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WorksheetsAPUSH Unit 1
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and founding father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity.
a)
Phillis Wheatly
b)
John Peter
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Whitfield
2.
Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights."
a)
Phillis Wheatly
b)
John Peter
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Whitfield
3.
An African domestic in the colonies, and a well-known colonial poet. This person's poetry was ornate and elaborate.
a)
Phillis Wheatly
b)
John Peter
c)
Jonathan Edwards
d)
Bejamin Franklin
4.
Part of the Great Awakening. Gave gripping sermons about sin and the torments of Hell.
a)
Phillis Wheatly
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
John Peters
d)
Jonathan Edwards
5.
Who made decisions for the colonies and why?
a)
churches; financed the government
b)
Governor and legislature; lawmakers
c)
Wealthy withe men; they had all the power
d)
white women; they had all the power
6.
Written by Benjamin Franklin, it was filled with witty, insightful, and funny bits of observation and common sense advice.
a)
Two treatises
b)
The newspaper
c)
Poor Richards almanac
d)
the bible
7.
First public education legislation in America. It declared that towns with 50 or more families had to hire a schoolmaster and towns over 100 had to found a grammar school.
a)
Town meetings
b)
Great awakening
c)
The Enlightenment
d)
Massachusetts School Law
8.
Sudden of religious fervor that swept through the colonies.
a)
The Great awakening
b)
Established churches
c)
John Peter Zenger Case
d)
The Enlightenment
9.
French Protestants that fled to other countries once they began to be persecuted.
a)
Quakers
b)
Huguenots
c)
Lutherans
d)
Slaves
10.
Founded in 1636 by a grant from the Massachusetts general court. Followed puritan beliefs.
a)
Rutgers
b)
Yale
c)
Princeton
d)
Harvard
11.
Published articles critical of the the British governor and was taken to court for libel.
a)
Andrew Hamilton
b)
Ben Franklin
c)
John Peter Zenger
d)
William Cosby
12.
What were the names of the established congregational church of New England and the group that broke away from them during the Great awakening?
a)
Bacons Rebellion
b)
Old Lights & New Lights
c)
Huguenots
d)
Protestants & catholics
13.
Credited with starting the great awakening, also the leader of the New Lights.
a)
Andrew Hamilton
b)
John Locke
c)
Jacques Rousseau
d)
George Whitefield
14.
The religion of the enlightenment. Followers believed that God existed and created the world, but afterwards he left it to run by its own natural laws and denied that God communicated with humans at all.
a)
Catholicism
b)
Lutheranism
c)
Protestant beliefs
d)
Deism
15.
Father of modern Philosophy.
a)
Descartes
b)
Voltaire
c)
Montesquieu
d)
Franklin
16.
Believed a nation needed an absolute power but not a dictator.
a)
Wheatley
b)
Hobbes
c)
Beccaria
d)
Rousseau
17.
How did England restrict the economic activity of the colonies?
a)
They put Red Coats in all the trading cities
b)
They limited the amount of paper money in the colonies
c)
They limited the manufacturing in the colonies
d)
They imposed taxes on the colonies
18.
How did England maintain control over the colonies economy?
a)
They limited the amount of paper money used
b)
They took half of everything the colonies made without paying
c)
They made them pay for ships
d)
They had tax collectors in every major city
19.
How did the great awakening change religion in the colonies?
a)
It didn't
b)
Ministers lost some control because people had bibles at home to study
c)
The ministers gained more control because people wanted to come to God more
d)
More people went to church in the south
20.
What were established churches?
a)
Churches that had approval from england
b)
Churches that required money from members to stay open
c)
Churches where the wealthy went
d)
Churches that were supported by gov taxes
21.
John Locke is responsible for what ideas?
a)
Anti- Capitol punishment
b)
Separation of powers/checks and balances
c)
Life,Liberty,& The pursuit of Happiness
d)
Social contract
22.
Early literature was based around what ideas?
a)
Science & Politics
b)
Religion & Politics
c)
Science & Religion
d)
Only Religion
23.
Christopher Columbus
a)
Landed in the Bahamas thinking it was Aisa
b)
Landed in modern day Canada
c)
Landed in modern day Brazil
d)
Landed in modern day florida
24.
Ferdinand Magellan
a)
First to cross over to the pacific ocean
b)
Landed in the Bahamas
c)
Landed in modern day Canada
d)
Circumnavigated the globe
25.
Jacques Cartier
a)
Landed in modern day brazil
b)
Landed in modern day canada
c)
Landed in modern day America
d)
First to cross over to the pacific ocean
26.
Vasco de Gama
a)
Sailed around the southern tip of Africa to reach India
b)
landed in the Bahamas
c)
landed in modern day Canada
d)
circumnavigated the globe
27.
Bartolomeu Diaz
a)
Discovered Canada, made map of Gulf of Saint Lawrence
b)
first to explore southeast US
c)
conquered Incas
d)
sailed around South Africa to Indian Ocean
28.
Hernan Cortez
a)
first cultivator of tobacco
b)
caused Aztecs to fall
c)
first native African to reach North America independently
d)
found Quebec in New France
29.
Prince Henry
a)
Ran boating school in Portugal
b)
second to circumnavigate the world, claimed California
c)
crossed Panama to get to Pacific
d)
claimed parts of Florida
30.
led expedition from Mexico to Kansas
a)
Sir Francis Drake
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
John Cabot
d)
Francisco Coronado
31.
sailed around south Africa to India
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Hernando de Soto
c)
Vasco da Gama
d)
Pedro Cabral
32.
discover North America
a)
Henry Hudson
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Cabot
d)
Sir Francis Drake
33.
explored the Atlantic coast
a)
Francisco Pizzarrd
b)
Giovanni Verrazano
c)
Esteban Estavanico
d)
Jacques Marquette
34.
claimed parts of Florida
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Robert de La Salle
c)
Jacques Marquette
d)
Ponce de Leon
35.
found northeast South America
a)
Estevanico
b)
Robert de La Salle
c)
Pedro Cabral
d)
Samuel de Champlain
36.
second to circumnavigate the world; claimed California
a)
Sire Frances Drake
b)
John Rolfe
c)
Ponce de Leon
d)
Hernando de Soto
37.
found Quebec in "New France"
a)
Robert de La Salle
b)
Jacques Marquette
c)
Hernan Cortez
d)
Samuel de Champlain
38.
conquered Incas
a)
John Rolfe
b)
Francisco Pizarrd
c)
Prince Henry
d)
Vasco da Gama
39.
explored Great Lakes region
a)
Jacques Marquette
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Robert de La Salle
40.
founded Michigan's first European colony
a)
Samuel de Champlain
b)
Francisco Coronado
c)
Jacques Marquette
d)
giovanni Verrazano
41.
The process of many Europeans moving to the colonies because of war persecution and other reasons.
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Seperatists
d)
The Great Migration
42.
Maryland was given to Lord Baltimore by the English king and served as?
a)
A safe haven for catholics
b)
A safe haven for Quakers
c)
A safe haven for puritans
d)
A safe haven for lutherans
43.
Pennsylvania was established by what group?
a)
Puritans
b)
Germans
c)
Quakers
d)
Scots-Irish
44.
A company owned by several people to minimize the risk of the investment.
a)
Shipment company
b)
Tobacco company
c)
Joint-Stock company
d)
Cotton company
45.
What was the first form of self government that was established in Virginia
a)
Mayflower compact
b)
House of Burgesses
c)
Parliament
d)
FOC
46.
First form of self government in Massachusetts
a)
House of Burgesses
b)
Parliament
c)
FOC
d)
Mayflower Compact
47.
Believed the Church of England could be purified by reform
a)
Separatists
b)
NonSeparatists
48.
English settler of Jamestown and married Pocahontas; discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export which led VA to economic success
a)
John Smith
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Winthrop
d)
William Bradfor
49.
Slavery begins...
a)
1642
b)
1629
c)
1620
d)
1619
50.
First agreement for self-government in America; signed by 41 men on the Mayflower
a)
New England Confederation
b)
Charter of Liberties
c)
Joint Stock company
d)
Mayflower Compact
51.
Colonies founded by company or individual and controlled by proprietor.
a)
Proprietary
b)
charter
c)
royal
52.
Colonies founded by a government charter granted to a company or group of people
a)
proprietary
b)
charter
c)
royal
53.
colonies formed by the kind so government had total control over them
a)
proprietary
b)
charter
c)
royal
54.
parcels of land consisting of about 50 acres which were given to colonists who brought indentured servant into America - used by Virginia Company to attract more colonists
a)
Five Nations
b)
contract puritan colonies
c)
calvanism
d)
headright system
55.
helped found and govern jamestown - his leadership and strict discipline helped the VA colony get through the difficult first winter
a)
John Rolfe
b)
John Smith
c)
John Winthrop
d)
John Patterson
56.
first legislative body in colonial America;1619
a)
Congregational Church
b)
Massachusetts Bay Colony
c)
New England Confederation
d)
House of Burgesses
57.
troops loyal to Charles II during English Civil War; opponents were the Roundheads, loyal to Parliament and Oliver Cromwell
a)
Cavaliers
b)
Dominion of New England
c)
Five Nations
d)
Joint Stock
58.
company made up of a group of shareholders where each one contributes some money to the company and receives some share of the company's profits and debts
a)
Fundamental Orders
b)
New England confederation
c)
Joint stock company
d)
House of Burgesses
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