Read each question.
Then read the 4 choices.
3 of the 4 choices include information
that would be
relevant to use in answering the question.
Choose the choice that is
NOT
relevant in answering the
question. (Choose the item you would
NOT
use.)
1.
What is
a longhouse?
A. A longhouse was 200 feet
long and 36 feet wide.
B. The crops grown were corn
beans, and squash.
C. The house was made of
wooden poles.
D. The outside was
covered
with sheets of bark.
2. What was
wampum?
A. The Senecas lived in
Western New York.
B. Wampum was a string of
small polished beads.
C. The beads of wampum were
sewn into belts.
D. The belts of beads were
used to record
information.
3. Who were
the explorers
who came to New York?
A. Samuel deChamplain
B. Henry Hudson
C. Lake Champlain
D. Giovanni daVerrazano
4. What
improvements did
Peter Stuyvesant make in
New Amsterdam while he
was governor?
A. He made sure that
chimneys were built well
and kept clean.
B. He started a police force.
C. He had watchman walk the
streets at night to
look
for crime or fire.
D. He arrived in 1647.
5. Name
some businesses
found in New Amsterdam.
A. sawmill
B. bakery
C. vegetables
D. blacksmith
6. What did
Native Americans
receive from the Dutch in
exchange for furs and
beaver skins?
A. oceans
B. metal axes
C. knives
D. guns
7. Why were
furs and skins
important to the Dutch?
A. Furs could be sold in
Europe.
B. Money from selling furs
helped them to make a
good living.
C. A black bear's fur is black.
D. People in Europe liked to
own
felt hats made from
beaver skins.
8. What
European countries
did early New York
colonists come from?
A. Netherlands
B. Hudson River
C. England
D. France
9. What was
grown on an
early New York manor?
A. tools
B. wheat
C. vegetables
D. fruit
10. What
jobs were done by
early colonial farm
families?
A. making soap
B. spinning thread
C. weaving cloth
D. building ships
