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Amer Studies Midterm Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the first Americans and were also resourceful nomadic hunters from Siberia?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Mayans

c)

Paleo-Indians

d)

Aztecs

2.

The rebirth of interest originating in Italy that encouraged the arts and learning was called_____.

a)

The Age of Enlightenment

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

The Glorious Revolution

3.

What was the class that most Europeans belonged to?

a)

monarchs

b)

aristocrats

c)

landowners

d)

peasants

4.

What is the belief that God decided at the moment of creation, which humans would achieve salvation?

a)

Country (Real Whig) Ideology

b)

Predestination

c)

New Lights

d)

Glorious Revolution

5.

Who first introduced tobacco to Jamestown and married Pocohantas?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Hawkin

c)

John Rolfe

d)

Francis Drake

6.

Where was the Plymouth Colony located?

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Massachusetts

d)

South Carolina

7.

What is the government in which the authority is given to God?

a)

Theocracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Republic

8.

What were the military expeditions by Europeans to recover holy lands from the Muslims called?

a)

Queen Anne's War

b)

Civil War

c)

The Revolutionary War

d)

The Crusades

9.

Who was the Italian explorer responsible for the discovery of America in 1492?

a)

Jacques Cartier

b)

Juan Ponce de Leon

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Thomas Jefferson

10.

What was the agreement between Spain and Portugal about newly discovered land called?

a)

Treaty of Tordesillas

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Tortillas

11.
Who were the English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England by removing all Catholic practices?
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Protestants
d)
Reformers
12.

What is a different type of warfare where small groups of people not in the military use ambushes, raids etc. to fight a larger trained force called?

a)

trench warfare

b)

guerilla warfare

13.
What was the last battle in the Revolutionary War and was an American victory with Washington’s troops and the French Army Troops called?
a)
Battle of Bunker Hill
b)
Battle of Yorktown
14.

What was a Spanish conqueror of Mexico and Peru from the 1600’s called?

a)

warrior

b)

Matador

c)

Conquistador

d)

soldier

15.

Who was the son of Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoags?

a)

Meta Knight

b)

Powhatan

c)

Metacom

d)

Half Arrow

16.

Where did Bacon's Rebellion take place?

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Massachusetts

17.

When was the "Lost Colony" founded on Roanoke Island?

a)

1578

b)

1587

c)

1758

d)

1785

18.

In the 14the century, Europeans were most familiar with the _____ part of Africa.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

19.

Who envisioned their settlement as a "holy experiment"?

a)

Christopher Columbus

b)

William Penn

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

20.

Falling tobacco prices in the 18th century caused the colonists to

a)

produce more tobacco

b)

produce less tobacco

21.

Which British general led an attack against Fort Duquesne?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

William Howe

c)

John Burgoyne

d)

George Washington

22.

After the French and Indian War, colonists paid ________taxes (compared to British residents).

a)

lower

b)

higher

23.

Whose ship was named Liberty?

a)

John Hancock

b)

John Dickinson

c)

John Adams

d)

John Brown

24.

Acres of land under the Land Ordinance of 1785 cost how much per acre?

a)

$10

b)

$5

c)

$2

d)

$1

25.

Who was the Virginia Plan introduced by?

a)

George Washington

b)

James Madison

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

William Penn