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7th Grade Test 1 Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 3hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What body of water did all of these explorers cross?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
South Sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Indian Ocean
2.

Which explorer was looking for 'cities of gold'?

a)

Pineda

b)

Cabeza de Vaca

c)

Coronado

d)

Cortez

3.

Which explorer was the first to make 'first contact' with the Texas Native Americans (Coahelticans and Karankawas)?

a)

Columbus

b)

Cabeza De Vaca

c)

Coronado

d)

Cortez

4.

Which legend did Coronado hear about that he wanted to find?

a)

New Spain

b)

The Zuni Pueblo

c)

Seven Cities of Cibola

d)

North America

5.

What did Coronado find instead of the seven cities of gold?

a)

Zuni Pueblo

b)

Apache Indians

c)

Karankawa Indians

d)

New Mexico

6.
I am the first European to walk into Texas? I was shipwrecked there and lived among the natives for several years?
a)
Cabeza de Vaca
b)
Pineda
c)
De Soto
d)
Fray Marcos
7.

1. Which word best describes how the conquistadors treated the people they conquered?

a)

Fairly

b)

Cruelly

c)

Generously

d)

Indifferently

8.

Why would the conquistadors bring priests with them to the Americas?

a)

To help the Spaniards hold religious services

b)

To perform weddings between Spanish soldiers and native women

c)

To teach the Spanish soldiers about Christianity

d)

To convert the native peoples to Christianity

9.

Why did smallpox kill so many of the natives in the Americas, but so few conquistadors?

a)

The conquistadors had been vaccinated against smallpox

b)

The natives had poor hygiene, while the Spanish were very clean

c)

The smallpox virus was designed to only infect native populations

d)

The natives had never been exposed to European diseases

10.

Why do so many people in Latin America speak Spanish or Portuguese?

a)

They are subjects of the kings of Spain and Portugal

b)

Their countries were once Spanish or Portuguese colonies

c)

They are descended from Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors

d)

They are immigrants from Spain and Portugal

11.
Three motivations for European explorers: God, Gold, and ______.
a)
Grace
b)
Glory
c)
Greed
d)
Glaciers
12.
Who sponsored Portuguese fleets that sailed along the western coast of Africa?
a)
Prince Henry the Navigator
b)
Queen Isabella
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan 
13.
What did Queen Isabella do for Christopher Columbus?
a)
sponsored his exploration
b)
married him
c)
made him royalty
14.
Conquistadors is a Spanish word meaning:
a)
to entrust
b)
to connect
c)
court
d)
conquerors
15.
What was Christopher Columbus' purpose for exploration before discovering the New World?
a)
To find a faster and safer trading route to Asia
b)
To circumnavigate the world in the name of Italy
c)
To launch a surprise attack the enemies of Spain by sea
d)
To find the city of gold in southern Africa
16.
European countries wanted to find a faster route to...?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
The north pole
d)
California
17.
Vasco Da Gama
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
First European to make it to North America
18.
Christopher Columbus
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Thought he landed in the East Indies, called local people Indians
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
First European to make it to North America
19.
Hernan Cortes
a)
First Portuguese explorer to make it to India
b)
Known for conquering the Aztecs
c)
Gets the credit for first European to circumnavigate around the world
d)
Known for conquering the Incas
20.
In regards to the Columbian Exchange, what was the major factor that killed majority of the Native Americans?
a)
They died from starvation
b)
They died from disease
c)
They died from battle
d)
They died from poor nutrition 
21.
Why were the diseases from the Europeans so deadly to the Native Americans?
a)
Don't click here, its not the correct answer.
b)
Nor is this option. Keep reading.
c)
Try again. Select this and you will be wrong.
d)
They had no medicines or immunity to the diseases
22.

Which of the following is not a reason why Europeans began to explore the world?

a)

to convert people to Christianity

b)

to learn about new lands and people

c)

to obtain spices from Asia

d)

to develop new technologies

23.

Which country was the leading developer of advancements in sailing?

a)

Spain

b)

England

c)

Portugal

d)

France

24.

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

the exploration of new lands in Africa and the Americas by Europeans

b)

the exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and

the Americas

c)

the poor treatment of American Indians by European explorers and

colonists

d)

the new trading routes to the Americas established by Columbus

25.

Which of the following groups received poor treatment as a result of the Columbian Exchange?

a)

European citizens

b)

American Indians

c)

Spanish colonists

d)

African kings

26.
Which of the following was a major impact of Columbus and his voyages?
a)
Knowledge of the world increased
b)
European countries started colonies in the New World
c)
Lasting contact between the Old and New Worlds was established
d)
All of these are true
27.
This chart represents the: 
a)
Age of Exploration
b)
The European Plan of Attack
c)
 Route of Columbus's First Voyage
d)
Columbian Exchange
28.
What is the largest region in Texas?
a)
Coastal Plains
b)
Mountains and Basins
c)
Great Plains
d)
North Central Plains
29.
A large area of flat or nearly flat land is 
a)
a mountain
b)
a plain
c)
the ocean
d)
pretty boring place, Miss.
30.
How many regions are in Texas?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
20
d)
4
31.
What are regions?
a)
Bodies of water
b)
Areas of land with physical features that set them apart from other areas of land
c)
A group of people with a shared set of beliefs, goals and religious customs.
d)
People who study the past.
32.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
33.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
34.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
35.
Which region does this represent?
a)
Great Plains
b)
North Central Plains
c)
Coastal Plains
d)
Mountains and Basins
36.
The Great Plains Region offered what type of economic activities?
a)
climate
b)
birds
c)
ocean
d)
farm crops
37.
What region of Texas has a high risk of hurricanes?
a)
Mountains and Basins
b)
High Plains
c)
Central Plains
d)
Coastal Plains
38.
The earliest Texans were _________.
a)
hunter-gatherers
b)
farmers
c)
potters
d)
Puebloans
39.
_____ allowed people to settle in one place instead of always moving around in search of food.
a)
Rock Shelters
b)
Agriculture/Farming
c)
Pottery
d)
Bow and Arrow
40.
_____ were among the big game animals hunted by the earliest Texans.
a)
Horses
b)
Giant Bison
c)
Squirrels
d)
Birds
41.
One feature of Puebloan culture was homes made of _____.
a)
Wood
b)
Adobe
c)
rock
d)
hides
42.
Portable, easily moved Native American homes are called _____.
a)
Adobes
b)
Cone shaped Huts
c)
Teepees
d)
pueblos
43.
Which Native Texan tribe lived in cone/dome shaped houses covered in grass?
a)
Jumano
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Caddo
44.
Which Native Texan Tribes lived adobe houses in the Mountains and Basins Region?
a)
Jumano
b)
Karankawa
c)
Coahuiltecan
d)
Caddo
45.
Natives of the Plains regions were mostly __________.
a)
warrior tribes
b)
sedentary
c)
nomadic
d)
farmers
46.
The Apache and Comanche have all these in common EXCEPT __________.
a)
hunted buffalo
b)
were nomadic
c)
ate fish, oysters, turtles
d)
lived in teepees
47.
An example of ________ progressing is Natives going from a spear to a bow and arrow to hunt.
a)
artifact
b)
technology
c)
hunter-gatherer
d)
migration
48.
Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?
a)
Setting up plots of land to grow crops.
b)
Moving south for the winter to follow the bison herd.
c)
Building houses out of mud bricks.
d)
Constructing large cities.
49.
Which of the following is not an example of how American Indians adapted to/modified their environment?
a)
Karankawas building canoes to help them fish
b)
Tiguas learning how to farm using the river in the Mountains
c)
Comanches using the buffalo for all food and supplies
d)
Coahuiltecans believing in a shaman
50.
Which Native American tribe built dome shaped huts and had an organized government system?
a)
Jumano
b)
Plains
c)
Kiowa
d)
Caddo
51.
These Native American houses helped the tribes be nomadic because they were easy to take apart and rebuild. They were made from bison hide.
a)
Adobe houses
b)
Mansion
c)
Tepee
d)
Grass hut
52.
Which Native American Tribe were considered skilled fisherman?
a)
Caddo
b)
Karankawa
c)
Apache
d)
Comanche
53.
This Native American Tribe were known as skilled horseback riders.
a)
Comanche
b)
Kickapoo
c)
Caddo
d)
Pueblo
54.
This tribe used teepees for shelter.  Teepees were easy to take with them since they were nomads.
a)
Karankawa
b)
Caddo
c)
Comanche
d)
Pueblo
55.
The European wiped out the Karankawa and Jumano tribes with ______________.
a)
trading and spying
b)
disease and fighting
c)
fighting and trading
d)
foods and trading
56.
Which tribe used adobe to build their homes?
a)
Jumano
b)
Caddo
c)
Karankawa
d)
Waco
57.
Native Americans NO longer celebrate their culture
a)
true 
b)
false
58.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

a)

journals

b)

photographs

c)

official documents

d)

textbooks

59.

Which Native American CULTURE hunted buffalo, gathered plants, and lived in the center/panhandle of Texas?

a)

Plains

b)

Puebloan

c)

Gulf

d)

Southeastern

60.

Which Native American CULTURE hunted alligator, gathered plants, and fished along the coast of Texas?

a)

Plains

b)

Puebloan

c)

Gulf

d)

Southeastern

61.

Which Native American CULTURE farmed and built adobe homes in the Mountains & Basins region of Texas?

a)

Plains

b)

Puebloan

c)

Gulf

d)

Southeastern

62.

A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

63.

Something made about an event or time period by someone who was not there

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

64.

An article about the Civil War written during the Civil War

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

65.

A report about the life of Abraham Lincoln written by a 5th grade student

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

66.

A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

67.

An audio recording of an immigrant talking about their experience of Ellis Island.


What is the audio recording in this sentence?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

68.
The Declaration of Independence
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
69.
An autobiography is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
70.

The Portuguese discovering this sparked other European countries to being exploring as well.

a)

A new continent

b)

A new country

c)

A string of islands

d)

Gold

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