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Social Studies Terms

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 38mins

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Class
Date
1.

The region east of the Piedmont of North Carolina with the beach and the barrier islands

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Mountains

c)

New England

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

2.

The Region of NC that we live in. The land is flat.

a)

Tennessee

b)

Piedmont

c)

The Mountains

d)

Coastal Plains

3.

The region to the west of North Carolina, Cold winters and a lot of Hills

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plains

c)

The Graveyard of the Atlantic

d)

Mountains

4.

In colonial times this would be the area to the west of the Coastal Plains. The Great Wagon road went through here.

a)

The Backcountry

b)

The Trail of Tears

c)

The Ohio River Vally

d)

China

5.

An imaginary line in between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain

a)

A Line

b)

The Fall Line

c)

The Proclamation Line

d)

Parliament

6.

The exact location of something

a)

A Map

b)

Relative Location

c)

Absolute Location

d)

A picture of a house

7.

The location of something relative to another thing

a)

Relative Location

b)

Absolute Location

c)

Coordinates

d)

Congress

8.

Physical Characteristics of Place (Select ALL that apply)

a)

Landforms

b)

Language

c)

Climate

d)

Religion

9.

Human Characteristics of Place

a)

Language and Religion

b)

Wolves

c)

Mountains

d)

Climate

10.

The interactions that humans have on the environment

a)

HEI

b)

Religion

c)

Human Characteristics of Place

d)

The 5 Themes of Geography

11.

An area or a division of a place based on human and physical characteristics of that place

a)

A Colony

b)

Location

c)

Region

d)

HEI

12.

The moving of humans and goods

a)

The Columbian Exchange

b)

Movement

c)

Walking

d)

The Graveyard of the Atlantic

13.

Islands just off the coast of NC

a)

The Barrier Islands

b)

The Great Wagon Road

c)

The Backcountry

d)

The Coastal Plains

14.

The nickname for the barrier islands because of all the shipwrecks

a)

The Proclamation Line

b)

The Coastal Plains

c)

Blackbeard's Revenge

d)

The Graveyard of the Atlantic

15.

The widespread exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the old and new world

a)

Movement

b)

The Columbian Exchange

c)

The Boston Tea Party

d)

The Ocean

16.

Being able to resist disease

a)

Immunity

b)

Medicine

c)

Flu Shot

d)

Being Rich

17.

A division of a country separate from the country

a)

Colony

b)

State

c)

Island

d)

Ireland

18.

A written contract written to the lords proprietors so they could run Carolina

a)

Charter

b)

Treaty

c)

Agreement

d)

Contract

19.

The men who ran Carolina in colonial times

a)

Lord's Proprieters

b)

The Governor

c)

The King

d)

Hitler and The Nazis

20.

A type of government with a king and/or queen as a ruler

a)

Anarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Monarchy

21.

A form of government where people vote for their ruler

a)

Democracy

b)

Anarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

The Columbian Exchange

22.

A person sent by the king to run a colony

a)

Governor

b)

King

c)

President

d)

Regulators

23.

An unofficial British policy where they do not enforce laws

a)

The Quartering Act

b)

Salutary Neglect

c)

The Tea Act

d)

Triangular trade

24.

Also called the "Atlantic system" is the trade between Europe, Africa, and the New World of raw goods, manufactured goods, slaves, food supplies, and livestock

a)

The Columbian Exchange

b)

Movement

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Barter

25.

Ben Franklin’s plan that said colonies needed to join together to form a central government - Represented by the “Join or Die” flag

a)

Albany Plan of Union

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

Halifax Resolves

26.

A war between France and Britain in 1754-1763 over the Ohio River Vally, the effects were the proclamation line, taxation, and eventually the American Revolution (Known as The Seven Years War in Europe)

a)

The Battle Of Alamance

b)

The French And Indian War

c)

The Regulator Movement

d)

World War II

27.

What is Grievance

a)

A Complaint

b)

Abuse of Power

c)

Sadness

d)

Taxes

28.

Selling items to another country for profit

a)

Import

b)

Trading

c)

Export

d)

Tariffs

29.

Buying goods from another country

a)

Export

b)

Import

c)

Barter

d)

Movement

30.

Goods

a)

Articles of trade

b)

Good Deeds

c)

The Atlantic Ocean

d)

Arizona

31.

An economic goal for a country - their trade should be as profitable as possible by exporting more than they import

a)

Treason

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Communism

d)

Mercantilism

32.

Not of one's native country

a)

Foreign

b)

Domestic

33.

Of one's native country

a)

Domestic

b)

Foreign

34.

Backcountry residents of NC who protested In the corruption of Backcountry Officials

a)

Regulators

b)

Patriots

c)

Loyalists

d)

Regulars

35.

A person who leaves their native country and moves to another

a)

Communist

b)

Traitor

c)

Immigrant

36.

The Branch of the Government that makes laws.

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

The Executive Branch

c)

The Judicial Branch

37.

The Legislative Branch in Great Britain

a)

Congress

b)

The General Assembly

c)

Parliament

d)

The White House

38.

The Legislative Branch in the US

a)

Congress

b)

Parliament

c)

The Supreme Court

d)

The General Assembly

39.

The Legislative Branch in NC

a)

The House Of Representitives

b)

Parliament

c)

The World Trade Center

d)

The General Assembly

40.

Persuading someone to do something by using force or threats

a)

Bully

b)

Coercion

c)

Mean Person

d)

Discipline

41.

To refuse to buy a good or service

a)

Boycott

b)

Sell

c)

Profit

d)

Tyranny

42.

To cut off supplies or communications to a particular area by force

a)

Steal

b)

Kill

c)

Blockade

d)

Boycott

43.

To undo or take back

a)

Coercion

b)

Independence

c)

Declare

d)

Repeal

44.

Required colonists to pay a tax on sugar and molasses

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Tea Act

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Coercive Acts

45.

Required colonists to pay a tax on all paper used

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Stamp Act

d)

Declaratory Act

46.

Required colonists to provide room and board to British Soldiers

a)

The Boston Massacre

b)

The Quartering Act

c)

The Tea Act

d)

The Coercive Acts

47.

Parliament could require taxes as it saw fit

a)

Coercive Acts

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Sugar Act

d)

Declaratory Act

48.

Shut down NY assembly; imposed taxes on imports of glass, paints, paper, tea; established tax collectors

a)

Tea Act

b)

Townshend Acts

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Boston Tea Party

49.

Colonists had to buy their tea from Britain. Low Costs but high taxes

a)

Taxes

b)

Tea Act

c)

Edenton Tea Party

d)

Stamp Act

50.

Conflict between angry Colonists and British Soldiers over taxes, soldiers killed 5 colonists.

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

The Regulator Movement

c)

The Holocaust

d)

The Boston Massacre

51.

Group of Artisans and shop keepers rebelling against taxation in the colonies; responsible for the Boston Tea Party

a)

The Sons Of Liberty

b)

George Washington

c)

The Continental Congress

d)

Indians

52.

Sons of liberty dressed as native Americans and dump tea into the Boston Harbor

a)

Edenton Tea Party

b)

Boston Tea Party

c)

The French Revolution

d)

The Tea Act

53.

In response to the Boston tea party - closed Boston harbor, removed governor

a)

The Intolerable Acts

b)

The Stamp Act

c)

The Townshend Acts

d)

The Sugar Act

54.

Organized by Penelope Barker to boycott tea and other British goods in NC

a)

The Boston Tea Party

b)

The Regulator Movement

c)

The Edenton Tea Party

d)

The French and Indian War

55.

NC battle between Governor Tryon’s Militia and the regulators (1771) which ended the regulator movement

a)

The Battle Of Alamance

b)

The Battle Of Saratoga

c)

The Battle Of Yorktown

d)

The Battle of Cowpens

56.

An order by the king for colonists not to settle past the Appalachian Mountains so as not to anger the natives

a)

The Ohio River Treaty

b)

The Proclamation of 1763

c)

The Quartering Act

d)

The American Revolution

57.

Rights given to you because you exist: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

a)

The Bill of Rights

b)

Newton's First Law of Motion

c)

Laws

d)

Unalienable Rights

58.

Someone who supports the king of England. Also called Tories

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

c)

Nazi

d)

A Communist

59.

Someone who wants to break free from England. Known as Wigs

a)

Patriot

b)

Germans

c)

Loyalist

d)

Traitor

60.

A name for British Soldiers

a)

Redcoats

b)

Fire Backs

c)

Paul Revere

d)

The King's Apples

61.

What are Regulars? Choose the BEST answer

a)

People in the backcountry of NC protesting government corruption

b)

Soldiers

c)

People that come to a place often

d)

A size of a drink

62.

A person who willingly goes against authority

a)

Traitor

b)

Rebel

c)

Patriot

d)

Loyalist

63.

Ratify

a)

To take back

b)

To approve

c)

To destroy

d)

To correct

64.

Information used to persuade someone to a particular belief. Used in the Holocaust and other wars

a)

Propaganda

b)

Political Cartoons

c)

A Persuasive Book

d)

Popular Sovereignty

65.

Committing a crime against the government

a)

Tyranny

b)

Rebel

c)

Traitor

d)

Patriot

66.

Abuse of power

a)

Rebel

b)

Tyranny

c)

Democracy

d)

Traitor

67.

Volunteer Soldiers (Militia) who were to be ready at a minute’s notice

a)

Quickmen

b)

Secondmen

c)

Minutemen

d)

Readymen

68.

A formal agreement between countries, used on multiple occasions to end wars

a)

Treaty

b)

Contract

c)

Charter

d)

Alliance

69.

Forcible overthrow of one’s own government

a)

Revolution

b)

Revolt

c)

Rebellion

d)

Tyranny

70.

The people are ruled the way they want to be ruled

a)

Anarcy

b)

Democracy

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Salutary Neglect

71.

The first constitution of the United States. It failed because it gave the states too much power.

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Declaration Of Independence

c)

The Articles Of Confederation

d)

"Common Sense"

72.

A Pamphlet encouraging colonists to break free from England

a)

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"

b)

Thomas Jefferson's "Common Sense"

c)

The Articles Of Confederation

d)

The Declaration Of Independence

73.

A Document that declared the area of Charlotte Free

a)

The Declaration Of Independence

b)

Mecklenburg Resolves

c)

Halifax Resolves

74.

A document that declared all of NC free

a)

The Declaration Of Independence

b)

Halifax Resolves

c)

Mecklenburg Resolves

75.

A document that declared the colonies free

a)

Mecklenburg Resolves

b)

Halifax Resolves

c)

The Declaration Of Independence