© Educational Video Network, Inc. 2005 - www.evndirect.com
Your leading source for curriculum-based educational videos and DVDs.
Order this item online today!

Study Guide Questions

1.     When is Thanksgiving celebrated in the United States?
2.     In religious matters, who was the more tolerant English monarch, Elizabeth I or James I?
3.     Which English university was in the forefront of the movement to separate church and state?
4.     The ministers, Richard Clyfton and John Robinson, were each influenced by which noted church reformer?
5.     The manor house at Scrooby was home to which separatist supporter?
6.     Which Pilgrim leader walked ten miles, one way, to church services as a young man?
7.     Following the lead of Troublechurch Browne, to which country did English separatists immigrate, in search of religious tolerance?
8.     Who was selected to head the defense forces for the Pilgrims in their New World colony?
9.     In what year did the Pilgrims leave England for America?
10.     What are the names of the ships that the Pilgrims intended to take to America?
11.     What English port was the last home to the Pilgrims before they set sail for America?
12.     Which of the two Pilgrim ships was deemed unfit for an ocean voyage?
13.     Where did the Pilgrims plan to settle in America?
14.     What is the modern name of the bay in which the Pilgrims finally reached land?
15.     What is the common name of the document signed by the Pilgrim men, which was designed to guarantee orderly government in their new colony?
16.     Which Pilgrim leader served as governor for the first 30 years of the Plymouth Colony's existence?
17.     The Indian who guided the Pilgrims through their first farming season was: a.) Metacomet b.) Squanto c.) Massasoit d.) Powhattan
18.     The leader of the Indian nation that agreed to peaceful relationships with the Pilgrims was: a.) Metacomet b.) Squanto c.) Massasoit d.) Powhattan
19.     The Pilgrim harvest festival eventually evolved into what national holiday?
20.     Discuss the Pilgrims' experiences. Would you have liked to have been a Pilgrim? Why or why not?
© Educational Video Network, Inc. 2005 - www.evndirect.com
Your leading source for curriculum-based educational videos and DVDs.