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8 SS All-STAARS: Best of Semester 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

ALL of the events shown occurred during....

a)

The Era of Westward Expansion

b)

The Era of Good Feelings

c)

The Revolutionary Era

d)

The Jacksonian Era

2.

Colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

a)

feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians

b)

did not want to share control of the fur trade with France

c)

resented the limits it imposed on westward expansion

d)

wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations

3.

Which government principle is illustrated in this diagram?

a)

Federalism

b)

Popular sovereignty

c)

Republicanism

d)

Separation of Powers

4.

How did the American colonies react to enforcement of the Intolerable Acts?

a)

By collecting funds to pay for the tea destroyed in Boston Harbor

b)

By sending ambassadors to France to request military aid

c)

By placing a tax on all goods imported from Great Britain.

d)

By holding the First Continental Congress to discuss unified resistance

5.

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the best environment for tobacco farming. Where is the immigrant most likely to settle?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Virginia

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Pennsylvania

6.

Why did the Constitutional Convention agree to the Three-Fifths Compromise?

a)

To settle debates over the issue of counting the enslaved population for representation

b)

To settle debates over the issue of abolishing the importation of enslaved people

c)

To create a government based on the principle of federalism

d)

To create a government with a bicameral legislature.

7.

This diagram shows a sequence of events in colonial history.

Why is the sequence of events important?

a)

Colonists created a legislature with two houses

b)

Colonists declared independence from English rule

c)

Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights

d)

Colonists established a tradition of self-government

8.

Which factor was a reason for the trade system illustrated on this map?

a)

Labor demands of the factory system

b)

Invention of the steamboat

c)

Labor demands of the plantation system

d)

Invention of the mechanical loom

9.

In the early days of the colonies, a belief in these rights helped lead to....

a)

the establishment of royal courts

b)

the growth of representative government

c)

the implementation of the mercantile system

d)

the abolishment of indentured servitude

10.

Which geographic feature allowed the Mid-Atlantic colonies to have a longer growing season than the New England colonies?

a)

thick forests

b)

navigable rivers

c)

flat land with rocky soil

d)

mild climate

11.

Which group helped establish the colony of Maryland in the 1630s?

a)

English Catholics seeking religious freedom

b)

Spanish workers seeking job opportunities

c)

Irish families escaping a natural disaster

d)

Russian merchants escaping political conflict

12.

Which reason best completes this list?

a)

to spread democratic ideals

b)

to improve efficiency in manufacturing

c)

to located potential military allies

d)

to claim new territory

13.

The except shown here reflects the dissatisfaction of the American colonists with the...

a)

political debates that took place at the Albany Convention

b)

interference of Great Britain in the slave trade

c)

economic consequences of the Great Awakening

d)

economic policies imposed by Great Britain following the French and Indian War

14.

Which of these completes this graphic organizer?

a)

Parliament repeals the Stamp and Sugar Acts

b)

King George III allows colonists to petition Parliament for tax relief

c)

Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts

d)

King George III appoints colonial representatives to Parliament

15.

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of...

a)

freedom from debts

b)

religious freedom

c)

economic freedom

d)

freedom of speech