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Final Exam: Overview

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What dwelling type did Iroquois Indians (Haudenosaunee) live in?

a)

Igloo

b)

Tepee

c)

Longhouse

d)

Pithouse

2.

What dwelling type did Great Plains Indians live in so they could follow the buffalo herds easier/faster?

a)

Longhouse

b)

Tepee

c)

Wigwam

d)

Igloo

3.

What is the vocabulary term for this image?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Tariff

c)

Nullification

d)

Urbanization

4.

What topic relates BEST to the information below?

*Annexation of Texas

*Gadsden Purchase

*Oregon Trail

a)

Civil War

b)

War of 1812

c)

Indian Removal

d)

Manifest Destiny

5.

Which of the following would be considered an artifact?

a)

Dinosaur fossil

b)

Arrowhead

c)

Volcanic rock

d)

Animal bone

6.

What topic BEST relates to the information below:

*Slavery

*Secession

*Abraham Lincoln

a)

War of 1812

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Civil War

d)

Trail of Tears

7.

What turning point event happened on Oct. 12th, 1492 in the Bahamas?

a)

War of 1812

b)

Civil War

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Columbus' landing

8.

What answer is part of the judicial branch?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

House of Representatives

c)

The President

d)

The Cabinet

9.

What topic BEST relates to the information below:

*Patriots

*Redcoats

*Battle of Saratoga

a)

Civil War

b)

Mexican War

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

Trail of Tears

10.

What topic of study BEST relates to:

*artifacts

*dig sites

a)

History

b)

Archaeology

c)

Sociology

d)

Geography

11.

What is the name of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution?

a)

The Preamble

b)

The Bill of Rights

c)

The Articles of Confederation

d)

The Federalist Papers

12.

What historical figure was associated with:

*Creating a cabinet

*Commanding the Patriots

*Farewell Address

a)

Ben Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

James Madison

d)

George Washington

13.

What group of people is MOST closely associated with:
*NYS

*5 Tribes

*Sachems

a)

Cherokee Indians

b)

Dutch settlers

c)

Spanish Conquistadors

d)

Iroquois Indians

14.

What answer corresponds to this image?

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Columbus' Voyage

15.

Which of the following advantages belonged to the Patriots/Americans during the Revolutionary War?

a)

Better Navy

b)

Help from the French

c)

Better trained and disciplined soldiers

d)

More supplies and money

16.

What happened to the French after they lost the French and Indian War in 1763?

a)

They lost most of their land (colonies) in North America

b)

They had to pay 100 million dollars to Germany

c)

They were all enslaved by the British

d)

They were forced on the Trail of Tears

17.

What mountain chain is closest to Buffalo, NY and the first obstacle colonists had to cross?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Sierra-Nevada Mountains

c)

The Appalachian Mountains

d)

The Pyrenees Mountains

18.

Just before the Civil War, southern states quit or ____________ from the United States.

a)

Nullified

b)

Vetoed

c)

Boycotted

d)

Seceded

19.

What topic BEST relates to this image?

a)

Civil War

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

War of 1812

d)

Trail of Tears

20.

What was the main cause of the Revolutionary War against the British?

a)

Impressment

b)

Taxation without representation

c)

Tariffs

d)

French in the Ohio River

21.

What President ignored the Constitution during Indian Removal and was called "king" by his opponents?

a)

Georg Washington

b)

King George III

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

22.

What is this image an example of?

a)

Laissez Faire economics

b)

Secondary Sources

c)

Diaries

d)

Stone Age artifacts

23.

What group in Southern society controlled the government and owned more than 50 slaves?

a)

Cottonocracy

b)

Tobaccocrats

c)

Indigoists

d)

Ricearonis

24.

What event is related to:

*Cherokee Tribe

*1/4 died

*Andrew Jackson

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Texas Independence

c)

French and Indian War

d)

Trail of Tears

25.

What topic BEST relates to the following:
*Compass

*Astrolabe

*Caravel (sailing ship)

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

Erie Canal

c)

European Exploration

d)

Gold Rush

26.

What answer BEST fits the information:
*Harriet Tubman

*Fugitives

*Stations

a)

Underground Railroad

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Mexican War

27.

What historical figure was a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Tecumseh

c)

Sacagawea

d)

Geronimo

28.

What answer BEST fits the term CABINET?

a)

Advisors/helpers of the President

b)

Lawmakers

c)

Judges

d)

Military commanders

29.

President Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark...

a)

to search for California gold.

b)

to map and explore the Louisiana Territory.

c)

to build factories in Nevada.

d)

to create farming communities in Oregon.

30.

Who is most closely associated with the following information:

  • *Spoils System

  • *Indian Removal

  • *Old Hickory

a)

President Lincoln

b)

President Jefferson

c)

President Jackson

d)

President Polk

31.

Which Constitutional power does the President hold?

a)

Impeachment

b)

Veto

c)

Declaring a law unconstitutional

d)

Declaring war

32.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:
*Napoleon

*Mississippi to Rocky Mts.

*Jefferson

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Erie Canal

33.

The United States Constitution....

a)

abolished all slavery in America.

b)

separated America from France.

c)

guaranteed that all people would own land and be rich.

d)

created a plan of government for America.

34.

What answer BEST relates to the term TARIFF?

a)

Veto

b)

Tax

c)

Boycott

d)

Blockade

35.

What answer BEST relates to the term KIDNAPPING?

a)

Impressment

b)

Nullification

c)

Laissez-Faire

d)

Secession

36.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:

*363 miles

*East to West across NYS

*Instant Success

a)

National Road

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Trail of Tears

d)

Erie Canal

37.

What group of colonies relied primarily on cash crops and farming to make a living?

a)

South

b)

Middle

c)

New England

d)

West

38.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:
*5 people killed

*Redcoats

*Propaganda

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

The Alamo

d)

Salem Witch Trials

39.

What document dealt with freeing enslaved Africans?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Articles of Confederation

c)

The Bill of Rights

d)

The Emancipation Proclamation

40.

What answer BEST fits with the topic of the Civil War?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Monroe Doctrine

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

41.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:

*Pacific Ocean

*Sacagawea

*Thomas Jefferson

a)

Lewis and Clark Expedition

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Oregon Trail

d)

Erie Canal

42.

What answer BEST corresponds with the Treaty of Ghent?

a)

No land or money was exchanged-like the war never happened.

b)

France lost most of its colonies in North America.

c)

Britain ceded all land from Atlantic to Mississippi River to America.

d)

Mexico ceded all of California, Nevada and Utah to America.

43.

What answer BEST relates to the term INAUGURATION?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

General

c)

President

d)

Senate

44.

Who is MOST CLOSELY associated with the following information:

*Commander of Patriot forces

*Won American independence

a)

King George III

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

William Travis

d)

George Washington

45.

What historical figure matches the following information:
*Virginian

*Started French and Indian War

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

John Adams

c)

Andrew Jackson

d)

George Washington

46.

What topic relates to:

*Alamo

*William Travis

*Sam Houston

a)

Oregon Trail

b)

War of 1812

c)

Texas Independence

d)

Civil War

47.

Chief Justice John Marshall hated ________________ for going against his ruling on Indian Removal.

a)

Alexander Hamilton

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Andrew Jackson

48.

What cash crop dominated the South before the Civil War?

a)

Corn

b)

Indigo

c)

Cotton

d)

Wheat

49.

What answer corresponds with the following information:

*textiles/clothing

*women and children

*noisy and unsafe

a)

Building of the Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Digging of the Erie Canal

c)

Shipbuilding in New England

d)

Working in early factories

50.

What speech warned future Presidents to stay neutral and avoid alliances?

a)

The Gettysburg Address

b)

Washington's Farewell Address

c)

The "I Have a Dream" Speech

d)

The Wilmot Proviso

51.

Tecumseh wanted unification and cooperation with...

a)

Native American tribes.

b)

the United States Army

c)

New England merchants

d)

Southern plantation owners

52.

What historical figure fought against Native Americans before he was President?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Andrew Jackson

c)

James Madison

d)

John Quincy Adams

53.

The Pilgrims....

a)

suffered on the Trail of Tears.

b)

fought in the Revolutionary War and won their freedom.

c)

explored the Louisiana Territory.

d)

crossed the Atlantic Ocean and set up Plymouth Colony.

54.

The Preamble of the United States Constitution begins...

a)

"Four score and seven years ago..."

b)

"I have a dream..."

c)

"We the people..."

d)

"Ask not what your country can do for you..."

55.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:

*1840's

*Wagon Trains

*Left for farming and land

a)

Trail of Tears

b)

Oregon Trail

c)

Erie Canal

d)

Voyage of Pilgrims

56.

The Erie Canal...

a)

connected the Pacific Ocean with the Atlantic Ocean.

b)

was very unsuccessful when it first opened.

c)

connected Buffalo with Albany.

d)

caused the Civil War.

57.

What answer BEST relates to the following information:

*Warhawks

*Blockade

*Star Spangled Banner

a)

Civil War

b)

French and Indian War

c)

War of 1812

d)

Mexican War

58.

What group of people had no freedom in America and were forced to work in all conditions?

a)

New England wheat farmers

b)

Iroquois Indians

c)

Enslaved Africans

d)

Factory workers

59.

What three continents did we learn the most about in 7th grade social studies?

a)

North America, Europe and Africa

b)

England, France and America

c)

Asia, Australia and South America

d)

America, Mexico and Canada

60.

What answer BEST relates to this information:

  • *Cortez and Pizarro

  • *Steel swords and armor

  • *Defeated Aztecs and Incas

a)

Spanish Conquistadors

b)

British Redcoats

c)

German Hessians

d)

Dutch Patroons