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8th Grade Chapter 4 Assessment's Study Guide

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
One of William Pitt’s goals for the French and Indian War was to conquer French Canada.
a)
True
b)
Flase
2.
Which of the following directed the flow of goods between England and the colonies?
a)
Colonies’ Charter
b)
Colonists Rights Law
c)
Merchant’s Pledge
d)
Navigation Acts
3.
Who were the only people who could vote in the colonies?
a)
indentured servants
b)
white female property owners
c)
landless white men
d)
white male property owners
4.
Where was George Washington’s first command?
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Blue Ridge Mountains
c)
Ohio River Valley
d)
Virginia territory
5.
Subsistence farming means...
a)
to produce large harvests of crops
b)
to produce just enough crops to feed your family
6.
Slaves did most of the farm labor in...
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
7.
Children did most of the farm labor in...
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
8.
The journey Africans took onboard a slave ship across the Atlantic Ocean was also called...
a)
The Final Fantasy
b)
The Middle Passage
c)
The Triangle Trade
d)
The Final Countdown
9.
In the Triangle Trade, guns and manufactured goods were traded for...
a)
slaves
b)
tobacco
c)
clothes
10.

Rules created to control enslaved people

a)

cash crops

b)

ship building

c)

slave codes

d)

diversity

11.

Crops that sold easily

a)

cash crops

b)

ship building

c)

slave codes

d)

diversity

12.

Cultural variety

a)

cash crops

b)

ship building

c)

slave codes

d)

diversity

13.
What mountains lie immediately to the west of the colonies?
a)
Adirondak
b)
Rocky
c)
Cascades
d)
Appalachian
14.
The shipping of African slaves to America, part of the Triangular Trade
a)
Slave System
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Trade Transport
d)
Slavery Passage
15.
Laws that limited the colonies' trade
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Navigation Acts
c)
Immigration Acts
d)
Enlightenment
16.

Who were allies in the French & Indian War

a)

Native American and Militia

b)

French and Native Americans

c)

French and Militia

d)

Native Americans and Militia

17.

The Iroquois Confederacy built an alliance with the British.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

The French and Indian War ended with the ___________________.

a)

Treaty of France

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of London

d)

Treaty of England

19.

The Albany Plan of Union was not approved by the colonies because

a)

it called for he colonies to declare their independence from Britain

b)

most colonists did not consider the western lands valuable

c)

it diminished the strength of the united colonial government

d)

colonies were not willing to give up any of their power

20.

How did the British victory over the French affect the Native Americans of the Ohio River Valley?

a)

it helped them because the British, unlike the French, paid Native Americans for the use of their land.

b)

It hurt them because so many French refugees fled to their lands

c)

It hurt them because they lost their French allies and trading partners

d)

It helped them because the British lowered the prices of their goods.

21.

In the 1700s, which of these caused tension between the French and British in North America?

a)

British soldiers began to settle west of the Appalachians.

b)

Native Americans began trading for furs with the British.

c)

The British began to claim rights to the Ohio River valley.

22.

The British met with leaders of the Iroquois Confederacy ______________.

a)

to ask for an alliance with the Iroquois tribes

b)

to ask their advice on how to defeat the French

c)

to threaten the Iroquois tribes

23.

The leaders of the Iroquois Confederacy refused to join the British in their fight against the French.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan of Union _________________.

a)

gave each colony more power to govern themselves

b)

outlined the battle plan for the Virginia Militia

c)

tried to unify the colonists to fight against the French

25.

The Treaty of Paris gave Great Britain _____________.

a)

Florida

b)

Louisiana Territory

c)

Port of New Orleans

d)

Spain

26.

Parliament passed these trade laws between 1650 and 1696 that required the English colonies to trade items like sugar only with Great Britain.

a)

Mercantilism

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Navigation Acts

27.

A system in which slaves, manufactured goods, crops, and sugar were exchanged between the Americas, Britain, and Africa

a)

Mercantilism

b)

The Navigation Acts

c)

Triangular Trade

28.

The part of the Triangular Trade that included a deadly voyage millions of enslaved people were forced to take from west Africa to North America.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Navigation Acts

29.

This ended the French and Indian War, giving all of France's land East of Mississippi to Great Britain.

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Navigation Acts

c)

English Bill of Rights

30.

Why did colonists resist the Navigation Acts?

a)

The Navigation Acts only helped the New England colonies

b)

Colonists wanted to make their own goods and sell to more than just England

c)

Colonists did not have a voice in Parliament

d)

England removed the acts which hurt the colonial economy

31.

During the Glorious Revolution, the British monarchy gained more power at the expense of Parliament.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

King James II succeeded William and Mary in a peaceful transfer of powers.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Where were most of the large Southern plantations located?

a)

backcountry

b)

coastal areas

c)

flatlands

d)

tidewaters

34.

Which one of these nations did not make up the Iroquois Confederacy?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Mohawk

c)

Cayuga

d)

Oneida

35.

What was the name of the small post that George Washington established in Ohio country?

a)

Fort Albany Union

b)

Fort Duquesne

c)

Fort Monongahela

d)

Fort Necessity

36.

By 1700, the major powers in North America were the

a)

British and Spanish

b)

French and Spanish

c)

British and French

d)

French and Dutch

37.

During the wars between France and Great Britain, Native American often helped the French by

a)

supplying their weapons.

b)

showing them secret paths.

c)

raiding British settlement.

d)

supplying them with food.

38.
The case involving John Peter Zenger was an important step in establishing freedom of the press in America
a)
True
b)
Flase
39.
The theory that a nation's power comes from trade
a)
Navigation
b)
Colonialism
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Balance of trade
40.
A religious revival in the colonies in the 1700s which brought a return to stronger faith
a)
Great Awakening
b)
Enlightenment
c)
Colonial Revival
d)
Televangelism
41.
The man whose trial influenced the idea of freedom of the press
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Peter Zenger
c)
Harold Smith
d)
George Whitefield
42.
Which of the following was not a result of the Great Awakening? 
a)
Increase in education and colleges
b)
a rise in new religious branches
c)
more tolerance and equality among colonists
d)
a greater desire to look for scientific explanations
43.
House of Burgesses was the first representative legislative body in America
a)
True
b)
False