Student Evaluation Instrument 

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Here is a short multiple-choice quiz. Give it to your students as both a pre- and post-test to measure what they have learned about the French and Indian War.

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Answer Key:

1. Correct answer A. The French and Indian War was part of a worldwide conflict. It can truly be called the first world war.
2. Correct answer is B. The surrender document that Washington signed at Fort Necessity did include a French word that Washington believed meant "killed," but actually meant "assassinated."
3. Correct answer is B.
4. Correct answer is C.
5. Correct answer is A. Franklin never fought in the war, and he did not serve as Ambassador to France until after the Declaration of Independence.
6. Correct answer is A.
7. Correct answer is C. Pontiac wanted to bring back the French in place of the English.
8. Correct answer is B. The British won the battle.
9. Correct answer is B. Forbes built a new road to the Forks of the Ohio. He gave Pittsburgh its name, in honor of William Pitt.
10. Correct answer is C.

Quiz
The French and Indian War

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Directions: For each question, circle the letter in front of each correct answer.

1. The French and Indian War
1. Started a war that was fought on four continents.
2. Was a fight between the French and the American Indians in North America.
3. Was won by the French.
2. During the French and Indian War, George Washington
1. Won every battle.
2. Signed a document admitting that he assassinated a French soldier.
3. Stayed in Virginia.
3. The Forks of the Ohio is
1. A restaurant in Cleveland.
2. The place where two rivers – the Monongahela and the Allegheny – meet to form the Ohio River.
3. The site of present-day Philadelphia.
4. The Iroquois Confederation
1. Was developed with the help of Benjamin Franklin.
2. Was a way to decide who would be the king.
3. Joined six American Indian nations in one government.
5. During the French and Indian War, Benjamin Franklin
1. Tried to warn the British that the American Indians were excellent warriors.
2. Served as Ambassador to France.
3. Fought with George Washington.
6. General Edward Braddock
1. Commanded the largest army ever seen at that time in North America
2. Had great respect for the American Indians as warriors.
3. Defeated the French and their allies.
7. Pontiac
1. Is a city in Wisconsin.
2. Wanted to drive all Europeans out of the land where his people lived.
3. Was an Ottawa war chief who persuaded the American Indians to rebel against the British.
8. The Battle of Quebec
1. Was the first battle in the French and Indian War.
2. Caused the death of both the French and the English generals.
3. Was won by the French.
9. General John Forbes
1. Took Washington’s Road to the Forks of the Ohio.
2. Understood the importance of building supply posts as he went.
3. Gave Cumberland its name.
10. As a result of the French and Indian War
1. The Colonies grew more separate.
2. Settlement of the land east of the Allegheny Mountains was delayed.
3. The British imposed taxes that the colonists did not want to pay.