New York State Elementary Test Prep- ELA 4- 4th Grade

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

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