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SGOPrep(7thGrade)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A source produced at the time or shortly after an historical event (usually by someone who was directly involved)

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

c)

Credible Source

d)

Biased Source

2.

A source produced longer after an historical event (usually by someone who was not personally involved)

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

c)

Credible Source

d)

Biased Source

3.

Select the examples of primary sources

a)

A digital textbook dedicated to the American Revolution

b)

The original text of the Declaration of Independence

c)

A 21st-century movie about the Civil War

d)

The journal entries of Christopher Columbus

4.

The phrase “The World Before the Opening of the Atlantic Ocean” could describe a time:

a)

Of successful civilizations but no way or reason to travel across the Atlantic Ocean

b)

Of closed door policy, when no one would allow others to enter their country

c)

Of no Atlantic Ocean existing (the time before the ocean formed naturally)

d)

None of the above

5.

Select all of the European countries who established colonies/settled land in the Americas during the Age of Exploration

a)

Spain

b)

Portugal

c)

England (Great Britain)

d)

France

6.

Which of the following would be an example of the most positive effect resulting from the Columbian Exchange?

a)

New diseases were spread to different parts of the world

b)

Europeans became much better at making maps

c)

Europeans became much better at making ships

d)

New sources of food (crops, animals) were shared between Europe, Africa, and the Americas

7.

The most negative effect of the Columbian Exchange was that new types of BLANK were also spread throughout the world, which people were not immune to.

(a)  

8.

In Jamestown (and eventually all of Virginia), this eventually became the first example of a “cash-crop” produced in colonial America;

a)

Cotton

b)

Rice

c)

Tea

d)

Tobacco

9.

Which was NOT a challenge faced by the settlers of Jamestown?

a)

Most colonists did not know how to work, and the soil was very swampy and poor for farming many crops

b)

Malaria was a widespread disease because of mosquitoes

c)

Local Native Americans were suspicious and often violent

d)

The French often tried to invade the country

10.

The “Middle Passage” refers to the part of the transatlantic trade network that carried..

a)

Africans from the West Indies to North America

b)

Raw materials from the 13 colonies to England (or Great Britain)

c)

Africans from Africa to the West Indies and/or North America

d)

None of the above

11.

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

a)

Declared all nations are independent from each other

b)

Declared the American colonies are independent from England

c)

Declared slaves are free from their owners

d)

All of the above

12.

After the British enact the Tea Act, angry colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Lexington and Concord

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Battle of Yorktown

13.

Tension develops over shipbuilding jobs between colonists and British soldiers; 4 colonists shot and killed by British soldiers

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Boston Massacre

14.

The King’s response to the Boston Tea Party; shut down Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, allowed British troops to be quartered in colonial homes

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

d)

Townshend Act

15.

British tax on items such as dice, playing cards, newspapers, marriage licenses, etc.

a)

Sugar Act

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Intolerable Acts

16.

British tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Townshend Act

d)

Bennie Franks Act

17.

Which of the following could not be considered a cause of the American Revolution?

a)

British taxes and policies (laws)

b)

The Battle of Yorktown

c)

The French and Indian War

d)

The Proclamation of 1763

18.

The system that divides power between the national (United States) government and the state governments is known as

a)

Reserved Powers

b)

Delegated Powers

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

The Federal System

19.

Our Constitution can never be changed, it was written and needs to be followed

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Talse

d)

Frue