’s climate was much colder than it is now

Question 3

Beringia

Answer 3

The strip of land connecting Asia to what is now Alaska

Question 4

What body of water separates Asia and Alaska today

Answer 4

The Bering Strait

Question 5

What was the name of the farm that the archaeologists found the object to piece together what life was like back in NJ thousands of years ago

Answer 5

Abbott farm

Question 6

Explore

Answer 6

To travel in unfamiliar places in order to learn about them

Question 7

Colony

Answer 7

A place ruled by another country

Question 8

Governor

Answer 8

An official appointed to rule a colony

Question 9

Immigrant

Answer 9

A person who comes to a new country or place to live

Question 10

Patroon

Answer 10

The person who becomes a landowner

Question 11

Slavery

Answer 11

The practice of one person being the owner of another

Question 12

Proprietor

Answer 12

The person who owned land and had the right to rule a colony

Question 13

Constitution

Answer 13

A document that contains the basic rules of governing a colony or country

Question 14

Assembly

Answer 14

A group of lawmakers

Question 15

Delegate

Answer 15

A person chosen to speak or vote for others

Question 16

Industry

Answer 16

The making of things on a large scale, especially by people and machines working together

Question 17

Indentured Servant

Answer 17

Servants agreed to work for a landowner in exchange for a trip from Europe to the colonies

Question 18

What were the early explorers looking for

Answer 18

A water route though Asia

Question 19

List four explorers, who did they sail for, what did they find

Answer 19

Henry Hudson, Giovanni Verrazano, John Cabot, and Christopher Columbus. Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch to find a water route through North America. He found Lenape men and women eager to trade goods. Giovanni Verrazano sailed for the king and queen of France in search of a water route to Asia. He found more Lenape men and women. John Cabot sailed for the king of England. He found NJ and they later claimed it England’s. Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain. He found “Indians” and called the islands in the Caribbean Sea the West Indies.

Question 20

Who were the first people to start up a colony in NJ? What year was it started and what was it called ?

Answer 20

The Dutch. It was called the New Netherlands. It started in the year 1623.

Question 21

Name the three governors of the New Netherlands

Answer 21

Cornelius Mey, Peter Minuit, and Peter Stuyvesant.

Question 22

What was the name of the first permanent town and what year was it built

Answer 22

Fort Nassau. 1623

Question 23

What country took the land away from the Dutch in 1664 and who was it given to

Answer 23

England. It was given to James, the duke of York.

Question 24

Who did the duke of York divide the land between and which one was NJ named after

Answer 24

Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley.Sir George Carteret

Question 25

In what year did Sir George Carteret sell his land and to whom

Answer 25

1674. To the two Quakers

Question 26

In what year was NJ divided into two sections, what were they called and what were the capitals of each

Answer 26

1676. East and west jersey. Burlington and Perth Amboy.

Question 27

List the jobs the men, women, boys, and girls had on the farm.

Answer 27

For men they had to farm, hunt, collect crops and food. For women they had to take care of family, home, and farm, cook, and clean, weave, make candles and soap, take care of children, milk cows, make butter and cheese, made medicine, and take care of cows. For boys they had to cut fire wood, take care of animals, and lead the ox or horse that pulled the plow. For girls they had to sew, prepare food, wash pots, and take care of younger children.

Question 28

Prehistory

Answer 28

The time before people left written records