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PHS Unit 1 Content Quiz Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Roughly what percentage of the Native American population in North America died due to disease during colonization?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

70%

d)

90%

2.

What major Indigenous city is now located in present-day Mexico City?

a)

Cahokia

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Chaco Canyon

d)

Isleta Pueblo

3.

What is the name of the Italian explorer that opened up European colonization to the Americas?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Marco Polo

d)

Amerigo Vespucci

4.

Which European nation was NOT involved in the colonization of the Americas?

a)

The British

b)

The French

c)

The Spanish

d)

The Italians

5.

What was the name of the British colony in North America that mysteriously disappeared?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

St. Augustine

6.

What was the location of the first battle of the American Revolution?

a)

Lexington and Concord

b)

Boston and Raleigh

c)

St. Augustine and Jamestown

d)

New York and Plymouth

7.

What was the name of the event where colonists threw rocks, stones, and snowballs at British soldiers which led to the deaths of five men?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

New York Massacre

c)

Plymouth Massacre

d)

Jamestown Massacre

8.

Who was the first President of the United States?

a)

James Madison

b)

George Washington

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

While some advocated for the ratification of the Constitution, others were in support of which document?

a)

The Articles of Confederation

b)

The Magna Carta

c)

The Federalist Papers

d)

The Declaration of Independence

10.

What was the name of the group of congressmen who were in favor of going to war with the British in 1812?

a)

The Black Hawks

b)

The Federalists

c)

The War Hawks

d)

The Anti-Federalists

11.

What was the name of the treaty that officially ended the War of 1812 and solidified British and US relations?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Versailles

c)

Treaty of Paris

d)

Treaty of Ghent

12.

President Andrew Jackson would force Native Americans to relocate from land in the southern United States to present-day Oklahoma in an event called the:

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

The Great Migration

d)

Manifest Destiny

13.

What was the name of the immigration station on the West Coast of the United States?

a)

Angel Island

b)

Ellis Island

c)

Staten Island

d)

Roanoke Island

14.

What was the name of the movement where Americans believed that it was their “God-given right” to expand westward?

a)

Great Migration

b)

Monroe Doctrine

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Homestead Act

15.

Which American document is referred to as the “Supreme Law of the Land?”

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Constitution

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The Federalist Papers

16.

Respond in at least three complete sentences: How and why was slavery integrated into colonial American society by the mid-1700s?

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17.

Respond in at least three complete sentences: Name and describe at least two events that angered American colonists and pushed them towards declaring their independence from the British.

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18.

For the following prompt, respond in at least five complete sentences: What is the overall significance of the American Revolution? Why is it important to learn about?

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