Salem Witch Trials

When a few Salem girls started acting strangely, people in the community blamed...

• The parents

• Their Food

• A diseas

• Witchcraft

The doctor said the girls behavior was caused by...

• The flu

• Schizophrenia

• An evil hand

• Their genetics

In what state (colony) did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

• Virginia

• Massachussets

• New York

• California

In what year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?

• 1492

• 1692

• 1962

• 2003

Witchcraft means...

• Magical powers that a witch has

• making dolls

• A fear of cats

• A fear of witches

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Tituba was a woman who had shown the girls

• fortune telling

• read

• cook

• make dolls

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Where was Tituba originally from

• Salem

• Texas

• Florida

• Barbados

What does the word Trial mean?

• A time that someone must spend in jail

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

• A sample period

• A time to get away

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Historian know exactly what caused the girls fits

• yes

• no

Which statement is an opinion?

• In 1692. Salem girls started having fits and naming people as witches.

• Tituba was a slave from Barbados.

• in 1693, everyone waiting trial for witchcraft was sent home.

• Tituba was wrong for teaching the girls to read fortunes.