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Grades 3–5 · American history

American history quiz, Grades 3–5: Colonial America: Jamestown, Plymouth, the 13 colonies

This quiz helps revise “Colonial America: Jamestown, Plymouth, the 13 colonies” in American history for grades 3–5. It has 25 questions in five categories: Jamestown, Plymouth, Colonial Map, Life and Work, Making the Rules. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 8–11
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Colonial America: Jamestown, Plymouth, the 13 colonies

A peek at the questions

The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Jamestown

  1. 100Picture for the question

    What is this wooden-walled structure called? Jamestown settlers built one to defend their settlement.

  2. 200

    In what year did English settlers establish Jamestown?

  3. 300

    Which Native alliance of…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which crop became the…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What company of English…

    In the game

Plymouth

  1. 100

    What familiar name is given to the English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    In what year did English settlers arrive in the Plymouth area?

  3. 300

    Which Native nation joined…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which Native man interpreted…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What agreement did some…

    In the game

Colonial Map

  1. 100

    Which ocean did ships cross to sail from England to the colonies in eastern North America?

  2. 200

    Which colonial region included Massachusetts and Connecticut?

  3. 300

    What was the Dutch…

    In the game
  4. 400

    Which Middle Colony included…

    In the game
  5. 500

    Which colony was the…

    In the game

Life and Work

  1. 100

    What do we call the work of raising crops and animals, common in colonial America?

  2. 200

    What was a young person learning a trade from a skilled craftsperson called?

  3. 300

    What system forced many…

    In the game
  4. 400

    What do we call…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What was a worker…

    In the game

Making the Rules

  1. 100

    What title did the person leading a British colony's government often hold?

  2. 200

    What do we call people chosen by voters to speak and make laws for them?

  3. 300

    What was the written…

    In the game
  4. 400

    In some American colonies…

    In the game
  5. 500

    What was the name…

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  3. Choose questions on the board, buzz in first and collect points.

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