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Total questions: 59
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
This document stated reasons that the colonists wanted independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Bill of Rights
2.
Which branch of the Government enforces the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
3.
Which branch of government makes the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
4.
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
5.
The process of turning a bill into a law is ..........
a)
Congress creates --> President checks it -->Back to Congress to approve.
b)
President creates it -->Congress Checks it -->
c)
President creates it --> Congress checks it.
6.
Veto means.......
a)
to reject
b)
to accept
c)
to like it
7.
The President can veto a bill created by Congress.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Why was our government separated into three different branches of government?
a)
To keep one branch from being too powerful
b)
Because the colonists didn't want the government to be a monarchy like it was under the kings control.
c)
To check and balance the other branches.
d)
All of the above.
9.
What is the first amendment?
a)
Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly.
b)
Right to own guns or bear arms and protect yourself.
c)
You don't have to keep soldiers in your house if you don't want to.
10.
What is the second amendment?
a)
Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly.
b)
Right to own guns or bear arms and protect yourself.
c)
You don't have to keep soldiers in your house if you don't want to.
11.
Which of these was true about the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The National Government was very powerful and the state government was weak.
b)
The national government had very little power and state government was strong.
c)
ALL states wanted representation based on population.
d)
it is considered the greatest document in history.
12.
What does amend mean?
a)
to change
b)
to fix
c)
to accept
13.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Plains
b)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Death Valley
14.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
Great Plain
b)
Great Basin
c)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
d)
The Rocky Mountatins
15.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Continental Divide
b)
The Great Plains
c)
Death Valley
d)
The Mississippi River
16.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Basin
b)
THhe Great Plains
c)
The Continental Divide
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
17.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
Death Valley
b)
The Great Basin
c)
The Great Plains
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
18.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Gulf of Mexico
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The St. Lawrence River
d)
The Pacific Ocean
19.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The St. Lawrence River
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The Pacific Ocean
d)
The Atlantic Ocean
20.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Lakes
b)
The St. Lawrence RIver
c)
The Mississippi River
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
21.
If I live in an igloo, hunt whales and seals and live in the Arctic, I am likely a member of which Native American tribe?
a)
Kwakiutl
b)
Hopi
c)
Inuit
d)
Seminole
22.
If I live in a Pueblo in the Southwest United States and it is very hot and dry, I am likely a member of which Native American Tribe?
a)
Hopi
b)
Inuit
c)
Seminole
d)
Pawneee
23.
The Kwakiutls live in large cedar homes called:
a)
Chickee
b)
Pueblo
c)
Plank House
d)
Teepee
24.
This tribe lived in the plains and had all four seasons. They lived in a teepee usually
a)
Seminoles
b)
Chickees
c)
Nez Perce
d)
Pawnee
25.
If I live in a chickee and live in Florida, I am a likely member of which Native American tribe?
a)
Nez Perce
b)
Seminole
c)
Hopi
d)
Kwakiutl
26.
This explorer sailed for England and discovered the NorthWest Passage.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
c)
Juan Ponce de Leon
d)
Christopher Columbus
27.
Which of these listed below were obstacles faced by the European Explorers?
a)
Mutiny (disagreements among crew members)
b)
no maps
c)
Native Americans to fight against
d)
All of the above
28.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered a land route to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
c)
Juan Ponce de Leon
d)
Jacques Cartier
29.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered Florida, he was looking for the Fountain of Youth (but did not find it).
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Henry Hudson
30.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered America.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
John Cabot
31.
This explorer sailed for France and discovered Canada.
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
John Cabot
d)
Christopher Columbus
32.
This explorer was Dutch and discovered the Hudson Bay.
a)
Henry hudson
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
d)
Juan Ponce de Leon
33.
The two major industries in this region were ship building and fishing.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
34.
The climate of this region is VERY cold during the winders and mild during the summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
35.
Slaves and indentured servants worked on the plantations in this region.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
36.
The climate of this region is mild winters and very hot summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
37.
Crops such as rye, wheat and grain grew in these colonies, they were known as the bread basket colonies.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
38.
The climate of this region is described as having cold winters and warm summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
39.
Abolitionists focused on which of the following?
a)
reforming elections
b)
slavery
c)
railroads
d)
women's rights
40.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
1st
b)
8th
c)
18th
d)
19th
41.
The preamble of the constitution _________________________
a)
is know longer there
b)
is several paragraphs long
c)
explains the reasons for writing it
d)
outlaws slavery
42.
The first 10 amendments are known as the _____________________.
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Ten Commandments
43.
In this war, France and Great Britain fought for land in the Ohio Valley. King George believed that colonists should pay for the war so he passed many tax laws.
a)
Th French and Indian War
b)
The Revolutionary War
c)
The Civil War
d)
The War of 1812
44.
The slogan that colonists used to show how they felt about the Stamp Act is "No taxation without ________________".
a)
Representation
b)
Money
c)
Laws
d)
Relaxation
45.
This event was a small fight between the red coats and the colonists that was blown out of proportion to get the colonists riled up about the war.
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Battle at Bunker Hill
c)
The Battle of Yorktown
d)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
46.
At this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped several chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Boston Tea Party
c)
The Boston Battle
d)
The Tea Act
47.
This document stated reasons that the colonists wanted independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Bill of Rights
48.
This battle started the American Revolution. It became known as the "shot heard round the world."
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktown
d)
Bunker Hill
49.
During this battle, the patriots surrounded the British on land and the French blocked the British by sea. This battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
50.
This man was founding father. He signed the Declaration of Independence and was an inventor, a printer, and scientist?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
51.
This man was the commander in chief of the patriots and later became the first president of the United States.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Lord Cornwallis
52.
True or False: Sacagawea was a Native American interpreter.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
True or False: Sacagawea was a Native American interpreter.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
The Louisiana Purchase
a)
was land won in the French and Indian War
b)
Doubled the size of the United States
c)
Was land claimed by the Spanish
d)
Spread all the way to the west coast.
55.
A challenge people faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail was ________.
a)
getting sick from drinking bad water
b)
drowning while trying to swim across rivers
c)
terrible weather
d)
All of the choices listed
56.
Who invented the Telegraph?
a)
Samuel F.B. Morse
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Sojourner Truth
57.
What was the purpose of the telegraph?
a)
to send messages
b)
to send money
c)
to talk on the phone
d)
to send people across the state.
58.
The first plan of the government was the ___________________________________.
a)
The Articles of Confederation
b)
The Constitution
c)
The PreAmble
d)
The Bill of Rights
59.
This document stated reasons that the colonists wanted independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Bill of Rights
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