8th GRADE SEMESTER 1 FINAL US HISTORY

The Treaty of Paris gave the newly formed United States all land east of which geographic landmark?

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Ohio River

• The Mississippi River

• The Missouri River

On what date was the Declaration of Independence approved?

• July 4, 1976

• July 4, 1776

• September 17, 1787

• December 25, 1775

What are unalienable rights?

• Rights that government cannot take away

• Rights that government takes away

• rights for aliens

• Government is needed to promote equality

The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the Americas and Africa was called...

• Salutary or Benign Neglect

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Navigation Acts

Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

• They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
• They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
• They wanted to start plantations and earn money
• They wanted to learn from the Native Americans

WHAT OCEAN IS IN THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES?

• ATLANTIC
• PACIFIC
• INDIAN
• ARCTIC

How many original colonies were there?

• 51
• 10
• 13
• 50

The first successful English colonial settlers in North America were the . . .

• Pilgrims
• Roanoke Settlers
• Jamestown Settlers
• Puritans

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• An exchange of culture, plants, people, livestock, and diseases between the "Old" world and "New" world

• The voyages that Columbus began

• A trip that took Columbus many years

• Going on vacation from one continent to the other

What is one reason Native American Indian tribes developed different forms of shelter?

• The geography of the region

• The interactions with European explorers

• The relationship with surrounding Native American Indian Tribes.

• The access that the Native American Indian Tribes had to the Bering Land Bridge