Year 8
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will learn about who lived in early north America by looking at their stories.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is 'Algonquian'?
A language
A native American chief
Another nickname for Pocahontas
Q2.
When the English set up the colony of Jamestown, who already lived there?
Indian people
No one lived there
Scottish people
Q3.
Which of the below best describes Powhatan culture?
It was a hunter-gatherer culture
It was a simple culture with no art, laws or farming
The Powhatan people had no culture
Q4.
Who was Matoaka/Pocahontas?
A character in a story
An English colonist who created Jamestown
The leader of the Powhatan people
Q5.
Where is Matoaka/Pocahontas buried?
America
Canada
India
5 Questions
Q1.
Which was the first successful English colony in America?
Barbados, Caribbean
Jamaica, Caribbean
Roanoke, North Carolina
Q2.
What was an indentured servant?
A person who did hard work
A person who was a servant for life
A person who went to America but had no freedom
Q3.
Which of the below was NOT one of the main groups of people who lived in Virginia?
Enslaved people
Indentured servants
Planters
Q4.
Which of these statements best describes a Puritan person?
A Christian who really wanted to move to America
A Christian who was really focused on being clean
A devout Catholic who wished people would pray more
Q5.
Why did Anne Hutchinson go to Boston?
She had been put on trial for having an education and was sent there.
She wanted to travel and explore a new place.
She was a Catholic trying to avoid punishment in England.