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Semester Exam Review Unit 2

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which era had the following characteristics:
Representative governments are established. Settlers adapt to geographic conditions to earn money.
People establish religious freedom. Religious freedom becomes important to colonists
a)
Creating a Constitution
b)
American Revolution
c)
Exploration & Colonization
2.
Which era had the following characteristics:
Colonists protested acts passed by England, eventually declaring and winning independence.
Colonists fought for independence from Great Britain
a)
American Revolution
b)
Creating a Constitution
c)
Exploration & Colonization
3.

Which era had the following events:

Establishment of Jamestown

Plymouth Rock/Mayflower Compact

Maryland

a)

Creating a Constitution

b)

American Revolution

c)

Colonization

4.
Which era had the following event:
Declaration of Independence
a)
American Revolution
b)
Exploration & Colonization
c)
Creating a Constitution
5.

Which European country set up colonies for profit from trading in furs and other goods?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

6.
Why were the colonist upset with mercantilism?
a)
They were taxed without representation
b)
England controlled trading in colonies in an attempt to make money to become more powerful
c)
Their homes were searched without warrants
7.

Which of the following is not a reason for the development of the plantation system and Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

a)

Land was fertile and had a long growing season

b)

Large numbers of immigrants were arriving from Europe

c)

Need of labor in the Southern colonies for the labor intensive crops.

d)

Economy of South became dependent on agriculture

8.

Factor that contributed to the spread of slavery-

a)

Decrease in available immigrant labor

b)

Increased need for labor in factories

c)

Need of labor in the Southern colonies for the labor cash crops.

d)

Proximity to natural harbors

9.

The Mayflower Compact

Carter that established the Virginia House of Burgess

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut


The documents listed above were created because-

a)

the felt that the monarchy system was ineffective

b)

distance from Britain caused a need for lawmaking structure

c)

they wanted to be a model of the new type of government for others

10.
Which of the following is described below:
Social contract in which everyone agreed to follow laws passed.
 It was the first form of self- government
a)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b)
Virginia House of Burgesses
c)
Town Meetings
d)
Mayflower Compact
11.
Which of the following is described below:
Legislative body in the Virginia Colony.
 It was the first form of representative government
a)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
b)
Town Meetings
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Mayflower Compact
12.
Which of the following is described below:
Document listing the laws to be followed by the Connecticut government
 It was the first written constitution in the colonies
a)
Town Meetings
b)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Mayflower Compact
13.
1607
a)
Constitution
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Jamestown established
14.
1620
a)
Jamestown
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Declaration of Indendence
d)
Constitution
15.
1776
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Constitutional Convention
d)
Articles of Confederation
16.
1787
a)
Articles of Confederation adopted
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Constitutional Convention
17.
Which era had the following characteristics:
Articles of Confederation failed
Bill of Rights is added to Constitution to protect individual rights
Federalist Papers were written to promote ratification of the Constitution
a)
American Revolution
b)
Creating a Constitution
c)
Exploration & Colonization
18.

Which region had rocky soil and cold winters resulting in small farms and protective harbors promoting fishing and ship building?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

19.
Which region had a warm climate with a long growing season that encouraged agriculture with the main cash crop of tobacco?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
20.

Which region were most of the colonies founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

21.
Which region was mostly founded for economic reasons?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
22.
Which colony was founded by William Penn so that the Quakers could have religious freedom?
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Massachusetts
23.

Which colony was established to provide Catholics protection from religious persecution?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Maryland

24.

Industries in the New England Colonies such as:


Shipbuilding

Fishing

Fur Trapping and trading

Lumber milling


were all possible because of-

a)

the dense forests, natural harbors, and swift rivers

b)

natural harbors, arid climate, and rocky soil

c)

Vast grasslands and plentiful lakes

d)

Tall mountains and a long shoreline