First Semester Final Exam

Who was the first person to claim lands in the Americas for Spain?

• Amerigo Vespucci
• Christopher Columbus
• Leif Erikson
• Ferdinand Magellan

The first voyage to sail completely around the world was headed by?

• Christopher Columbus
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Vasco da Gama

How did the first people migrate to the Americas?

What was the Columbian Exchange?

What territories in the Americas did Spain control?

• Canada and the United States
• Brazil and Argentina
• South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Southern part of the United States

• Greenland and Iceland

What problems did the settlers of Virginia face?

On what was the economy of the New England colonies based?

• Textile manufacturing
• Farming and livestock
• Fishing, shipbuilding, trade, skilled crafts

• Mining and agriculture

What effect did the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment have on the colonies?

• They resulted in more political equality

• They resulted in increased support for traditional authority
• They had no impact on religious and intellectual freedom
• They led to a decrease in religious and intellectual freedom

Why did the British believe it was necessary to raise taxes on the American colonists?

• To help pay off the debt from the French and Indian War and to cover the costs of maintaining British troops in the colonies
• To punish the American colonists for their rebellion
• To provide financial support for the American colonists
• To fund the construction of new government buildings in Britain

How did the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party affect relations between Great Britain and the colonies?

• Improved relations
• Increased people’s anger at Britain

• No impact on relations
• Led to peaceful negotiations