8th Grade US HISTORY Semester Exam Review

Which motive best completes the diagram?

• To promote free enterprise

• To extend democracy

• To expand empires

• To found utopian communities

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• 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

Which of the following characteristics is correctly matched with a number in the table?

• 1. Indigo

• 2. Moderate

• 3. Rocky soil

• 4. Ships

Which pair best completes the graphic?

• 1. Enslaved Native populations

  2. Organized Utopian societies

• 1. Established Catholic Missions

  2. Focused primarily on fur trading

• 1. Promoted political freedom

  2. Participated in triangular trade

• 1. Became commercial ship builders

  2. Created an early system of public schools

Which colony correctly completes the diagram?

• Maryland

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Georgia

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

• By introducing indentured servitude to the middle colonies

• By requiring colonist to enlist in the military

• By limiting the amount of farm land each colonist could have

• By preventing colonist from trading with most other foreign countries

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

• Lake Michigan

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

• Appalachian Mountains

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

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians

• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture

• Angering colonist who believed their civil liberties had been violated

• Punishing colonist for resisting the authority of parliament

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine

• The profitability of cash crop agriculture

• The development of the factory system

• The establishment of protective tariffs

The Rights listed are considered....

• Transferable

• Legislated

• Inherited

• Unalienable