Unit 1 Exam Practice Test

Which of the following would be the most reliable source about the American Revolution?

• A Hollywood movie
• A Youtube video
• A book written by a famous historian
• a Wikipedia page

Which of the following would be the most reliable source about Japanese Internment in the US?

• A government propaganda film explaining internment from 1942
• A blog post from a popular history website
• A leaked government report on Japanese internment from 1983
• A children's book about Japanese Internment

Historians rely on all of the following in order to retell the past EXCEPT:

• Primary and secondary sources
• evidence
• reliability and credibility
• the public's opinion of what happened

Which of the following best defines the term Indigenous Peoples?

• Ethnic groups who have migrated to a new country and adapted to its culture.
• Social and cultural groups that share ancestral ties to the land and natural resources where they live, occupy, or from which they have been displaced.
• People who practice traditional agriculture regardless of their geographic location.

Which is NOT a common characteristic of indigenous peoples?

• They have unique knowledge systems and beliefs
• They all speak the same language
• They have a strong link to local territories and natural resources

Christopher Columbus was the FIRST European to set foot on America.

• True
• False

What is a cash crop?

• A savings account held by the colonists.
• A pile of money that colonial governments saved for emergencies.
• An agricultural crop planted for the purpose of selling or exporting for profit.

The ________________ was the first elected legislative body in the American colonies.

• Virginia Company
• House of Burgesses
• Cavaliers

A _________ is a tax that a country's government places on imported goods making them more expensive for consumers and businesses.

• blockade
• tariff
• boycott

Who were the first settlers in Jamestown?

• 104 men and boys sent by the Virginia Company of London
• Native Americans
• Christopher Columbus and his crew