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Worksheets6th Grade Midterm
Total questions: 85
Worksheet time: 2hrs 49mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Islands are bodies of land surrounded by water on how many sides?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
all
2.
Mountains, rivers, lakes, deserts are all types of?
a)
Landforms
b)
Water
c)
Maps
d)
Climates
3.
What does a compass rose show?
a)
Key
b)
Distance
c)
Cardinal
Directions
Directions
d)
States
4.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
5.
Is this a fossil or artifact?
a)
Fossil
b)
Artifact
6.
A historic object made or used by humans, such as a tool, ornament or pottery
a)
Artifact
b)
Fossil
c)
Both
d)
Neither
7.
Time before written history
a)
Prehistory
b)
Post-history
c)
Living History
d)
Real history
8.
How many continents are there in the world?
a)
4
b)
5
c)
6
d)
7
9.
How many oceans are there in the world?
a)
7
b)
6
c)
5
d)
4
10.
Which of these is a continent?
a)
North America
b)
United States
c)
England
d)
Florida
11.
How much of the Earth is covered in water?
a)
1/2
b)
3/7
c)
3/4
d)
9/10
12.
Which of the following is an ocean?
a)
Pacific
b)
Mississippi
c)
Nile
d)
Gulf of Mexico
13.
How many years in a century?
a)
10
b)
50
c)
100
d)
1000
14.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
15.
A source that comes later, second hand account
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
16.
Which is not a type of primary source?
a)
Text
b)
Recordings
c)
Object
d)
Food
17.
This photo
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
18.
A map drawn by Christopher Columbus is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
19.
Which of these reasons does NOT describe a reason why explorers came to the America’s?
a)
looking for gold
b)
looking for new route to China
c)
to claim new lands
d)
looking to trade with American Indians
20.
First successful English settlement in the New World
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Pilgrim
21.
How many colonies were there?
a)
10
b)
13
c)
50
d)
11
22.
What was the Purple group of colonies called
a)
New Ohio colonies
b)
Southern colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
New England Colonies
23.
What was the Green group of colonies called
a)
New Ohio colonies
b)
Southern colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
New England Colonies
24.
What was the Red group of colonies called
a)
New Ohio colonies
b)
Southern colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
New England Colonies
25.
Why did people come to the colonies?
a)
Religious freedom
b)
Escape slavery
c)
Europe ran out of land
d)
They wanted to live with Indians
26.
What were slaves forced to do in the Americas?
a)
Work on sugar plantations.
b)
Work in mines.
c)
Work on tobacco plantations.
d)
All of the above
27.
What did West Africans trade for slaves?
a)
cows
b)
guns
c)
ships
d)
trees
28.
Which colony was set up as a colony for prisoners and those who owed money?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Jamestown
c)
Georgia
d)
Pennsylvania
29.
What made the colonists angry with Great Britain?
a)
lost land
b)
taxation without representation
c)
slavery
d)
stolen gold
30.
Which of these jobs were not available in colonial times?
a)
blacksmith
b)
goldsmith
c)
computer programmer
d)
shoemaker
31.
The letters BC or BCE next to a date number means
a)
Before time
b)
Before history
c)
Before the birth of Christ
d)
Before the Century
32.
A decade is how many years?
a)
1
b)
5
c)
10
d)
100
33.
Longitude lines...
a)
Run from the North Pole to the South Pole
b)
Circle the Earth from East to West
34.
Latitude lines...
a)
Run from the North Pole to the South Pole
b)
Circle the Earth from East to West
35.
The equator falls at...
a)
0 degrees longitude
b)
0 degrees latitude
c)
10 degrees latitude
d)
100 degrees longitude
36.
What do latitude and longitude lines on a map help us find?
a)
location
b)
distance
c)
elevation
d)
sea level
37.
The letters AD or CE next to a date number means
a)
After the birth of Christ
b)
After the death of Buddha
c)
After the birth of Muhammad
d)
After the death of Christ
38.
A millennium equals how many years?
a)
10
b)
1000
c)
10,000
d)
100,000
39.
What was the name given to the shipping route that slaves took from Africa to the Americas?
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Long Journey
c)
Death Trip
d)
Freedom Ride
40.
Trade between Africa, Europe and the America’s was called
a)
Circular Trade
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Rectangular Trade
d)
Duo Trade
41.
Who became rich from the slave trade?
a)
Plantation Owners
b)
Indians
c)
Slaves
d)
Chinese
42.
Which of these tools helps find cardinal direction (north, south, east, west)?
a)
globe
b)
telescope
c)
magnifying glass
d)
compass
43.
Which ocean was crossed when Europe, Africa, and the America’s traded?
a)
Pacific
b)
Indian
c)
Arctic
d)
Atlantic
44.
What type of ruler did England have in the 1700’s?
a)
A king
b)
An emperor
c)
A president
d)
A Pope
45.
Why were guns important to have in West Africa?
a)
gave a tribe power and protection
b)
good for killing slaves
c)
needed to scare away birds
d)
good for starting fires
46.
How were slaves sold in the Americas?
a)
at stores
b)
at auctions
c)
by mail order
d)
by ordering online
47.
What holiday do the Pilgrims get credit for starting?
a)
Christmas
b)
St. Patrick's Day
c)
Thanksgiving
d)
Easter
48.
How did Indians help the early colonists?
a)
gave them guns
b)
showed them how to farm
c)
gave them ships
d)
built cabins for them
49.
Which of these is NOT a cash crop?
a)
tobacco
b)
sugar cane
c)
rice
d)
gold
50.
What document was signed by the Pilgrims that formed their own government?
a)
Pilgrim Pledge
b)
Mayflower Compact
c)
Thanksgiving Promise
d)
New Hope Contract
51.
On which date was the Declaration of Independence signed?
a)
January 1
b)
December 25
c)
July 4
d)
October 31
52.
What was the historical event when colonists dumped tea into a harbor?
a)
New York Tea Party
b)
King George Tea Party
c)
Boston Tea Party
d)
Indian Tea Party
53.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
Great Britain
b)
the Indians
c)
France
d)
Spain
54.
Why did Great Britain try to add mores taxes to the colonies?
a)
the King was greedy
b)
needed to buy new ships
c)
Great Britain was in debt because of French & Indian War
d)
to show power over the colonies
55.
Who was killed in the Boston massacre?
a)
British soldiers
b)
Indians
c)
Colonists
d)
Children
56.
Who was the Indian Princess who helped the Jamestown colony survive?
a)
Little Feather
b)
Squaw
c)
Pocahontas
d)
Squanto
57.
What does democracy mean?
a)
ruled by a king
b)
people rule themselves
c)
ruled by a small group of leaders
d)
ruled by force
58.
Who got credit for “discovering” America?
a)
Michael Jackson
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
the slaves
d)
Mr. Klinger
59.
Why was Roanoke called the “Lost Colony?”
a)
the colonists disappeared without a trace
b)
you can't find it on a map
c)
they could not find trees to build homes
d)
they could not find the Indians
60.
Who was Samuel Adams
a)
Founder of the Sons of Liberty
b)
Ambassador to France
c)
Commander of the Continental Army
d)
Governor of Massachusetts
61.
An example of a landform is:
a)
mountain
b)
cloud
c)
ocean
d)
earthquake
62.
In what year did the colonists declare their Independence from Great Britain?
a)
1770
b)
1800
c)
1776
d)
1492
63.
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger many colonists?
a)
It promoted peace with the Indians.
b)
It increased taxes.
c)
It prohibited them from moving west.
d)
It gave land to Canada.
64.
Who was King of England in 1776?
a)
Phillip II
b)
Edward I
c)
George III
d)
Henry VIII
65.
What color uniforms did the British usually wear?
a)
blue
b)
red
c)
gray
d)
black
66.
What is a Patriot?
a)
a freedom fighter
b)
an Indian fighter
c)
A fighter from Great Britain
d)
an animal fighter
67.
What religion did most colonists believe in?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Judaism
d)
Hinduism
68.
Which colonists were called Patriots?
a)
those who obeyed the laws
b)
those who were willing to fight
c)
those who wanted independence
d)
those who were loyal to the king
69.
Rich landowners, governors, and often religious leaders were often
a)
Loyalist
b)
neutral
c)
Patriots
d)
red coats
70.
Why did many colonist boycott tea and paper?
a)
to punish the storekeepers
b)
to protest taxes on those items
c)
to save money for future needs
d)
to make their own goods at home
71.
Thomas Hutchinson was
a)
Writer and the Governor of Massachusetts
b)
Loyalist and the Governor of Massachusetts
c)
Loyalist and the Governor of Virginia
d)
Patriot and the Governor of Massachusetts
72.
What was the name given to the group of colonists who opposed independence from Britain?
a)
The Undecideds
b)
The Loyalists
c)
The Patriots
d)
The Independents
73.
True or False: Rebellion means to make an effort by many people to change the government or leader of a country by the use of protest or violence. Also refusal to obey rules.
a)
True
b)
False
74.
Who was the king of Britain during the American Revolution?
a)
King Henry II
b)
King George III
c)
King James
75.
To Great Britain, the signing of the Declaration of Independence was
a)
an act of loyalty.
b)
an act of treason.
c)
an act of bravery.
d)
an act of insanity.
76.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a)
To stop taxes from the British Empire.
b)
To make a United States army.
c)
To gain independence from the British Empire
d)
To install their own king in America
77.
Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?
a)
Common Sense was published.
b)
The Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III.
c)
The American Revolution ends.
d)
The Declaration of Independence is signed.
78.
What was the Declaration of Independence all about?
a)
For America and Britain to become allies
b)
For Britain to become part of Germany
c)
To proclaim that America's 13 Colonies were no longer part of the British Empire
d)
For America to take over Britain
79.
What country did The United States declare independence from?
a)
Britain
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Belgium
80.
The Declaration states that all men are created ___________.
a)
Just
b)
Equal
c)
the same
d)
Free
81.
Why were both Continental Congresses held?
a)
To vote for the first president
b)
To decide when to go to war with Great Britain
c)
To discuss a solution to the colonists’ complaints of Great Britain
d)
To write the Constitution
82.
What did the Continental Congress decide to do with British trade?
a)
Buy British goods
b)
Raise tariffs
c)
Destroy all British goods
d)
Boycott all British goods
83.
Who fought in the Revolutionary War?
a)
the British against the colonists
b)
the French against the British
c)
the French against the colonists
d)
the colonists against the Native Americans
84.
The Sugar Act, Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act all contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by....
a)
Restricting trade with American Indians
b)
Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture
c)
Angered colonists who believed that civil liberties had been violated
d)
Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament
85.
What was the immediate effect due to the passing of the Stamp Act in 1765?
a)
Colonists sought military support from France.
b)
Colonists organized boycotts of British goods.
c)
Colonists signed the Declaration of Independence.
d)
Colonists dumped tea into the Boston Harbor
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