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🏛️ Explorers and Settlers Quiz Quiz

3rd Grade History & Social Studies — Test your knowledge!

Explorers and Settlers Quiz

Test your knowledge of the brave explorers and faithful settlers who built America!

Question 1 of 8

Which Viking explorer reached North America around the year 1000 AD?

Erik the Red Leif Erikson Christopher Columbus Daniel Boone

Question 2 of 8

In what year did Christopher Columbus first sail to the New World?

1776 1607 1492 1620

Question 3 of 8

What was the first permanent English settlement in America?

Plymouth Jamestown Boston Philadelphia

Question 4 of 8

What agreement did the Pilgrims sign before going ashore at Plymouth?

The Declaration of Independence The Constitution The Mayflower Compact The Bill of Rights

Question 5 of 8

Who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn and catch fish?

Captain John Smith Daniel Boone Squanto Leif Erikson

Question 6 of 8

Why did the colonists believe every child should learn to read?

To get rich So they could study the Bible To become ship captains To write letters to England

Question 7 of 8

What trail did Daniel Boone blaze through the Appalachian Mountains?

The Oregon Trail The Wilderness Road The Santa Fe Trail The Pilgrim Path

Question 8 of 8

What was the House of Burgesses?

A church in Jamestown The first elected government in America A school for colonial children A trading post

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