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U.S. Midterm

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A sun-dried mud brick used to build the homes of some Native Americans in the southwest.

a)

Pueblo

b)

Sod

c)

Adobe

d)

Artifact

2.

1. The first Americans were nomadic, which means they _________.

a)

Refused to fight in wars

b)

Built Permanent settlements

c)

moved from place to place

3.

The Aztec's large capital city was called:

a)

Tenochtitlán

b)

Huitzilopochtli

c)

Hispanola

d)

Cherokee

4.

Developed a sacred calendar as well as an agricultural calendar.

a)

Aztecs

b)

Incas

c)

Mayans

d)

Spanish

5.
Flat-topped burial mounds were built by: 
a)
Seminole Indians
b)
Plains Indians
c)
European Indians
d)
Mississippian Indians
6.

What is a surplus?

a)

Less than needed

b)

More than needed

c)

Exact amount needed

d)

Average amount needed

7.

Who is considered to be the founder of Islam?

a)

Jesus

b)

King David

c)

Abraham

d)

Muhammad

8.

In the Iroquois tribe, the family unit is called...

a)

A club

b)

A clan

c)

A tribe

d)

A nuclear family

9.
He was born in Italy and sponsored by Spain. He landed in the Bahamas and thought he was in Asia.
a)
Columbus
b)
Balboa
c)
Cabot
d)
Hudson
10.

Who was the first man to sail around the world, even if he never completed the trip...

a)

Columbus

b)

Magellan

c)

Cabot

d)

Ponce de Leon

11.
This explorer led the campaign to conquer the Aztec people of Mexico in the name of Spain. 
a)
Francisco Pizarro
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Ferdinand Magellan
d)
Hernan Cortes
12.
Spanish explorers, they tried to claim land for their country Spain.
a)
Northwest Passage
b)
Contagious Diseases
c)
Conquistadors
13.
Which country had positive interactions with Native Americans by setting up fur trading posts?
a)
England
b)
Spain
c)
France
d)
Portugal
14.
___ was the first European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean in the Western Hemisphere.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
15.

The ___ Exchange was when people, ideas, and products were brought from the Old World to the New World

a)

Asian

b)

Columbian

c)

European

d)

Canadian

16.

Why was Georgia founded?

a)

A debtors prison

b)

A buffer against the French

c)

To spread Christianity

d)

To search for Gold

17.

Which group of colonies had a combination of a warm climate and rich soil that supported plantations?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

18.
Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?
a)
Chief Powhatan
b)
Christopher Newport
c)
Lord De La Warr
d)
Captain John Smith
19.

A document that grants a person or company the right to form a colony is called

a)

Burgess

b)

Joint Stock Company

c)

Constitution

d)

Charter

20.
Who were also known as Separatists? 
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
21.
Who was led by Governor John Winthrop?
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
both
d)
neither
22.

A person who had their trip to America paid for, and then worked for free for a number of years to pay off the debt

a)

Pilgrim

b)

Slaves

c)

Indentured Servents

23.

colonist that started the colony Georgia

a)

John Smith

b)

Thomas Hooker

c)

James Oglethorpe

24.

Leader of the Quakers who wanted a fair government for all

a)

Roger Williams

b)

James Oglethorpe

c)

William Penn

25.
Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British history?
a)
It was the first document to place limits on the king's power
b)
It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens
c)
It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.
d)
It determined England's physical boundaries
26.

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Stono Rebellion

b)

Tuscarora Act

c)

Albany Plan of Union

d)

Proclamation of 1763

27.

A person who makes a long difficult journey to a special place for religious reasons

a)

Pilgrim

b)

pioneer

c)

colonist

d)

settler

28.

A religious revival that swept the colonies and communicated the importance of attending church.

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

Englightenment

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

English Bill of Rrights

29.

The trip that slaves took from Africa across the Atlantic was sometimes called __________________ because of its place int he Triangular Trade.

a)

The Great Awakening

b)

The Great Enslavening

c)

The Enlightenment

d)

The Middle Passage

30.

System where a mother country uses its colonies to make money?

a)

Environmentalism

b)

Socialism

c)

Mercantilism

d)

Capitalism

31.

1. What was the first legislative body in the New World?

a)

Continental Congress

b)

House of Representatives

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Congress

32.

What plant did John Rolfe discover grew well in the Jamestown colony?

a)

Cotton

b)

Corn

c)

Wheat

d)

Tobacco

33.

slaves were bought on the African Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum

a)

Triangular trade

b)

Indentured Servitude

c)

Great Awakening

d)

English Bill of Rights

34.

Metacom was know to the English as

a)

King Philip

b)

King Metacom

c)

King James II

d)

King Bradford

35.

Armed groups of colonists, not regular trained soldiers, are known as a/an

a)

militia

b)

mercenaries

c)

special forces

d)

marines

36.
War of 1754-1753 between Britain, France and their allies for control of North America
a)
American Revolution
b)
Civil War
c)
French & Indian War
d)
World War I
37.
to refuse to buy (a form of protesting)
a)
boycott
b)
treason
c)
heresy
d)
represent
38.
The _____ was a series of laws meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party protest
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Townshend Acts
c)
Sugar Act
d)
Stamp Act
39.

Law requiring a tax on all paper products

a)

Stamp Act

b)

Sugar Act

c)

Quartering Act

d)

Paper Act

40.
The Pilgrims left England on the boat called the
a)
Speedwell
b)
Santa Maria
c)
Mayflower
d)
Pinta
41.
After crossing the ocean, the Pilgrims landed in
a)
Boston
b)
Plymouth
c)
New York
d)
Philadelphia
42.
Hundreds of people, most of them women, were accused of witchcraft in what Massachusetts town?
a)
Boston
b)
Dorchester
c)
Plymouth
d)
Salem
43.

A nickname for a British soldier

a)

Redcoat

b)

Minuteman

c)

Patriot

d)

Loyalsit

44.

Which event became known as the "Shot heard around the world?"

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Battle of Yorktown

45.

In which conflict were five colonists killed by British soldiers?

a)

Paul Revere's Ride

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

French and Indian War

46.

Which Boston lawyer defended the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre?

a)

Sam Adams

b)

John Hancock

c)

John Adams

d)

Paul Revere

47.

This Law said that English colonists could NOT settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

The Stamp Act

b)

The Tea Act

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

The Great Migration

48.

First person to win a "freedom of the press" court case

a)

William Dawes

b)

John Peter Zenger

c)

King James

d)

John Rolfe

49.

Top level of the colonial social pyramid

a)

middle class

b)

poor

c)

gentry

d)

indentured servants

50.

What was a hornbook?

a)

a textbook used by colonial children

b)

a piece of wood with paper pasted on to it

c)

a notebook

d)

cone shaped hat for children who misbehaved

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