8th Grade US HISTORY Semester Exam Review

Front

Which motive best completes the diagram? Options: To promote free enterprise, To extend democracy, To expand empires, To found utopian communities

Back

To expand empires

Front

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?
Options:
To reduce overpopulation in Europe,
To create communities founded on religious tolerance,
To profit from Fur trading and other goods,
To create joint ventures with other European Powers

Back

To profit from Fur trading and other goods

Front

Which of the following characteristics is correctly matched with a number in the table?
1. Indigo
2. Moderate
3. Rocky soil
4. Ships

Back

Moderate

Front

Which pair best completes the graphic? Options: Enslaved Native populations, Organized Utopian societies, Established Catholic Missions, Focused primarily on fur trading, Promoted political freedom, Participated in triangular trade, Became commercial ship builders, Created an early system of public schools

Back

Established Catholic Missions, Focused primarily on fur trading

Front

Which colony correctly completes the diagram? Options: Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia

Back

Maryland

Front

How did mercantilist policies create tension between Great Britain and the colonies?

Back

By preventing colonist from trading with most other foreign countries

Front

The British government issued the Proclamation of 1763 to limit the area where colonists could settle. Which geographic feature did the British use as a boundary?

Back

Appalachian Mountains

Front

These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by-

Back

Angering colonist who believed their civil liberties had been violated

Front

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade? Options: The invention of the steam engine, The profitability of cash crop agriculture, The development of the factory system, The establishment of protective tariffs

Back

The profitability of cash crop agriculture

Front

All the events listed occurred during which era? Options: The Era of Westward Expansion, The Era of Good Feelings, The Revolutionary Era, The Age of Jackson

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The Revolutionary Era