APUSH Fall Semester Exam 2025

1. Regarding knowledge of the Americas prior to the fifteenth century, most Europeans

• were aware of the travels of the Norse seaman Leif Eriksson in the eleventh century.

• believed the Americas consisted of little more than several small islands.

• were entirely unaware of the existence of the Americas.

• assumed that the Americas were largely unpopulated.

2. The colony of Virginia was named in honor of

• Virginia Dare.

• Elizabeth I.

• Humphrey Gilbert.

• Walter Raleigh.

3. Many pre-Columbian tribes east of the Mississippi River were loosely linked by

• the shared use of a series of forts.

• common linguistic roots.

• economic compacts.

• intertribal religious festivals.

4. Eighteenth-century Enlightenment thought

• emphasized the importance of religious faith.

• rejected most religious thought.

• challenged concepts such as "natural laws."

• suggested that people had considerable control over their own lives.

5. The first American college was

• Columbia.

• Harvard

• Yale.

• Princeton

6. In Puritan New England, full membership in town governance was limited to

• all land-owning adults.

• selectmen

• adult males who were church members.

• all church members.

7. In North America during the eighteenth century, the most powerful native group was the

• Iroquois.

• Cherokee

• Seminole

• Chickasaw

8. The proposed Albany Plan of 1754

• was intended to give the colonies greater independence from royal authority.

• recognized the land rights of Indian tribes living within the colonies.

• was approved by the colonial assemblies but was vetoed by Parliament.

• revealed the difficulties colonies had in cooperating with each other.

9. The Stamp Act of 1765

• was consistent with traditional parliamentary efforts to regulate commerce.

• placed a heavy financial burden on American colonists.

• helped to unite the colonies in opposition to the English government.

• actually affected only a few New England merchants.

10. In 1770, the Townshend Duties were ended by

• Charles Townshend.

• the Marquis of Rockingham.

• Lord North.

• George III.