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1st Semester Exam Review 2018-2019

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following oceans is labeled 1?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Arctic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

2.

Which of the following continents are labeled 7?

a)

North America

b)

Africa

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

3.

Which geographical feature lies along the Eastern Coast of North America?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Interior Lowlands

c)

Coastal Range

d)

Coastal Plains

4.

Which geographic area in the United States contains Death Valley, the lowest point in the United States?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Great Plains

5.

This photograph was taken in what region of the United States?

a)

Great Basin and Range

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Coastal lowlands

d)

Canadian Shield

6.

Which river was explored by Lewis and Clark?

a)

Columbia River

b)

Rio Grande

c)

Ohio River

d)

Missouri River

7.

The United States has many different waterways. The Ohio, Missouri and Platte rivers feed into what large river?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rio Grande

d)

Missouri River

8.

What geographic picture is represented in the picture?

a)

River

b)

Lake

c)

Ocean

d)

Stream

9.

Which geographic feature is represented in the picture?

a)

Hill

b)

Mountain

c)

Field

d)

Ocean

10.

Who studies human behavior and cultures of the past through the recovery and analysis of artifacts?

a)

Biologists

b)

Geologists

c)

Artists

d)

Archaeologists

11.

Which river passageway was explored by the Spanish?

a)

Colorado River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Ohio River

12.

Which river did this ancient civilization develop on?

a)

Rappahanock River

b)

Nottoway River

c)

York River

d)

New River

13.

Which group of American Indians lived in areas of mostly freezing temperatures?

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Inuit

c)

Pueblo

d)

Iroquois

14.

Which group of American Indians lived in the area shaded blue on the map?

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Pueblo

c)

Iroqious

d)

Lakota

15.

People who fished, hunted animals, and made clothing are example of which type of resource?

a)

Capital

b)

Natural

c)

Human

d)

None of the above

16.

Fish, animals, and crops are examples of what type of resource?

a)

Human

b)

Natural

c)

Capital

d)

None of the above

17.

Canoes, bows, and spears are examples of which type of resource?

a)

Human

b)

Natural

c)

Capital

d)

None of the above

18.

Who explored eastern Canada for England?

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

Robert La Salle

c)

Samuel de Champlain

d)

John Cabot

19.

Robert La Salle claimed the ______________ for France.

a)

Mississippi River Valley

b)

Great Plains

c)

Northeast

d)

Southwest

20.

Which European country introduced Christianity, brought diseases, and conquered/enslaved Native Americans?

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

d)

Portugal

21.

The English learned farming techniques from American Indians and —

a)

set up forts along the Mississippi to trade with the American Indians

b)

established settlements and claimed ownership of land

c)

taught them Catholicism

d)

conquered and enslaved the American Indians

22.

Which West African nation did NOT become a powerful trading partner with Europe?

a)

Congo Republic

b)

Ghana

c)

Mali

d)

Songhai

23.

The first permanent English settlement in the United States was —

a)

Plymouth

b)

Roanoke Island

c)

Quebec

d)

Jamestown

24.

Pennsylvania was settled by —

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Quakers

d)

Debtors

25.

Which colony was nicknamed the Lost Colony?

a)

Roanoke Island

b)

Massachusetts Bay Colony

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

26.

New England’s political and civic life centered around —

a)

England

b)

plantations

c)

town meetings

d)

market towns

27.

The Middle Atlantic’s cultural activities centered around —

a)

shipping

b)

villages

c)

England

d)

plantations

28.

Which colonial region in the United States specialized in building the product pictured above?

a)

Midwest

b)

New England

c)

South

d)

Mid-Atlantic

29.

Which groups of workers had a contract and were free upon completion of the contract?

a)

Mexicans

b)

Indentured servants

c)

Chinese

d)

Slaves

30.

The Southern colonies' economy was centered around —

a)

shipping of raw materials

b)

manufacturing

c)

ship building

d)

large plantations and cash crops

31.

Most slaves that came to the United States were captured in —

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

Latin America

d)

Asia

32.

Which social group worked as craftsmen, on plantations or in towns, throughout the colonies?

a)

Slaves

b)

Landowners

c)

Farmers

d)

Artisans

33.

Great Britian began to impose taxes on the colonists after the —

a)

Spanish-American War

b)

Civil War

c)

Mexican-American War

d)

French and Indian War

34.

Which of the following made purchasing various items expensive for the colonists?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Paper Act

c)

Tea Act

d)

Stamp Act

35.

Patrick Henry is best remembered for —

a)

his role as the Commander and Chief of the Continental Army

b)

his input on the creation of the Declaration of Independence

c)

his large signature on the Declaration of Independence

d)

his “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech

36.

Which law restricted settlers from moving west?

a)

Intolerable Acts

b)

Proclamation of 1767

c)

Proclamation of 1763

d)

Western Movement Act

37.

Taxes, no representation in Parliament, strict laws are all examples of -

a)

Great Britain's Reason for Control

b)

King George III Sanctions for Losing the French and Indian War

c)

Sources of Colonial Dissatisfaction

d)

Great Britain's Reasons for Taxation

38.

Which of the following is NOT a key philosophy of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

People have the right to a trial by their peers.

b)

Government derives power from the people.

c)

People establish government to protect those rights.

d)

People have “certain unalienable rights."

39.

This illustration shows what protest of English control in the colonies?

a)

Stamp Act rising

b)

Boston Tax Party

c)

Issuing of the Proclamation of 1763

d)

Boston Tea Party

40.

What are the “certain unalienable rights" stated in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Right to own land

b)

Right to travel freely in the colonies

c)

Right to govern oneself in a democracy

d)

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

41.

A French nobleman who served in the Continental Army; worked with the king of France to send French troops -

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Marquis de Lafayette

c)

Patrick Henry

d)

George Washington

42.

This illustration depicts what famous pre-Revolutionary War event?

a)

The French and Indian War

b)

The Boston Massacre

c)

The Battle of Lexington and Concord

d)

The signing of the Proclamation of 1763