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Foundations of a New Nation Unit 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

Historians divided the 13 colonies into 3 regions, these 3 regions are identified as the.....

a)

Western Colonies, Eastern Colonies and Southern Colonies

b)

Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

d)

Canada, America, Mexico

2.

Historians divided the 13 colonies into 3 regions based on their Climate, Geography, and......

a)

Location, Waterways, Roads

b)

Religion, Ecosystem, Culture

c)

Government, Religion, Culture

d)

Religion, Economy, Government

3.

A religious movement that pushed for more religious freedom and led to more democratic feelings in the colonies, is called the.....

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Historical Inquiry

d)

Mercantilism

4.

Historians call the period when European "Thinkers", like Locke and Montesquieu, tried to discover the natural laws that governed human behavior the _______________?

a)

Mercantlism

b)

Great Awakening

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Historical Inquiry

5.

New England's economy in the late 1700's was based on Lumber, _______________ and _______________.

a)

Plantations and Small Farms

b)

Artisans and Merchants

c)

Industry and Live Stock

d)

Whaling and Fishing

6.

Great Britain controlled all trade, in and out of the 13 colonies. This policy is based on the theory that states; a nation becomes strong by strictly controlling trade. What is the name of this theory?

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Contextualizing

7.

The economy of the Middle Colonies is based on....

a)

Whaling, Fishing and Lumber

b)

Plantations and Small Farms

c)

Artisans, Merchants, some plantations and small farms

d)

All the Above

8.

The process of determining what happened in the past by posing questions and collecting and analyzing sources is called?

a)

Historical Inquiry

b)

Historical Reading Skills

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Close Reading

9.

When constructing our government, our founding fathers used the idea of _______________________ after studying the Roman Republic

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Public Service

c)

Social Contract

d)

Free Elections

10.

In this region of the 13 colonies, religion played a major role in government and society.

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

New England Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

11.

During the Enlightenment period John Locke wrote the book Two Treaties of Government. In this book he discussed the idea that all people had the right to Life, Liberty and Property. These rights are know as our?

a)

Natural Rights

b)

Granted Rights

c)

State of Nature

d)

Social Contract

12.

The Economy of the Southern Colonies in the late 1700's was based on?

a)

Artisans, Merchants and small farms

b)

Whaling, Fishing and Lumber

c)

Industry, Artisans and small farms

d)

Mostly Plantations and small farms

13.

Under the Magna Carta of 1215, the Barons agreed to allow the king to continue to rule, but with limited power. This is an example of what political theory.

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Freedom of Speech

c)

Social Contract

d)

Republic

14.

When reading a document, and looking for the actual meaning of the document..."what is the author really trying to say, reading between the lines," Historians call this type of inquiry?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Contextualizing

c)

Close Reading

d)

Corroborating

15.

Of the 3 Regions, in this region Religion played a very small role in government and society.

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Northern Colonies

16.

From the Enlightenment period, Montesquieu in his book The Spirit of the Laws discussed the idea of?

a)

State of Nature

b)

Public Service

c)

Separation of Powers

17.

When historians identify Thomas Jefferson as the author of the Declaration of Independence, that it was written in June 1776, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; they are using what type of Historical Inquiry?

a)

Cotextualizing

b)

Corroborating

c)

Sourcing

d)

Close Reading

18.

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the Governed," This excerpt from the Declaration of Independence is an example of what Enlightenment concept

a)

State of Nature

b)

Social Contract

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Separation of Powers

19.

"That they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" What did Thomas Jefferson mean by stating "Unalienable Rights"?

a)

These Rights come from aliens

b)

These Rights are unattainable

c)

These Rights are attainable after your 18

d)

These Rights are yours as soon as your born

20.

When Historians analyze the physical aspect of a document; what it looks like, the vocabulary used, this is what type of Historical Inquiry?

a)

Close Reading

b)

Corroborating

c)

Contextualizing

d)

Sourcing

21.

In 1689 the English Parliament wrote the English Bill of Rights, what are one of the ideas from this historic document that we have in our constitution today?

a)

Drive on the right side of the road

b)

Freedom of Religion

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Freedom of Speech

22.

An early example of government in the New England colonies, in the 1600's is?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Socialism

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Republic

23.

A example of government in the Southern colonies, an elected assembly where many of our founding fathers served is the?

a)

Town Meetings

b)

General Court

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Mayflower Compact

24.

The House of Burgesses, State Constitutions, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Mayflower Compact, are all considered what when Historians categorize the sources of our government?

a)

The Enlightment

b)

Roman Republic

c)

American Experiences

d)

British Traditions

25.

The main purpose of the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights and our Constitution is to?

a)

Let people rule themselves

b)

Limit the power of the king or government

c)

Limit the power of the people

d)

Limit the power of the Barons, Parliament or Congress

26.

The Preamble, Natural Rights, British Wrongs and Independence are all part of what document?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Mayflower Compact

27.

In the "Declaring Independence" section of the Declaration of Independence we first see the 13 colonies recognized as?

a)

Southern States of America

b)

Confederate States of America

c)

New England States of America

d)

United States of America

28.

Historians divided the Southern Colonies Economically into two sections. One section was by the coast of the Atlantic, where the plantations were found, the other was in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where most small farms were found. What was the name of these two sections?

a)

Inland, Outland

b)

Tidewater, Backcountry

c)

Mountain, Plateau

d)

Foothills , Coast

29.

Our government today is designed with three branches; the Legislative, the Judicial, the Executive, this idea came from what Enlightenment "Thinker"?

a)

John Locke

b)

Ben Franklin

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Thomas Jefferson

30.

One of the ideas that our founding fathers realized from studying American Experiences, when writing our constitution, is that each state already had their own?

a)

State Constitution

b)

State Bird

c)

State Flag

d)

State Charter