Week 2 Quiz

Which document is the source of the pinned fragment "in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness"?

Select one.

• The Mayflower Compact
• The First Charter of Virginia
• The Treaty of Tordesillas
• Ferdinand and Isabella's grant to Columbus

In what year was Jamestown, England's first permanent colony in North America, founded?

Select one.

• 1565
• 1606
• 1607
• 1620

A trivia card calls Jamestown the oldest European settlement in what became the United States. Which correction matches the course's pinned years?

Select one.

• St. Augustine is older, by 42 years
• Jamestown is older, by 42 years
• St. Augustine is older, by 55 years
• The two were founded in the same decade

What type of document is the Mayflower Compact?

Select one.

• A constitution for a new nation
• A royal charter granted by King James I
• A treaty of peace between two governments
• A covenant its signers made with one another

True or false: the Mayflower Compact was issued by King James I in 1606.

True or false.

• True
• False

How many years separate the First Charter of Virginia from the Mayflower Compact?

Select one.

• 13 years
• 14 years
• 1 year
• 55 years

In the evidence-claims set, item 4 reads: the Mayflower Compact created American democracy. How is that claim keyed?

Select one.

• It goes beyond the source: the text records one agreement
• It shows the source: the text mentions fair and equal laws
• It shows the source: the Compact came before later governments
• It goes beyond the source: the Compact was a royal charter

True or false: the claim that the Mayflower Compact says its signers combined into a civil body politic shows what the source says.

True or false.

• True
• False

Which list puts the week's four events in order, from earliest to latest?

Select one.

• Jamestown, St. Augustine, the First Charter of Virginia, the Mayflower Compact
• St. Augustine, Jamestown, the First Charter of Virginia, the Mayflower Compact
• St. Augustine, the First Charter of Virginia, Jamestown, the Mayflower Compact
• St. Augustine, the First Charter of Virginia, the Mayflower Compact, Jamestown

Which statements about the week's two roster documents are accurate? Select every accurate statement.

Select every option that applies.

• The First Charter of Virginia is the earlier of the two documents
• The roster records each document as a different type
• The Avalon Project keeps the text of both documents
• The National Archives keeps the text of both documents
• The two documents were made in the same year