The Salem Witch Trials

When a few Salem girls started having fits, people in the community blamed

• Their Food

• A disease

• Witchcraft

• Their Parent

Physically

• In a way having to do with the body

• In a way having to do with the mind

• In a brave way

• Physical Education (PE)

Tituba was a woman who had shown the girls how to

• Make dolls

• Cast magic spells

• Tell fortunes

• Cook

Where was Tituba from

• Florida

• Massachusetts

• Barbados

• Texas

Witchcraft

• A fear of witches

• Magical powers that a witch has

• A means of getting around by witches

• A type of cat

The Salem community put to death

• 20 people as witches

• 100 people as witches

• 200 people as witches

• No one

Acknowledged

• Admitted having done something

• Denied having done something

• Became very angry

• To attain knowledge

In 1692 the Puritan's grain supply

• Was running low, so the girls were very hungry

• Was put under a spell by witches

• Fully stocked for winter

• Had a fungus that could have made the girls sick

Trial

• A time for getting away from everyday life and enjoying oneself

• A time that someone must spend in jail

• A time for hearing arguments to decide whether a charge is true

• A sample period

In 1692, in Salem, Massachusetts, a couple young women started having fits and naming people as name. No one knows what caused the fits.

• False

• True