S.S. Weekly Flashback 7 (5th Grade)

What is direct democracy?

• A democracy where ALL citizens vote for laws.

• A democracy where a representative votes for laws.

• A democracy where the king makes the laws.

• A democracy where only women vote for laws.

How many years after Columbus was a pirate did his ship sink?

• 25

• 5

• 6

• There's not enough information on the timeline to answer this.

What can you infer based on the image?

• The southern colonies made more money than other colonies by selling goods to Great Britain.

• The southern colonies spent more money that the other colonies.

• The New England colonies had wealthier people.

• Towns in the New England colonies were closer together than those in southern colonies.

Jamestown created the first representative government in the New World. What was it called?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The House of Burgesses

• Town Meeting

• Congress

What was the MAIN reason people built settlements near rivers and oceans?

• So colonists could easily ship goods and supplies to other places.

• So colonists would not get lost in the wild forest.

• Because they were good fishermen and needed rivers.

• They were too afraid to explore other areas.