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WorksheetsQ1 9 Weeks
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 22mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Indiana's climate is commonly called...
a)
Mediterranean
b)
humid continental
c)
steppe
d)
humid subtropical
2.
What are the two main climates of Eastern US?
a)
Tropical Savanna & Humid Colonial
b)
Marine West Coast & Mediterranean
c)
Humid Continental & Humid Subtropical
d)
Steppe & Desert
3.
Business where a group of investors come together to share profit/shares of a company...
a)
Proprietary Colony
b)
Monetary Company
c)
Trump Tower
d)
Joint-Stock Company
4.
Movement of plants and animals between America and Europe is known as...
a)
The Glorious Revolution
b)
The Great Awakening
c)
The Columbian Exchange
d)
Triangular Trade
5.
Which is true regarding Columbus towards the Native Americans?
a)
He was afraid of Native Americans.
b)
He felt inferior to Native Americans.
c)
He knew they were not from India.
d)
He was welcomed by Native Americans. They were friendly people.
6.
Which statement is true about Christopher Columbus?
a)
Discovered trade passage to Asia
b)
First person to sail west in search of a shorter route to Asia.
c)
He circumnavigated the globe (went all the way around)
d)
First European person to see the Pacific Ocean
7.
What were the main two reasons for why Europeans traveled to the Americas during the Age of Exploration?
a)
Passage to Asia and to convert people to Christianity
b)
It was a race around the world
c)
They needed a place to store their prisoners, and make a penal colony
d)
Too much pollution in Europe so life was dying out
8.
Name of the voyage of enslaved African across the Atlantic to the Americas...
a)
Middle Passage
b)
African Diaspora
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Northwest Passage
9.
Main two Englishmen connected to Jamestown and Pocahontas...
a)
William Penn and William Pitt
b)
Martin Luther and John Edwards
c)
John Smith and John Rolfe
d)
John Winthrop and Peter Stuyvesant
10.
The first attempt to form self-government and agree to fair laws in the colonies was the...
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Royal Charter
d)
Jamestown Virginia Law Codes
11.
Which of the following happened during the triangular trade?
a)
African Slaves were sent to Asia in exchange for spices and silk
b)
Trading of goods between Asia and America
c)
Fish was traded between the New England Colonies and London, England
d)
Rum, slaves, and sugar were traded between the Americas and Africa
12.
Why did the Pilgrims, Puritans, and Quakers all come to America?
a)
for wealth
b)
adventure and excitement
c)
to establish a new monarchy
d)
religious freedom
13.
What was the Great Awakening?
a)
English ship used in the War of 1812
b)
religious movement in the English Colonies
c)
colonial newspaper used to spread Patriot rhetoric
d)
political movement were ideas and innovations could improve society
14.
What were the laws passed by the British designed to restrict colonial trade?
a)
Anti-smuggling Act
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Navigation Acts
d)
Townshend Acts
15.
Who is credited for developing Indigo in the southern colonies of Georgia and South Carolina?
a)
Eliza Lucas
b)
Eliza Thornberry
c)
Eliza Kennedy
d)
Eliza Doolittle
16.
Why did New England farmers produce few cash crops?
a)
There were prevented from using slaves
b)
New England's soil was poor and the climate was harsh (cold winters)
c)
they couldn't find enough farm workers to help them harvest the crops
d)
there were no rivers to ship their goods from place to place
17.
Which Colonies had more cultural diversity, or variety?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Western Colonies
18.
What is the practice of carefully controlling trade to create and maintain wealth?
a)
Profiteering
b)
Feudalism
c)
Share Cropping
d)
Mercantilism
19.
What caused the French and Indian War
a)
arguments over learning French over other languages in the colonies
b)
conflict between English and French fur traders in the Ohio Valley
c)
dispute between Spain and France over control of the Mississippi River
d)
fighting between France and England in Europe
20.
Who gained land in Canada and land East of the Mississippi River after the French and Indian War?
a)
France
b)
Netherlands
c)
Spain
d)
England
21.
What is the difference between Ben Franklin and his son William?
a)
Ben was a Patriot and William was a loyalist
b)
Ben was from New England but Will was from the southern colonies
c)
Ben needed glasses and Will did not
d)
Ben is on the $20 bill and William is on the $100 bill
22.
What would you most likely find on a large southern plantation making cash crops like rice and tobacco?
a)
fur traders
b)
skilled craftsmen
c)
musicians
d)
slaves
23.
Who wrote "the natural rights of man" during the Enlightenment?
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Wayne
d)
John Locke
24.
Where was the first shots of the Revolutionary War fired?
a)
New York City
b)
Charleston
c)
Lexington
d)
Philadelphia
25.
Salutary Neglect was when...
a)
British decided to limit freedom of speech in the colonies
b)
British ignored the enforcement of the Navigation Acts
c)
English colonies dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
d)
Each colony refused to pay taxes to the other colonies
26.
The last major battle of the American Revolution... (where Cornwallis surrendered)
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Cowpens
c)
Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
Battle of Yorktown
27.
What was one outcome of the Battle of Trenton (Washington Crossing the Delaware)?
a)
Colonial Victory
b)
Patriot Victory, and boosted morale for the rebels
c)
Washington was injured there
d)
Hessians decided not to celebrate Christmas anymore
28.
Which of these ideas are true from Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"?
a)
Reject the Enlightenment
b)
Challenge the King and his authority
c)
Love the King and his glory to God
d)
submit to the King, and British laws like a good doggie
29.
Economic motivation of the Americans to declare independence would be...
a)
the colonists wanted to be able to import more natural resources from England
b)
colonists felt it was unfair to be taxed without representation in the British Parliament
c)
wanted to use slaves
d)
wanted to increase profit with their trading with Spain
30.
Which of these things would a Loyalist support?
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Olive Branch Petition
c)
Common Sense
d)
Treaty of Paris, 1783
31.
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
John Adams
d)
George Washington
32.
Patrick Henry once said, "I am not a Virginian, I am an American." This quote urged the First Continental Congress to...
a)
Divide
b)
Unite as a unified nation
c)
Fight against the British in all out war
d)
surrender to the British
33.
What was the winter of Valley Forge like for the Continental Army?
a)
sickness devastated the camp until inoculation and training from Baron Von Steuben
b)
place where British and Patriots battled
c)
Place where Patriots declared their independence
d)
place where the "shots heard around the world" were fired
34.
The rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are stated in the...
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Common Sense
d)
Declaration of Independence
35.
Leader of the Continental Army...
a)
George Washington
b)
Benedict Arnold
c)
Lord Cornwallis
d)
Marquis de Lafayette
36.
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War in 1783...
a)
Treaty of Ghent
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Geneva Accords
d)
Olive Branch Petition
37.
Group that organized protests in Boston...
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Parliament
c)
House of Cards
d)
Continental Congress
38.
Why did England begin to tax the colonies?
a)
To pay off debts from previous wars
b)
Because they liked it
c)
Because they wanted to buy a home in the Hamptons
d)
They wanted to go to war with the US
39.
Which event led to the Intolerable Acts?
a)
Boston Massacre
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
40.
Turning Point of the Revolutionary War...
a)
Saratoga
b)
Monmouth
c)
Brandywine
d)
Yorktown
41.
What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?
a)
Draft a Declaration of Independence
b)
Create a new government against the King
c)
Free Press and News
d)
Create a list of complaints to the king
42.
Why did the colonists feel the social contract had been broken?
a)
British government had misused their power and they needed to be replaced
b)
The British government were acting against the King's wishes
c)
The King was too bitter about the Boston Tea Party so the colonists began to drink milk instead
d)
The King supported Chelsea football club, the most evil soccer team of all time. (*Kanye Voice*
43.
Why did the colonists win the war?
a)
More motivated than the British
b)
Had better weapons
c)
Had more money
d)
Had a better navy
44.
What action would a Loyalist likely support?
a)
attend the Continental Congress and vote in favor of war
b)
Join the Continental Army and fight on Washington's side
c)
support the Olive Branch Petition and plea against war and bloodshed
d)
support the Declaration of Independence and go to war with England
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