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January 5 - 6th Assignment

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Give me three delicious things you ate over the break....

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2.

Give me 2 interesting things you did over the break?

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3.

What is your favorite thing you have learned so far in this class?

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4.

What are you currently watching on TV/Netflix/Whatever you stream on?

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5.
Colonies are great because they provide cheap...
a)
colonies
b)
resources
c)
sneakers
d)
governments
6.

Why did the Southern colonies have the largest African American population?

a)

New England had small farms

b)

Middle Colonies had Quakers.

c)

Southern Colonies only used indentured servants

d)

Southern colonies had large plantations with labor intensive cash crops

7.
What were the three G's that motivated most people to come to the "new world"?
a)
Gold, God, and Glory
b)
Gifts, Gadgets, and Generosity
c)
Gratitude, Guidance, and Goodwill
d)
Goodness, Grace, and Growth
8.

What is a large farm in the Southern colonies with enslaved people from Africa that grew tobacco, rice, and/or indigo called?

a)

plantation

b)

staple crop

c)

Middle Passage

d)

immigrant

9.

What is mercantilism?

a)

A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

b)

where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

c)

Wars that start over money.

d)

Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

10.
Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"
a)
They grew many types of grain.
b)
Making bread was a great economic opportunity.
c)
They ate bread with every meal.
d)
They imported many types of grain
11.

New England's economy was based on ______.

a)

Plantations

b)

Trade with the other colonies

c)

Fishing and ship building

d)

religious retreats

12.

The French motives to explore and colonize were

a)

Fur trade and Expansion

b)

Spread religion

c)

religious freedom

d)

Christians, Crowns, and Creativity

13.

Jamestown was founded in

a)

1610

b)

1607

c)

1620

d)

1619

14.

Which best describes the New England Colonies Economy?

a)

Farming Tobacco

b)

Farming Cash Crops

c)

Fishing, Shipbuilding and trading

d)

A mix of farming and fishing

15.
Considered the "breadbasket" of the colonies
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
16.
A word used to best describe a Quaker is _______.
a)
angry
b)
peaceful
c)
hostile
d)
energetic
17.

Do you have any New Year's resolutions? What are they?

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18.

The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the

a)

Battle of Yorktown

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Valley Forge

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

19.

What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Saratoga

b)

Lexington & Concord

c)

Yorktown

d)

French & Indian

20.

Common Sense was written by

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Edison

c)

Thomas Paine

d)

Thomas Sawyer

21.

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Thomas Paine

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

George Washington

22.

What were American's called who supported independence?

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

c)

Nuetral

d)

Doughboy

23.

This treaty formally ended the American Revolution

a)

Treaty of Paris 1763

b)

Treaty of Paris 1783

c)

Treaty of Paris 2019

d)

Treaty of Paris 1997

24.

What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

to establish a framework for government

b)

to express reasons for limiting immigration

c)

to list arguments for women’s suffrage

d)

to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England

25.

The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it

a)

ended the British threat to the South

b)

guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists

c)

convinced the French to support the Americans

d)

forced the British to withdraw from North America

26.

The Quartering Act

a)

made colonists house other colonists

b)

made colonists house British troops

c)

made colonists grow tobacco to support England

d)

made colonists pay an extra tax on imported goods such as lead, paint, tea

27.

The Stamp Act placed taxes on all the following except

a)

Paint

b)

Legal Documents

c)

Playing Cards

d)

Newspapers

28.

The Proclamation of 1763 kept colonists from going past which of the following geographical features?

a)

Application mountains

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Alps

d)

Appalachian Mountains

29.

The effect of the Boston Tea Party was

a)

parliament passing the intolerable acts

b)

parliament passing the stamp act

c)

parliament passing the quartering act

d)

parliament passing the townshend acts

30.

In the Declaration the word "unalienable" means

a)

Cannot be taken away

b)

Cannot be transfered

c)

Cannot be legislated

d)

Cannot be proven

31.
Which of the following was the slogan the colonists used to describe how they felt about laws and taxes being passed for them, without having a say in the decision?
a)
"It's so unfair, it's not our share"
b)
"The tax heard round the world"
c)
"Taxes schmaxes"
d)
"No taxation without representation"
32.

What is the name of the document that creates our Government ?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Magna Carta

d)

The Treaty of Paris

33.

How many Branches of Government are there?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

34.
Which branch makes the laws?
a)
Executive
b)
Judicial
c)
Appellate
d)
Legislative
35.

Division of Power between the 3 branches of government.

a)

Checks & Balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Federalism

d)

Bicameral Legislature

36.

Division of government between the national and state governments

a)

Unicameral

b)

Bicameral

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

37.

Prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful. Allows each branch of government to limit powers of the other two branches.

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

Federalism

c)

Checks & Balances

d)

Natural Rights

38.

The idea that the government's authority comes from the people.

a)

Legalism

b)

Federalism

c)

The preamble

d)

Popular Sovereignty

39.
Rule by the people
a)
Popular Sovereignty
b)
Popular Solution
c)
Popular Voting
d)
Voting Sovereignty
40.

This was the first, successful permanent English colony in America.

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Georgia

d)

Roanoke

41.

An example of a cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies was -

a)

Tobacco

b)

Rice

c)

Indigo

d)

All of the Above

42.
Why did pilgrims come to the New World?
a)
They were escaping a drought
b)
They wanted religious freedom
c)
They were criminals on the run
d)
They thought they were traveling to India
43.
Which of the following was a cash crop grown in Jamestown?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Cotton
c)
Indigo
d)
Sugar Cane
44.

Why are you so ugly? Were you born that way or have you been practicing?

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