Middle School US History, Semester A Review

Which type of source is also known as secondhand information?

• A. autobiography

• B. government record

• C. secondary source

• D. primary source

A source contains a soldier’s description of a battle. What kind of source is it?

• A. a secondary source with an understandable point of view

• B. a secondary source that is clearly biased

• C. a primary source with an understandable point of view

• D. a primary source that is clearly biased

What questions do historians ask to establish the historical context of primary sources?

• A. Who wrote or created the source?

• B. Where was the intended audience located?

• C. Why was the source not created earlier?

• D. Why was the source not stored in archives?

What visual source would be most effective in showing the natural resources available in each US state?

• A. map

• B. painting

• C. political cartoon

• D. timeline

What does the abbreviation for the Latin phrase Anno Domini refer to?

• A. the years after Jesus Christ’s birth

• B. the years before Jesus Christ's birth

• C. the years during Jesus Christ’s lifetime

• D. the years of Roman rule

In which era does the Trail of Tears belong?

• A. Colonial era

• B. Age of Jackson

• C. Reconstruction

• D. Revolutionary era

What happened to the Southeast Indians after the Yamasee War?

• A. They killed every male member of the defeated tribes.

• B. They gave the tribal leaders a chance to move to Europe.

• C. They offered to construct new settlements for the tribes.

• D. Many American Indians fled South Carolina and settled in Florida and Georgia.

How were Northeast Woodland Indians similar to Southeast Indians?

• A. Both lived in diverse environments.

• B. Both followed religions based on animism.

• C. Both lived in longhouses.

• D. Both had economies dependent on tobacco.

During late 1609 and early 1610, there was a severe shortage of food in the Jamestown colony. During this period, known as the ...Time, almost 80 percent of the colonists died.

(a)  

BY 1700, all of Mexico, Florida, and much of the American Southwest and California were under ... control.

(a)