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WorksheetsMidterm Review 2025
Total questions: 95
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
The Columbian Exchange is best defined as
Exchange of plants, animals, disease, and technology between the rest of the world following Columbus's voyage
The relationship between people in different parts of the world
The story of how Columbus came to North America
Everything Columbus brought back to Spain after his first voyage
Which Native American group inhabited the Northeast, known as the Eastern Woodlands? This area is heavily forested.
Kwakiutl
Iroquois
Inuit
Sioux
Native Indians living in Kentucky would most likely use which of the following to build their shelters.
wood
stone
sod
ice
Explorations created conflict between European countries. Why?
Countries wanted to add land to their growing empires.
Countries stole off each other to afford to pay for the trips.
Countries made agreement with Asians in exchange for land
Countries gave away resources other countries had claimed.
Name one of the cultural interactions between the Spanish and American Indians that caused hardship and suffering for the American Indians?
Introduction of European diseases to the American Indians
Introduction of European economy to the American Indians.
Introduction of the European social life to the American Indians.
Introduction of European settlements to the American Indians.
Which of the following was NOT a reason why Europeans used Africans as labor?
They are immune to European diseases
They had no friends or family in the Americas.
Africans provided permanent cheep labor.
They were already living in the Americas.
What are three areas of conflict between Europeans and American Indians?
land, crops, and technology
trade, crops, and language differences
land, disease and differences in cultures
crops, trade and disease
Which of the following is NOT a REASON for the Great Migration?
Job Opportunities
Better Education
To escape racism
Better fertile land for farming
What was the main purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?
To prevent colonist from talking about the King
To help colonist trap fur in the Ohio River Valley
To forbid colonist from moving across the Appalachian Mountains
To give all colonist born in 1763 a free birthday dessert at their favorite restaurant
What is a Command Economy?
CAPITALISTIC economy in which there is free competition and prices are determined by interaction of supply and demand
An economic system COMBINING private and public enterprise.
When production, investment, price, and income are determined centrally by a GOVERNMENT.
A system that relies on customs, history, and time-honored beliefs.
What is the primary cultural reason that Native Americans came into conflict with Europeans?
The belief that wampum (strings of beads) should be used for money
The belief in matrilineal ancestry (lineage traced through the mother)
The belief that everyone should be a nomadic hunter
The belief that individual use of property should be temporary
One element of culture that described most Native American cultures was the belief:
that all things are connected
in a single deity
that the Catholic Church needed to be reformed
that they were God's chosen people
Where in the U.S. today would you expect to find the most Spanish speaking citizens?
Northwest
Southwest
New England
The Great Lakes
. What does this excerpt from Columbus’s diary tell us about his plans for the native people?
“It appears to me, that the people are ingenious, and would be good servants and I am of opinion that they would very readily become Christians, as they appear to have no religion.” Christopher Columbus
to learn all he could about native religions
to sign treaties with the Native leaders
to convert and control the Native people
to become trading partners with the Native people
Based on this excerpt written from his experiences in the Americas, what was de las Casas’ perspective toward the Spanish treatment of native peoples?
“New Spain was discovered in 1517 and, at the time, great atrocities were committed against the indigenous people of the region and some were killed by members of the expedition. In 1518 the so-called Christians set about stealing from the people and murdering them on the pretence of settling the area.”
--Bartolome’ de las Casas; 16th century Spanish explorer, historian, and Dominican friar
He fully supported Spanish settlements.
He felt that the role of the Spanish should be to convert the Natives to Christianity.
He felt the Natives would make great slaves.
He felt that the treatment of the Natives by the Spanish was cruel and wrong.
When the Spanish came to South America, they brought steel, armor and weapons, horses, and disease. Which of these is NOT an effect of the Spanish conquest?
The naming of an Incan King to the Spanish Royal court.
Spanish control of large parts of the Americas
The death of large numbers of Native Americans.
The spread of Catholicism and the Spanish language.
What is one way in which the Great Convergence led to an exchange between cultures?
Europeans brought cattle, horses, and grain and took back tobacco, corn, and cocoa
European explorers were tolerant of the diverse religious beliefs of Native Americans
People all across Europe began to dress and speak like Native Americans
Elements of all three cultures blended to form a new, common language
Which is an early attempt to establish laws that promoted the common good?
slave codes
Mayflower Compact
Treaty of Paris
Committee of Correspondence
The colonists' reaction to the removal of King James II and the adoption of the English Bill of Rights was:
to start a war with England
to end the triangular trade system
to form new assemblies with more local control
to increase the slave trade
How did William Penn preserve and protect the rights of citizens in the colony he founded?
by trading with Great Britain
by establishing an elected assembly
by having frequent town meetings
by removing Native Americans
Which competition best explains the conflict that led to the French and Indian War?
Control of fishing, fur trapping, and territorial rights in the Ohio River Valley
The fight over taxation without representation in the New England colonies
The opposition to the spread of slavery throughout the Middle Colonies
The race to create the first permanent settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains
Why did Gen. Gage send troops to seize weapons at Concord?
to force colonists to pay overdue taxes
to keep the weapons safe from Native Americans
to better arm the British against the French
to eliminate the threat of a colonial rebellion
How did the warm climate and long growing season impact choices about how human resources were developed in the Southern colonies?
Fishing became the region’s leading industry
Ship building became the primary source of income for most families
Most workers took jobs in manufacturing
Enslaved persons became the primary labor force on farms and plantations
Which best describes why shipbuilding became important in the New England colonies?
Warm climate, long growing season, fertile soil.
Large forests and many seaports
Fewer enslaved persons compared to the south
Strong religious beliefs of people in the region.
How did the Declaration of Independence threaten Great Britain?
as free and independent states they would no longer pay taxes
It included a declaration of war against all loyalists in the colonies
It gave more rights to women and enslaved persons than they had in England
After it was read to the people, they attacked and killed British merchants
Hammurabi is best known for creating
a style of battle
a hanging garden
a code of laws
a system of canals
Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?
make maps
examine objects
read old newspapers
study earth's features
How are the sources of power in a democracy and a dictatorship different?
A democracy is rule by a supreme power based on heredity or divine right while a dictatorship is rule by religious leaders.
A democracy allows only one political party to govern while a dictatorship is rule by the people.
A democracy is rule by the people while a dictatorship is rule by a single person or small group through control of the military police.
A democracy is rule by leaders while a dictatorship is rule by a supreme power base on heredity or divine rights.
How is a market economy different from a command economy?
In a market economy, the government makes decisions about what to produce while in a command economy, members of society collectively own all property and wealth.
In a market economy, all members of society collectively own all property and wealth, while in a command economy, individuals and business make most decisions about what it produces
In a market economy, economic decisions are based on customs while in a command economy, the government makes decisions about what people produce.
In a market economy, individuals and business make most decisions about what to produce while in a command economy the government makes decisions about what to produce.
Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?
To compel American Colonists to seek their independence from England
to free slaves
to ensure that all people would have a vote in Congress
to create support for King George III
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Jefferson uses of the term “self-evident” in order to
anger the colonists
shame John Adams
point out that this should be considered obvious
argue against the early Roman view of Natural Law
Ideas from the English Bill of Rights were included in the _______
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
14th Amendment
Magna Carta contained the ideas of _________and common law
limited government
monarchies
naturalization
The English Bill of Rights contained the ideas of consent of the governed and individual rights. Consent of the governed means ______
the people have no legal rights
the king is in charge of everything
the people agree to and are part of their government
