Myths+and+Misconceptions+Pre-test

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Record your answers for the fifteen questions in the online quiz. After answering the questions, check and see how well you did.

For any incorrectly answered questions, record the correct answer -- and the reason why your answer was incorrect.

1) The first European colony in the New World was in what is now the state of Virginia, and it was founded by the English.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _ _

2) The English colonists of the 1620s and 1630s usually wore black and white clothing. Men decorated their clothing, shoes, and hats with large buckles.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__3) All English colonists in the seventeenth century came to the New World seeking religious freedom.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

4) The "Pilgrims" founded the first colony in the area now known as "New England."

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__5) The "Pilgrims" were "Puritans" who were seeking to "purify" the Church of England.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

6) An "Indian princess" named Pocahontas rescued early colonist Captain John Smith from certain death, and later fell in love with him.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__7) Early English colonists lived in log cabins.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

8) After traveling over 2,700 miles from England to the New World, the "Pilgrims" first came ashore on Plymouth Rock and established their permanent colony.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__9) Early colonists celebrated the first Thanksgiving in November 1621, and it has been an annual holiday in North America ever since, except during the years of the American Civil War (1861-1865).

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

10) The weapon of choice for English colonists during the 1620s was a gun called a blunderbuss, which featured a thick and bell-shaped barrel.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__11) Early English colonists developed strict laws and harsh punishments for those who broke them.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

12) Early English colonists viewed alcohol and tobacco as instruments of the devil and banned them from the colonies.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__13) Colonists in New England were friends with Indians and did not fight them, as settlers did later in the American West.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _

14) Enslaved Africans arrived in Colonial America before the Mayflower did.

MY ANSWER: TRUE  FALSE CORRECT ANSWER: TRUE FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why. _ _ _ _ _

__15) Early English colonists such as the Pilgrims introduced Christian holidays such as Christmas and Easter to North America.

MY ANSWER:__ __TRUE__  __FALSE CORRECT ANSWER:__ __TRUE__ __FALSE

If your answer was incorrect, explain why.__ _ _ _ _ _