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WorksheetsCBA 1 Review (US History)
Total questions: 123
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Which of the following European Countries is shown in this image?
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
Which of the following European Countries is shown in this image?
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
Which of the following European Countries is shown in this image?
Great Britain
Spain
Portugal
France
Which feature of North America is shown in the map below?
Mississippi River
Great Salt Lake
The Hudson Bay
The Hudson River
The large body of water shown in this map is in the state of...
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
New Mexico
Which mountain range contains the states that are marked in white on this map?
Smokey Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
The Himalayas
The Appalachian Mountains
Which river flows from north to south through the eastern part of the United States?
Mississippi River
The Rid Grande River
The Nile River
The Hudson River
Which mountain range is shown in brown on this map?
Appalachian Mountains
The Smoky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Which of the following is the large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada?
Hudson Bay
Great Salt Lake
Mississippi River
Great Lakes
Which of the following oceans is the LARGEST ocean and is WEST of the United States?
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Which of the following oceans is EAST of the United States?
Pacific
Atlantic
Which of the following bodies of water is shown in this image?
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Ohio River
Great Salt Lake
Which of the following rivers is shown in this map?
Mississippi River
Red River
Ohio River
Hudson River
What is the Name of the Continent colored in blue?
North America
United States of America
South America
The New World
Which continent is shown in this picture?
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Europe
Asia
Antarctica
South America
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Asia
Africa
North America
Europe
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Asia
Europe
South America
Antarctica
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Europe
North America
South America
Asia
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
Which continent is shown in this picture?
Australia
Asia
North America
Antarctica
Which ocean in this picture is represented by the number one?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
Which ocean in this picture is represented by the number two?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
Which ocean in this picture is represented by the number three?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
Which ocean in this picture is represented by the number four?
Atlantic
Arctic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
The NORTHERN states that remained in the United States were called the...
Union
Confederate States of America
The SOUTHERN states that seceded from the union were called the...
Union
Confederate States of America
Which of the following political parties was a political party established in the United States in 1854 with the goal of keeping slavery out of the western territories?
Republican Party
Free Soil Party
Know Nothing Party
Federalists
Which person in the Civil War was elected President of the United States in 1860? He issued the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. He was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth.
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Which person in the Civil War was elected President of the Confederacy and argued that seceding from the Union was a necessity, not a choice?
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Which person in the Civil War commanded the Union Army, accepted the surrender of the Confederacy at Appomattox Court House, and became the 18th President of the United States?
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Who was the FIRST African American soldier to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor?
Philip Bazaar
William Carney
Frederick Douglass
None of these are correct
Which Confederate military figure was commander of the Confederate Army? He was offered the position to command the Union Army, but refused.
Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Which of the following was a result of Abraham Lincoln's victory in the Presidential election of 1860?
Several Southern states seceded from the Union in protest
The Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox Court House
The Union blockaded the Confederacy, creating a food and supply shortage
The nation was reunited after several years of warfare.
What was the importance of the fall of Fort Sumter?
It was the first battle of the Civil War
It caused Great Britain to intervene in the war
It led to the unconditional surrender of the Confederacy
It led to the passage of a draft law in the North and South
At the beginning of the Civil War, the main goal of the North was to preserve the Union
True
False
At the beginning of the Civil War, the main goal of the North was to abolish slavery
True
False
____________ was an abolitionist who staged an attack at Harper's Ferry, Virginia to capture weapons that would arm slaves and help them revolt
Stonewall Jackson
Henry Clay
John Wilkes Booth
John Brown
Violence broke out in ________ as a result of fraudulent voting that decided slavery would be allowed.
Nebraska
Kansas
The act of exploring
Exploration
Columbian Exchange
1492
Christopher Columbus
The sustained exchange of goods, plants, animals, diseases, ideas, and people between Europe and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean
Exploration
Columbian Exchange
1492
Christopher Columbus
Sailed West from Europe to find a shorter water route to Asia. Discovered America.
Exploration
Columbian Exchange
1492
Christopher Columbus
To take control of an area and send people to live there
colonization
Pilgrims (AKA Separatists)
Persecution
Mayflower Compact
Mercantilism
Group of colonists who came to the new world to seek religious freedom; they were breaking away from the Church of England completely to recreate their own version of the church following their interpretation of scripture; colonized Plymouth, Massachusetts
colonization
Pilgrims (AKA Separatists)
Persecution
Mayflower Compact
Mercantilism
To treat someone harshly or cruelly because of their religion, race, or beliefs
colonization
Pilgrims (AKA Separatists)
Persecution
Mayflower Compact
Mercantilism
Document written and signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims (and other passengers on the Mayflower) that gave law and order to Plymouth; it was an agreement to make and follow laws for the common good; first written plan of government in the New World
colonization
Pilgrims (AKA Separatists)
Persecution
Mayflower Compact
Mercantilism
A belief that a country’s wealth and security depended on selling more products than it bought and accumulating a large store of precious metals. European monarchs achieved this goal by conquering new territory, establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country.
colonization
Pilgrims (AKA Separatists)
Persecution
Mayflower Compact
Mercantilism
Series of laws passed by the English parliament that made the economic practice of mercantilism law; colonists had to use English ships and colonists could not trade certain items with anyone but England
Navigation Acts
Religious Tolerance
Parliament
Triangular Trade
Virginia House of Burgesses
To accept the feelings, behaviors, or beliefs of a religion other than your own
Navigation Acts
Religious Tolerance
Parliament
Triangular Trade
Virginia House of Burgesses
The lawmaking body of England
Navigation Acts
Religious Tolerance
Parliament
Triangular Trade
Virginia House of Burgesses
A three (sometimes four) sided trade route where goods and slaves traveled between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and West Africa
Navigation Acts
Religious Tolerance
Parliament
Triangular Trade
Virginia House of Burgesses
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the first form of representative government in the 13 colonies
Navigation Acts
Religious Tolerance
Parliament
Triangular Trade
Virginia House of Burgesses
The 13 original English colonies established on the Atlantic Coast
Thirteen Colonies
Act of Toleration
Atlantic Slave Trade
First Great Awakening
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Law passed in Maryland to protect Catholics from Protestants. The act granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely.
Thirteen Colonies
Act of Toleration
Atlantic Slave Trade
First Great Awakening
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The buying and selling of slaves as part of Triangular Trade. Rum, iron, and tools would be brought to the West African coast in return for slaves. These slaves were brought mostly to the West Indies and then on to the 13 Colonies to be sold to plantation owners to harvest cash crops.
Thirteen Colonies
Act of Toleration
Atlantic Slave Trade
First Great Awakening
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A religious revival beginning in the 1730s that renewed Christian’s faith. It helped spread the idea that all people were equal in God’s eyes. It was a rejection of authority (before this, most American ministers were educated, wealthy elites). It was also an event that united the colonies. The revival happened across all 13 colonies. As a shared experience, it helped unite the colonists.
Thirteen Colonies
Act of Toleration
Atlantic Slave Trade
First Great Awakening
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Basis for the plan of government that Connecticut would follow. It is considered the first written constitution (plan of government) in the Colonies and explained in detail how representative government would work.
Thirteen Colonies
Act of Toleration
Atlantic Slave Trade
First Great Awakening
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
A group of Protestant Christians who wanted to “purify” the Church of England (Anglican Church) by simplifying churches and the ceremonies that took place there.
Puritans
Quakers
Representative Government
Charter
Self Government
Group of Protestant Christians who believed that everyone was equal in God’s sight. They did not have church services or officials, and were pacifists (people who refuse to use force or fight in wars.) They were amicable to Native Americans, offering to buy their land rather than just taking it, and opposed slavery and the slave trade.
Puritans
Quakers
Representative Government
Charter
Self Government
A form of government where people are chosen or elected to speak or act on behalf of the whole group.
Puritans
Quakers
Representative Government
Charter
Self Government
A document issued by the King or royal authority which granted a colony rights and privileges. In the colonies, this meant that the colonies elected their own governor and members of legislation.
Puritans
Quakers
Representative Government
Charter
Self Government
Breadbasket colonies
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Rocky soil, fishing/shipbuilding industries, green forests
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
long/hot summers, long growing season, ideal for growing cash crops (tobacco, indigo, etc.)
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
governor of Massachusetts Bay colony
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Rhode Island founder, believed in religious toleration
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Founder of Connecticut
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Quaker who began colony based on religious freedom
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
founded Georgia to be a colony for debtors
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
created as a haven for debtors
Georgia
Rhode Island
Maryland
created as a haven for Catholics
Georgia
Rhode Island
Maryland
created on the principle of religious freedom and separation of church and state
Georgia
Rhode Island
Maryland
Which country claimed the land shown in GREEN on the map provided?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Netherlands
Which country claimed the land shown in ORANGE on the map provided?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Netherlands
Which country claimed the land shown in BLUE on the map provided?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Netherlands
Which country claimed the land shown in PURPLE on the map provided?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Netherlands
Which country claimed the land shown in RED on the map provided?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
Netherlands
Which country claimed the land shown in BROWN on the map provided?
Spain
France
Russia
Portugal
Netherlands
Which of the following was settled in 1607?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
Rhode Island
Which of the following was settled in 1620?
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
Rhode Island
Mercantilism, investment opportunities, and the possibility of new land/opportunities are all _______ reasons for European colonization of the new world
economic
social
religious
political
Social mobility, the desire to climb the social ladder, and the overcrowding of England are all _______ reasons for European colonization of the new world
economic
social
religious
political
The split in Christianity due to the Protestant Reformation is a _______ reason for European colonization of the new world
economic
social
religious
political
Conflict about who the king derives their power from, disagreement about whether the king should share power with Parliament, and the question about whether the king should follow the same laws as citizens are all _______ reasons for European colonization of the new world
economic
social
religious
political
Match the following vocabulary terms to their correct definitions:
To take control of an area and send people to live there
Colonization
Group of colonists who came to the new world to seek religious freedom; they were breaking away from the Church of England completely to recreate their own version of the church following their interpretation of scripture; colonized Plymouth, Massachusetts
Pilgrims (aka Separatists)
To treat someone harshly or cruelly because of their religion, race, or beliefs
Persecution
Document written and signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims (and other passengers on the Mayflower) that gave law and order to Plymouth; it was an agreement to make and follow laws for the common good; first written plan of government in the New World
Mayflower Compact
A belief that a country's wealth and security depended on selling more products than it bought and accumulating a large store of precious metals. European monarchs achieved this goal by conquering new territory, establishing colonies who would sell raw materials to the home country at low prices and who would in turn buy what they needed ONLY from the mother country.
Mercantilism
Match the following vocabulary terms to their correct definitions:
Series of laws passed by the English parliament that made the economic practice of mercantilism law; colonists had to use English ships and colonists could not trade certain items with anyone but England
Navigation Acts
To accept the feelings, behaviors, or beliefs of a religion other than your own
Religious Tolerance
Representative assembly in colonial Virginia; the first form of representative government in the 13 colonies
Parliament
The lawmaking body of England
Virginia House of Burgesses
A three (sometimes four) sided trade route where goods and slaves traveled between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and West Africa
Triangular Trade
Match the following people to their correct description
leader at Jamestown, motivated people to contribute to the success of the colonists, said that people who don't help will not eat
John Smith
Daughter of the Powhatan chief, married John Rolfe, and helped mend the relationship between her tribe and the Jamestown Colonists
Pocahontas
Introduced tobacco to the colony of Jamestown, leading to its success, married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Native American tribe that lived in Jamestown before the colonists settled there.
Powhatans
The ____________ was the first elected legislative body in the English colonies. It was an early attempt at self-government.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Declaration of Independence
A ______ source is created at the time the event happened.
primary
secondary
A ______ source is created after the event has happened by someone who was not there when it happened.
primary
secondary
Which river runs east and west as an offshoot of the Mississippi River?
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Chesapeake Bay
Which river runs north and south and through New York state?
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Chesapeake Bay
On their way to Jamestown, the colonists sailed through...
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Hudson River
Chesapeake Bay
In order to get to the New World, the colonists had to sail east across the _______ from England
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The ________ run through the Northeastern part of the English Colonies.
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Who was elected as the first governor of Plymouth?
John Smith
John Rolfe
Thomas Hooker
William Bradford
Plymouth was settled for _______ reasons
religious
social
political
economic
Who was on board the Mayflower?
Separatists and Anglicans
Catholics & Pilgrims
Puritans & Catholics
Separatists & Catholcs
John Rolfe introduced _________ to the Americas, ultimately leading to the economic success of Jamestown.
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Cotton
Which of the following was a leader that started a new church during the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
John Calvin
King Henry VIII
all of these were leaders
The _______ contributed to the growth of representative government by electing representatives in Virginia to assemble and make laws that would govern the people
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
letters, manuscripts, diaries, journals, newspapers, maps, speeches, interviews, documents produced by government agencies, photographs, audio or video recordings, born-digital items (e.g. emails), research data, and objects or artifacts
These are all examples of _________
primary sources
secondary sources
Textbooks, edited works, books and articles that interpret or review research works, histories, biographies, literary criticism and interpretation, reviews of law and legislation, political analyses and commentaries
These are all examples of _________
primary sources
secondary sources
Which colonial region is shown in BLUE on the map?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which colonial region is shown in PINK on the map?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which colonial region is shown in GREEN on the map?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Match the following definitions to their correct term.
The 13 original English colonies established on the Atlantic Coast
13 Colonies
Law passed in Maryland to protect Catholics from Protestants. The act granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely.
Law of Toleration
The buying and selling of slaves as part of Triangular Trade. Rum, iron, and tools would be brought to the West African coast in return for slaves. These slaves were brought mostly to the West Indies and then on to the 13 Colonies to be sold to plantation owners to harvest cash crops.
Atlantic Slave Trade
A religious revival beginning in the 1730s that renewed Christian's faith. It helped spread the idea that all people were equal in God's eyes. It was a rejection of authority (before this, most American ministers were educated, wealthy elites). It was also an event that united the colonies. The revival happened across all 13 colonies. As a shared experience, it helped unite the colonists.
1st Great Awakening
Basis for the plan of government that Connecticut would follow. It is considered the first written constitution (plan of government) in the Colonies and explained in detail how representative government would work.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Match the following definitions to their correct term.
A group of Protestant Christians who wanted to "purify" the Church of England (Anglican Church) by simplifying churches and the ceremonies that took place there.
Puritans
Group of Protestant Christians who believed that everyone was equal in God's sight. They did not have church services or officials, and were pacifists (people who refuse to use force or fight in wars.) They were amicable to Native Americans, offering to buy their land rather than just taking it, and opposed slavery and the slave trade.
Quakers
A form of government where people are chosen or elected to speak or act on behalf of the whole group.
Representative Government
A trade route that exchanged goods and slaves between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and West Africa
Triangular Trade
A document issued by the King or royal authority which granted a colony rights and privileges. In the colonies, this meant that the colonies elected their own governor and members of legislation.
Charter
Match the following definitions to their correct terms
The act of the colonies governing themselves rather than being under the direct rule of the King and Parliament
Self-Government
The period of time when the British crown failed to enforce mercantilist laws (the Navigation Acts) which would have enforced trade ONLY between the colonies and the mother country. Britain had no pressing need for money during the early colonial period and its distance from the colonies led it to neglect enforcement of these laws (which were very unpopular in the colonies).
Salutary Neglect
settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts seeking religious freedom, signed the Mayflower Compact and agreed to obey the laws they established
Pilgrims
He was a prominent English Catholic who was seeking a haven for other Catholics. In 1632, he received the land grant first promised to his father. He made Maryland into a haven for all Christians. In Maryland, religious tolerance was guaranteed by a law called the Act of Toleration
Lord Baltimore
encouraged Separatists on the Mayflower to sign an agreement to choose their own leaders in the new colony, governor of Plymouth, wrote a two volume account of Plymouth's development called "Of Plymouth Plantation"
William Bradford
disagreed with leaders in Massachusetts about voting rights, founded Connecticut where all male property-owners could vote (even if they weren't Puritans!), wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (the first example of a written constitution in the colonies)
Thomas Hooker
angered Puritan church leaders by publicly discussing religious ideas that some leaders thought radical; she was put on trial and banished from Massachusetts, moved to Rhode Island with her family
Anne Hutchinson
founder of the Georgia colony (a colony where debtors from England could work off their debt by growing cash crops like rice and indigo)
James Oglethorpe
A Quaker that founded Pennsylvania to establish a place where his people (Quakers) and others could live in peace and be free from persecution.
William Penn
He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown (and he married Pocahontas). He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.
John Rolfe
English explorer who helped found the colony at Jamestown, Virginia. He motivated people in Jamestown to work hard and contribute to the community. "He that does not work, neither will he eat!"
John Smith
He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State (meaning that he did not think religious leaders should run the government). He was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.
Roger Williams
most powerful leader in New England, served as Governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony, thought that the only people who should vote were members of the Puritan church,
John Winthrop
Match the following
New Hampshire
1
Massachusetts
2
Rhode Island
3
Connecticut
4
New York
5
Match the following
Pennsylvania
6
New Jersey
7
Delaware
8
Maryland
9
Virginia
10
Match the following
North Carolina
11
South Carolina
12
Georgia
13
Match the following economic descriptions to its correct colonial region
shipbuilding, trade, lumber, fishing, rocky/hilly soil not ideal for farming
New England Colonies
farming (wheat, barley, oats, corn & rye), ironworks, shipbuilding, lumber, and fur trade with Natives
Middle Colonies
cash crops (cotton, indigo, rice, tobacco), fertile soil ideal for large scale farms, plantations and slave labor,
Southern Colonies
Match the following geographic descriptions to its correct colonial region
thick forests, long/harsh winters, soil not ideal for farming, clost proximity to the ocean
New England Colonies
rich soil, forestsed mountains, milder climate than New England, good for farming
Middle Colonies
mild climate, long growing seasons, hot/wet climate, fertile soil ideal for farming
Southern Colonies
Match the following political/social descriptions to its correct colonial region
mostly came for religious freedom, settled mainly by Pilgrims and Puritans, church supported representative government, Puritans not tolerant of other religions, Mayflower Compact, & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New England Colonies
people came for both religious and economic opportunities, diverse population of people from all over Europe, proprietary colonies (individually founded by permission from the King), considered the Breadbasket colonies
Middle Colonies
mostly came for economic reasons, started out as joint-stock companies and later became royal colonies, use of slave labor, representative government (House of Burgesses)
Southern Colonies
Use the image to help you match each area to its contribution to Triangular Trade
Sent sugar, molasses, wood, rice, silk, indigo, tobacco, whale oil, lumber, and furs to Europe
North America
Exported captured slaves to North America
Africa
Sent guns, cloth, iron, and beer to Africa and sent manufactured goods to North America
Europe
Match the following examples of representative/self government in the colonies to their correct title
First written constitution in the colonies, written by Thomas Hooker, explained how representative government would work in the colonies, a basic plan of government that Connecticut would follow.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
first representative assembly in North America, elected delegates from each county in Virginia to make laws that would govern the colony, training ground for America's founding fathers
Mayflower Compact
first governing document of the Plymouth Colony, signed by the Pilgrims on board the Mayflower outlining that they would pass laws for the good of the colony and that everyone would obey those laws
Virginia House of Burgesses
Match the following colonies to their correct colonial region
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Southern Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
Middle Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
New England Colonies
A(n) ___________ is a document issued by the king or royal authority that granted a colony rights and privileges.
charter
Act of Toleration
Puritan
Quaker
Match the following descriptions to the correct group of people
immigrated to the New World on the Mayflower, sought refuge from religious persecution, established the Plymouth colony in Massachusetts
Pilgrims
People who wanted to "purify" or change the Anglican Church (Church of England), not tolerant of other religions, established the Massachusetts Bay colony
Puritans
tolerant of other religions, founded Pennsylvania, believed in equality and tolerance, oppose war
Quakers
settled mainly in Maryland, left europe looking for a safe haven
Catholics
settled in Georgia (established by James Oglethorpe), the people who settled would have been in prison in England
Debtor/criminals
Which of the following American ideals came out of this time period of colonization by the English? check all that apply
religious freedom
separation of church and state
states' rights
the right to bear arms
