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WorksheetsUnit 1 Test Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which statement explains the long-term significance of the travels of Christopher Columbus?
His interactions with the indigenous peoples served as a model for fair treatment of minorities.
His ships were the first to complete an around-the-world voyage and prove the earth was round.
His calculations of the distance between Europe and Asia became the basis for our modern maps.
His voyages started a vast cultural exchange between the two hemispheres.
Which statement describes an impact of the Columbian exchange on the lives of Europeans?
(1) The combination of new products and ideas promoted economic growth.
(2) Native Americans immigrated to Europe and competed with Europeans for jobs.
(3) Millions of Europeans were killed by new American diseases.
(4) Introduction of the Native American religions resulted in the decline of the Roman Catholic Church.
What was one effect of the Columbian exchange?
(1) rapid decline in European population
(2) economic instability in China and Japan
(3) introduction of new foods to both Europe and the Americas
(4) spread of Hinduism into Latin America
Which conclusion about the slave trade in Africa is supported by this map?
1) Most of the slaves came from eastern Africa.
(2) Few people were taken from Africa to other continents.
(3) Several European countries participated in the slave trade.
(4) The slave trade began in southern Africa.
The presence of which pair of geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?
A) wide coastal plain and absence of good harbors
B) rocky soil and short growing season
C) numerous rivers and humid climate
D) flatlands and lack of forests
Climatic conditions in the southern colonies most directly influenced the development of
A) democratic institutions
B) a canal system
C) the plantation system
D) the coal industry
In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?
A) Southern Colonies
B) Middle Atlantic region
C) Northwest Territory
D) New England Colonies
In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th century mercantilism by
A) outlawing the African slave trade
B) limiting the colonies' trade with other nations
C) encouraging the development of manufacturing in the colonies
D) establishing laws against business monopolies
According to the theory of mercantilism, the principle purpose of the thirteen original colonies was to provide Great Britain with
A) naval bases
B) raw materials and markets
C) workers and manufactured goods
D) military recruits
During the early to mid-1700s, the British policy of salutary neglect toward the American colonies contributed to
A) a decline in colonial manufacturing
B) the decline of slavery in the northern colonies
C) a decrease in French and Spanish influence in North America
D) the development of independent colonial trade practices
The Virginia House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact had a similar effect in that both
A) reinforced the English Parliament's control over the colonies
B) gave settlers the power to establish colonies
C) contributed to the development of representative democracy
D) granted absolute authority to the colonial governors
Base your answer on the quotation below and on your knowledge of social studies.
...I challenge the warmest advocate [supporter] for reconciliation, to shew [show], a single advantage that this continent can reap [gain], by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is derived [acquired]. Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for, buy them where we will...
--Thomas Paine, COMMON SENSE, 1776
This speaker is most likely opposed to
A) mercantilism
B) capitalism
C) direct democracy
D) representative government
The Mayflower Compact of 1620 is considered an important step in the development of democracy in America because it
expressed the importance of self-government
established freedom of religion
created the first colonial judicial system
granted all males the right to vote
One reason traditions of self-government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian War was that the British
sent effective leaders to govern colonial settlements
required colonial representation in Parliament
practiced salutary neglect in the colonies
maintained a strong military presence in the colonies
New England's geographic features most directly
influenced the region's development of
large plantations
industry
sugar mills
tenant farming
