WorksheetsCh 1 & 2 Review
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This was began during the Middle Ages in Europe & was when people pledged allegiance to a powerful noble in return for land and protection due to a lack of a strong central government.
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Crusades
c)
Feudalism
d)
Renaissance
2.
Which explorer tried to find a short cut to India, but ended up in the Bahamas.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Santa Anna
c)
Walter Raleigh
d)
Hernan Cortes
3.
The domestication of plants and animals is known as:
a)
agricultural revolution
b)
crusades
c)
feudalism
d)
renaissance
4.
The British began taxing all important papers and legal documents due to the passage of the:
a)
Paper tax
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Stamp Act
d)
LIberty tax
5.
Which group of people were escaping religious persecution from England?
a)
Catholics
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Slaves
d)
Irish
6.
Which group of early Americans had a warrior like society and a strict class system?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Maya
d)
Paleo-Indians
7.
This Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec empire.
a)
Herman Cortes
b)
Walter Raleigh
c)
Santa Anna
d)
Christopher Columbus
8.
The first MEETING of the colonists.
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Appomattox Courthouse
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Middle Passage
9.
Who was the general of the Colonists during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
George Washington
c)
Ulysses S Grant
d)
Benjamin Franklin
10.
The first two battles of the Revolutionary War.
a)
Lexington & Concord
b)
Richmond & Washington
c)
Yorktown & Boston
d)
Philadelphia & Boston
11.
The document that signified America's split from British control.
a)
Constitution
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Treaty of Paris
12.
The very first Constitution of the US was the :
a)
Bill of RIghts
b)
Connecticut Compromise
c)
Articles of Confederation
d)
Virginia Compromist
13.
During which event did the first fighting between the Redcoats & the Minutemen occur?
a)
Boston Tea Party
b)
Battle of Lexington
c)
Battle of Monmouth
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
14.
Who supported the colonists during the Revolutionary War?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
France
d)
Spain
15.
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
Supremacy Clause
c)
Elastic Clause
d)
Bill of Rights
16.
What is the system of federal gov that allows all 3 of the branches to restrict the powers of the other two?
a)
reserved powers
b)
delegated powers
c)
checks and balances
d)
bicameral legislature
17.
Thomas Pain wrote this pamphlet to encourage support for the American Independence.
a)
Freedom from England
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Fight Against King George III
d)
Common Sense
18.
The trading of slaves for goods is known as:
a)
Bermuda Triangle
b)
Orders of Connecticut
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
Middle Passage
19.
Which group created the first number system?
a)
Inca
b)
Aztec
c)
Maya
d)
Paleo-Indians
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