US History Semester 1 Practice Quiz 1

Which of these best explains why different cultural regions formed in North America?

• Groups settled in the areas at various times.

• Groups chose where they lived based on their special skills.

• Groups needed to distinguish themselves from other groups.

• Groups adapted to the environments in which they settled.

Which of these describes an indentured servant?

• Someone who repays their debt to a farmer by working for them without pay.

• Someone who pays rent on their farm with a portion of their crops.

• Someone who makes and sells candles to wealthy landowners.

• Someone who was sold to a landowner and forced to work as a cook.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect many Indigenous people in the Americas?

• They grew in number.

• They died from diseases.

• They became prosperous.

• They were forced to move.

Which of these was a goal of the Spanish conquistadors who came to the Americas?

• to trade with the native peoples

• to conquer a large empire for Spain

• to establish agricultural communities

• to learn about the culture of the Aztec people

Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown colonists?

• They were challenged by the environment.

• They found the area already colonized by the Dutch.

• They were welcomed by Indigenous people.

• They quickly established a prosperous colony.

The Middle Passage refers to

• the ocean crossing enslaved Africans were forced through.

• the route taken to reach New York.

• a step in climbing the social ladder.

• a system of trade between the colonies.

How did Roger Williams’s colony of Providence differ from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts?

• Enslaved people were freed.

• Only religious men were allowed to vote.

• Indigenous people were considered enemies.

• People of different religious beliefs were welcomed.

Which of these groups gained territory in North America as a result of the French and Indian War?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Indigenous groups

Which of these was a result of the French and Indian War?

• The British government had a large war debt.

• The colonists were given their independence.

• The British government stayed out of colonial politics.

• The colonists were free to move west of the Appalachians.

Which group formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• British soldiers

• Indigenous people