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WorksheetsPraxis 5004
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 26mins
How many trips did Christopher Columbus make from Spain?
1
5
7
4
What was traded during the Columbian Exchange?
Plants and animals
Plants, animals, disease, and technologies
Animals, spices, technologies, and slaves
Tea and Sugar
The Conquistadors hunted for.....
Gold and silver
New Land
Slaves
Fugitives
Who controlled most of the new land (Americas) and natural resources increasing wealth in N. Europe during the Columbian Exchange ?
Asia
Portugal
Spain
Italy
The Treaty of Tordesillas left whom with the right side of the Americas and whom with the left?
King of Spain got Right and Left
King of Spain got Right/ King of Portugal got Left
King of Spain got Left/ King of Portugal got Right
King of Portugal got Right and left
The Mayan empire lasted from....
400 b.c - around 500
400 b.c - around 800
500 b.c - around 700
500 b.c - around 800
What was the name of the capital of the Aztecs (1300s-1519)
Tikal
Tenochititan
Aztec
Yucatan
Who Conquered the Incas (1430)?
The Conquistadors
John Adams
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
Hernando De Soto discovered
The Americas
The Grand Canyon
The Appalachian Mountains
The Mississippi River
Francisco De Corona discovered...
Colorado River and the Mississippi River
Grand Canyon and the Mississippi River
Colorado River and the Grand Canyon
Mississippi River
The then Dutch colony of New Amsterdam is now known as..
New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Deleware
What was Virginia's first profitable transport?
Sugar
Tea
Tobacco
Live Stock
What was the last colony to be settled?
Georgia
Alabama
Virginia
New York
Which president envoked the Indian Removal Act causing the Trail of Tears, killing over 4000 Indians along the Way to Oklahoma?
George Bush
John Adams
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
The French and Indian war was fought between.....
France and England
France and India
Spain and France
England and India
The British won the 7 years war with
The Treaty of Versallies
Federalist Papers
The Treaty of Paris
Proclamation of 1763
Who Conquered the Incas (1430)?
The Conquistadors
John Adams
Francisco Pizarro
Christopher Columbus
The Industrial Revolution began with what?
The cotton gin
The cotton mill
Cotton farms
Increased trade of cotton
"No Taxation Without Representation"
The British thought the French should pay for their own protection against the colonists
The French should pay the Indians for protection against the British.
The British thought colonist should pay for their own protection against the French
The first internal tax in 1765 was....
Stamp
Tea
Sugar
Coercive Act
Who led the Boston Tea Party?
John Adams
Thomas Paine
Sam Adams
George Washington
Who was our nations first president?
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
George Washington
Which form of government is where a country is ruled by a monarch (typically a king or queen).
Dictatorship
Republic
Monarchy
Form of Government by a single person with unlimited power
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Autocracy
Confederation
Government owns companies. Provides its ppl. healthcare, educations, & welfare.
Communist
Dictatorship
Capitalist
What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What was the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War?
Seige of Yorktown
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by
King George
Goerge Washington
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
What was the colony's first attempt at creating a government?
The articles of confederation
The Declaration of Independence
The Federalist papers
The proclamation of 1763
The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by
King George
Goerge Washington
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
What were some weaknesses of the articles of confederation?
Government had no power to tax
Government had to rely on states to enforce laws
Each state only had one vote
All of these
Freedom of Religion and Speech (Amendment)
1
5
8
10
Abolished Slavery (amendment)
5
10
4
13
What amendment gave women the right to vote
13
8
19
18
The Legislative Branch consist of
The President
The Vice President
Congress
Courts
The Legislative Branch....
Appoints Federal Judges
Enforces laws
Makes and enforces laws
Makes laws
How many terms can a president serve?
1 two year term
2 four year terms
1 four year term
3 four year terms
The Executive Branch consist of
Congress
The President and Vice President
The supreme court
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative Executive Justice
Judicial Executive Lucrative
Economic Judicial Legislative
Legislative Judicial Executive
Maurbury vs Madison was the first Supreme Court Case to apply
The Death Penalty
Judicial Review
Jim Crow Laws
The Electoral College Consist of
The House of Representatives
The Senate
Congress
The President
What is a Pocket Veto?
An indirect veto of a legislative bill by the president (when he disagrees with a law) He may refuse to sign a bill passed by Congress by waiting after the amount of time to sign it.
. A series of acts signed by John Adams that restricted activities, freedom of speech by foreign residents living in our country and restricted the rights of the American Press.
How did the Louisiana purchase affect the size of the United States?
Tripled in size
Doubled in size
Quadrupled in size
What was the main cause and effect of the war of 1812
CAUSE: Neutral rights; EFFECT: Freed the slaves.
CAUSE: Neutral rights; EFFECT: Economic independence.
CAUSE: The Stamp Act; EFFECT: Economic independence.
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Admitted Missouri as a slave state, Georgia as a free state, and barring slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the 36.3 parallel or line of latitude.
Admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and barring slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the 36.3 parallel or line of latitude.
Admitted Missouri as a slave state, Mississippi as a free state, and barring slavery from the Louisiana Territory north of the 36.3 parallel or line of latitude.
The Dread Scott Decision of 1857
The Supreme Court made the decision that all Mexicans could and never will be free citizens of the U.S. therefore they didn’t have legal rights.
The Supreme Court made the decision that all black could and never will be free citizens of the U.S. therefore they didn’t have the right to own property
The Supreme Court made the decision that all black could and never will be free citizens of the U.S. therefore they didn’t have legal rights.
Who was the president during the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
John Adams
The Emancipation Proclamation Declared
The end of the civil war
All slaves free
The South it's own country
What is an Americans Responsibility as a U.S Citizen
To vote
To receive an education
To volunteer
To serve in the armed forces
__ was the first artificial Satellite launched into space marking the beginning of the space race between___and___
Sputnik; U.S.S.R; America
Apollo; China; America
Starship; U.S.S.R; America
Sputnik; China; America
The Industrial Revolution began with what?
The cotton gin
The cotton mill
Cotton farms
Increased trade of cotton
