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HISTORY multiple choice

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reason for Mexican War?

a)

Gold Rush

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Immigration

d)

Democracy

2.

Geographical features that influenced Greek civilization?

a)

communicarion

b)

mountains and islands

c)

The mountains of Ancient Greece separated people geographically

d)

Mountains crisscrossed the peninsula and limited communication which helped create independent city-states

3.

Which quote is from John Locke in the constitution?

a)

"life, liberty, and property"

b)

natural law

c)

All men are created equal

d)

a ruler gains authority through the consent of the governed

4.

Why did enslaved African Americans use Christianity as a tool of resistance?

a)

Admonition for the humane Treatment

dmonition, dehumanization

b)

The Bible was used ti justify slavery

c)

enslaved people in the U.S. showed resistance to the oppressive system

d)

Many of the enslaved and their descendants would ultimately be motivated and uplifted by a faith that had been used to oppress

5.

What are Romans known for?

a)

military

b)

religion

c)

Laws and engineering 

d)

social institutions

6.

What is Greek Known for?

a)

arts and music

b)

Democracy concept

c)

architecture

d)

philosophy

7.

Why were the anti-federalist against the constitution?

a)

Central government too much power

b)

The catholic church

c)

slavery

d)

the government

8.

Asked to read 4 acts and determine which one is most accurate regarding The silk road and Mediterranean sea trade This question gave four groups that used the silk road for trade and asked which one used the silk road first and why.

a)

The united states

b)

Japan

c)

Mexico

d)

China

9.

Which of the following best describes an important feature of American Indian life in pre-Columbian California. Most american Indians of the region belonged to the same language group

a)

construction of complexes of large earthen mounds and grand plazas,

b)

Proximity to major trade routes was the main determinant of the location of american Indian settlements

c)

harmony with nature, endurance of suffering, respect and non- interference toward others,

d)

rganized societies with political structures, moral codes, and religious beliefs

10.

Indians built wood plank houses from redwood planks. What region in CA did those Indians live in?

a)

Northeastern

b)

West & East

c)

southern

d)

north

11.

There was a conflict of concern/interest over California water with what two areas?

a)

cities and towns

b)

glasslands and deserts

c)

mountains and valleys

d)

North and south (Northern and Southern)

12.

What were Phoenicians known for?

a)

Trade route network.

trade over long distances

b)

trade

c)

social interaction

d)

monuments

13.

What brought Mexicans immigrants to CA?

a)

Gold Rush

b)

Texas Annexation

c)

Treaty of Guadalupe

d)

Mexican Immigration

14.

In the 8th century, what did Chinese settlers do in the south?

a)

owned slaves

b)

Rice Cultivation

c)

Beans Cultivation

d)

Irrigation System

15.

Transatlantic slave trade had a catastrophic effect on the development of sub-saharan africa, is that a large portion of these ensalved:

a)

were females of children age

b)

The start of men and women productive years

c)

skilled artisans

d)

came from the most prosperous parts of the sub saharan africa

16.

Hinduism most influenced the historical development of which of the following features of Indian Society

a)

Standards of goverment business .

b)

Patterns of the relationships between urban and rural peoples

c)

laws defining personal rights and freedoms

d)

patterns of relationships between social groups. caste system

17.

Picture of a Ziggurat- wants to know where it’s from? Pyramid?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

United States

c)

Mesopotamia (built by Babylonians and Sumerians) 

d)

Mexico

18.

There was a question about William Lloyd Garrison and his involvement with the slavery process.. He is for anti-slavery.

a)

The constitution was against slaver

b)

 Constitution being in favor of slavery 

        “Believed constitution was pro-slavery”

c)

pro slavery

d)

he didn't want slaves in the northern states

19.

the enslavement of Africans and their transportation to the Western Hemisphere during the 17th century was almost influenced by the labor needs of?

a)

rice planters in west indies

b)

corn planters

c)

gold miners

d)

Sugar planters in west indies

20.

African Americans contributed most to which of these that helped CA?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War II

c)

Mexican American War

d)

Inca and Aztecs War

21.

What can the CA governor do that the President can’t? 

a)

grant pardons

b)

emit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence against any law

c)

rejecting parts of the bill without vetoing the entire bill

d)

oversight of executive branch functions.

22.

What similar issue did we have in the 18 & 19 century?

a)

Lack of water resources

b)

the french revolution

c)

the transition from lack of individual rights to establishing a society where individual rights became protected

d)

Noise, traffic jams, slums, air pollution, and sanitation and health problems became commonplace

23.

Inca engineering achievements were mainly a response to which of the following geographic factors?

a)

suspension rivers

b)

lack of food resources

c)

Water scarcity (lack of water resources)

d)

water pollution

24.

Both the reformation and counter reformation of the 16th century strongly influenced which of the following developments?

a)

rise of absolute monarchies

b)

spread of education

c)

expansion of market

d)

decline of manorialism

25.

Opponents of the growing immigration to the U.S. during the late 19th century focused on immigrants

a)

Nationality and religion religion/nationality

b)

Political ideology

c)

education level

d)

economic status

26.

African Americans contributed most to which of these that helped california?

a)

architecture

b)

communication

c)

transportation

d)

Agricultural exports

27.

Something about the French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man?

General Lafayette with the help of Thomas Jefferson composed the draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man

a)

all men can vote

b)

men should have more power

c)

Men are born and remain free and equal rights can be founded only on the common utility

d)

the right to vote

28.

question about who has control of abolishing slavery (The question was about what was the growing tension over? Not the exact question, but they do ask about the problems that the North and South had in regards to slavery)

a)

did the present have the rights to free the states?

b)

supreme court

c)

states

d)

Did congress have control over which new territories could be slave states?

29.

Was asked to identify which statement best represented the idea of popular sovereignty.

a)

All political power is inherent in the people. Government is instituted for their protection, security, and benefit, and they have the right to alter or reform it when the public good may require it. 

b)

freedom of assembly

c)

limited goverment

d)

equal rights

30.

The printing press gave rise to what? 

a)

protestant spread

protestant reformation

b)

free trade

c)

freedom of speech

d)

new writers

31.

 The 1950 immigration resulted in conflict due to 

a)

religion and nationality

b)

social status

c)

political stand

d)

Eisenhower-era campaign

32.

Reason for Monroe Doctrine?

a)

spread democracy

b)

hinduism

c)

To stop European colonizatio

d)

American civilization

33.

How did radical republicans feel about the 14th amendment ?

a)

supported federal civil rights for freedmen, which Johnson opposed.

b)

Confederates needed to be punished for their pro-slavery views and should only be readmitted to the Union after they had abolished slavery among other conditions

c)

granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.

d)

publicans supported extending the right to vote to African-American men

34.

Radical Reconstruction ended in 1876 because___. 

a)

The contested Presidential election led to withdrawal of Federal troops

b)

Andrew Johnson, the strongest supporter of the Radicals, was impeached.

c)

Freed Southern blacks were not given the right to vote

d)

Groups known as “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” opposed Reconstruction

35.

Geographical features that influenced Greek civilization?

a)

topography influenced

b)

 Greek poetry and art

c)

Climate and soil having to do with their agriculture

d)

mountains and independent city states

36.

What was George Washington like during the American Revolution

a)

he took risks and sacrificed lives at any cost to achieve his goals

he thought outside the box and ignored common military customs of the time

well respected

b)

brave

c)

strong

d)

nice and he took risks

37.

Early capitalist development man influenced the rise of representative government?

a)

production of profit

b)

protect land

c)

fiscal and monetary policy

d)

growth of towns

38.

Between  the early 19th century and 1880, the amount of time required to harvest an acre of wheat dropped from 56 to 20 hours This development resulted mainly from:

a)

Growth in demand for farm products

b)

Improvement in agriculture and Machinery

c)

Gains in average farm size

d)

increased availability of agricultural labor.

39.

Best describes major simulating between Sumerian Civilization and Ancient Greek society?

a)

Management of gov. By elite corps of scholar-bureaucrats

b)

A system of social relations

c)

Organization of society into independent city-state

d)

System of economic development based on the exploitation of mineral resources.

40.

20th century Hetch Hetchy valley controversy

a)

urban leaders and conservationist

b)

abolitionist

c)

 Manufacturers vs ag

d)

Mine owners vs ranchers

41.

Question about California diversity and what it has meant for growth of the state

a)

Skills and ideas helped California

b)

geographic areas that groups live in help growth

c)

origin of the groups helps keep ties with other countries

d)

d) helps make political changes

42.

Which of the following was not a defining feature of ancient India? 

a)

Strongly influenced by Hinduism

b)

Underwent waves of invasions from Persia and  Asia

c)

Divided into multiple regions.

d)

Fluid social structure

43.

Hamilton and Jefferson’s disagreements 

a)

Supremacy laws

b)

Rule of law

c)

Limited Government 

d)

state laws

44.

Asked about government and Rhode Island

a)

Separation of Church & State

b)

Freedom of religion

c)

 Self-government

d)

Seperation of power

45.

What is 400 miles long, good soil etc?

a)

Sierra Nevada Mountains

b)

The Great Central Valley

c)

mountains

d)

Yosemite Highlands