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Super Review- Extra Credit

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What colony did William Penn establish?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Connecticut

2.

Which of the following is a correct description of the population/settlers of the Middle Colonies?

a)

It was made up of plantation owners and African slaves

b)

Puritans and Separatists

c)

Diverse religious groups and nationalities

d)

French fur trappers and Native Americans

3.

Which of the following is NOT a Middle Colony?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New York

c)

Delaware

d)

New Hampshire

e)

New Jersey

4.

Why were the Middle Colonies known as the "breadbasket" colonies?

a)

They grew cash crops like tobacco and cotton

b)

They had large plantations with enslaved labor

c)

They grew wheat, corn and barley which can be used to make bread

d)

They built ships and fished.

5.

Match the characteristics and where they could be found during the colonial era.

a)

Middle Colonies

1.

bread basket

b)

New England Colonies

2.

shipbuilding and fishing

c)

Southern Colonies

3.

plantations with cash crops

6.

Match the characteristics and where they could be found during the colonial era.

a)

Middle Colonies

1.

Pennsylvania, New York

b)

New England Colonies

2.

Massachusetts, Connecticut

c)

Southern Colonies

3.

Georgia, Maryland

7.

Which colony was founded to be a safe place for Catholics?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Georgia

8.

Which colony was founded to be a place for debtors who could not pay the money they owed in England?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Georgia

9.

Which colony was founded to be a place Quakers?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Georgia

10.

Which colony was where Puritans settled?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Maryland

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Georgia

11.

What does persecution mean?

a)

To be punished for your beliefs

b)

To be rewarded for your beliefs

c)

To be paid for your beliefs

d)

none of these

12.

Match the following

a)

Subsistence Farming

1.

Where you grow enough food to survive

b)

Cash Crops

2.

Tobacco, Cotton, Sugar

c)

Breadbasket crops

3.

Grains, wheat, oat, corn

d)

Plantations

4.

Large farms, uses enslaved labor

e)

Shipbuilding

5.

Industry that builds ships. New England

13.

Which statement is true regarding why the use of enslaved labor was used so much more in Southern Colonies than New England?

a)

Great climate and soil allowed for massive plantations that grew cash crops that needed a large labor force

b)

Subsistence farming, rocky soil and cold winters in the Southern colonies required a large workforce

c)

The Quakers used enslaved labor to grow their wheat and corn

d)

All of these are true

14.
An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?
a)
outlawing alcohol
b)
ending slavery
c)
limiting slavery to southern states
d)
ending women's suffrage
15.

What was the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Our "break up letter" with England.

b)

Sets up the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Branch

c)

Sets up the Bill of Rights

d)

First form of government written for the United States during the Revolution.

16.

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade

a)

Was a pleasant journey for the enslaved people on the ships

b)

The enslaved people wanted to be there

c)

The enslaved people were forced into slavery and many people died on the trip before they got to plantations in the Americas

d)

None of these

17.

What was the Boston Tea Party

a)

Where colonists disobeyed the law and threw tea into Boston Harbor destroying it

b)

Where the British had a party in Boston

c)

It was the coolest party ever

d)

None of these

18.

1607

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

St. Augustine

19.

1620

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

St. Augustine

20.

Monarchy

a)

Kings and Queens

b)

Presidents

c)

Dictators

d)

none of these

21.

WHAT IS THIS????

a)

Arrows on a map

b)

A map of CORN. ITS CORN.

c)

Colombian Exchange

d)

Silk Road

22.
When and where did the French and Indian War begin?
a)
The war started in 1776 in New England.
b)
The war started in 1754 in New England.
c)
The war started in 1754 in the Ohio River Valley.
d)
The war started in 1776 in the Ohio River Valley.
23.

Order the following events in the sequence they occurred

a)

French and British settle Ohio River Valley

b)

French and Indian War breaks out

c)

Massive English/British Debt

d)

English/British raise taxes on colonists

1)
2)
3)
4)
24.
The French and Indian War was was fought between the
a)
French and the Indians
b)
Indians and the Spanish
c)
French and British against the Indians
d)
The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.
25.
What was the main cause of the French and Indian War?
a)
The French and British claimed the same land.
b)
The French and Indians claimed the same land.
c)
The Indians and British claimed the same land.
d)
The Indians wouldn't sell their land.
26.

Who was the young military leader from Virginia who started the French and Indian War when his military unit killed a French Envoy?

a)
William Pitt
b)
Edward Braddock
c)
King George II
d)
George Washington 
27.
The Treaty of Paris 1763 marked the end of the French and Indian War.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 say?
a)
France owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
b)
Natives owned the land west of the Appalachian Mountains
c)
Colonists could move west of the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains
29.

The main source of income for France in the New World was the fur trade.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

What was one cause of the French and Indian War?

a)

Money

b)

Land

c)

Freedom

d)

Slavery

31.

During the French and Indian War the British and the French were fighting over control of which area?

a)

Mississippi River Valley

b)

Connecticut River Valley

c)

Pennsylvania River Valley

d)

Ohio River Valley

32.

What ended the French and Indian War?

a)

The Treaty of Versailles

b)

The Treaty of Paris 1763

c)

The Proclamation of 1763

d)

Proclamation of French Defeat 1763

33.

Why did the british government decide to tax colonies?

a)

to pay for the French and Indian War

b)

To pay for a new palace for king George

c)

To pay for a war against Spain

d)

to pay for improvements in the city of london

e)

to pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy

34.

What is a boycott?

a)

A type of army bed

b)

A tax placed on families

c)

A refusal to buy a certain good/product

d)

Support for a certain revolution

35.

Where did the colonists come from?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Canada

36.

Where were the colonies located?

a)

Gulf Coast

b)

Atlantic Coast

c)

Canadian border

d)

Pacific Coast

37.

Who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

38.

Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?

a)

Battle of Saratoga

b)

Battle of Trenton

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Battle of Bunker Hill

39.

Who primarily wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

John Adams

d)

Thomas Jefferson

40.

Which document officially ended the American Revolution and recognized the United States as an independent nation?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Constitution of the United States

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

41.

Who was the King of Great Britain during the American Revolution?

a)

King George II

b)

King George IV

c)

King George V

d)

King George III

42.

Organize these options into the right categories (4 strength 3 weaknesses each)

Categorize the following

made up of professional soldiers

made up of militia and few professional soldiers

General George Washington

General Cornwallis

Fighting on their own land

Well equipped and supplied

Sent across the Atlantic to fight on a foreign land

Big Navy

Very small Navy

Did not know the land they were fighting on

Taxpayers angry over the expensive war

Fighting for independence

Not very well funded or supplied

Helped by the French and Spanish

Strengths of American/Colonial Army
Weaknesses of American/Colonial Army
Weaknesses of British Army
Strengths of British Army
43.

During the winter of 1777, the Colonial Army camping in the Pennsylvania village of ​ (a)   were trained and formed into an army.

Choose from the below words
Valley Forge
Boston
New York
Trenton
The Woodlands
44.

Put the following event in chronological order

a)

Battle of Lexington and Concord

b)

Battle of Saratoga

c)

Battle of Yorktown

d)

Treaty of Paris

1)
2)
3)
4)
45.

Why did the Colonial army lose the Battle of Bunker Hill?

a)

Colonial army ran out of ammunition and gun powder.

b)

They were at the bottom of the hill and had a bad strategic position

c)

The French helped the British win.

d)

none of these are correct

46.

In the "break up letter" known as the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson listed a set of grievances (complaints) as to why the colonies must become independent. Which of the following are some grievances?

a)

The king quartered his troops in colonists’ homes.

b)

The King imposed taxes without the consent of the colonists.

c)

The King had kept a large standing army among the colonists.

d)

All of these are grievances

47.

What was the first set of governing documents set up during the Revolution to help unite the colonies?

a)

Declaration of Independence

b)

Articles of Confederation

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Bill of Rights

48.
What were some resources that came FROM the Old World TO the New World?
a)
corn, potatoes, chocolate, turkeys
b)
coffee, horses, cows, pigs
c)
alpacas, avocados, tomatoes, strawberries
d)
books, money, computers, cars
49.
What were some resources that came FROM the New World TO the Old World?
a)
coffee, horses, cows, pigs
b)
Native American religion, dances, clothes, housing
c)
corn, potatoes, chocolate, turkeys
d)
guns, the wheel, rice, spices
50.
Which region had an economy based off agriculture and grew mainly cash crops like Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice?
a)
Northern
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
51.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the national government consisted of _______________ branch of government.

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4

52.
Which type of colony depended on slave labor producing cash crops in order to make a profit?
a)
settler
b)
trading post
c)
plantation
53.
The List of Grievances were the part of the Declaration that
a)
detailed the colonists' complaints with King George.
b)
listed a man's natural rights.
c)
introduced the Declaration.
d)
concluded the Declaration, declaring America a free country.
54.

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the Boston harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Act

55.

The slogan colonists began to use to protest paying taxes to Great Britain and not having representatives in Parliament.

a)

No more taxes!

b)

We don't like taxes!

c)

These taxes are unfair!

d)

No taxation without representation!

56.

After the French & Indian War, why did England start to tax the colonies more?

a)

Just because it was more powerful

b)

To pay off the debt for the cost of defending the colonies

c)

It was part of the Mercantilism unfair trade

57.

The Intolerable Acts were passed as punishment for what incident?

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

First Continental Congress

58.
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
59.
*Distance from Great Britain
*Mayflower Compact
*Town hall meetings
The factors listed above contributed most to the
a)
creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
b)
election of British colonists to Parliament
c)
growth of representative government in the British colonies
d)
expansion of British trade in the Americas
60.
Why were the Pilgrims trying to establish (build or found) a colony in the New World? 
a)
Expand England's territory
b)
Find Gold
c)
Religious Freedom
d)
All of the above
61.
Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
62.
Which religious group founded Plymouth Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
Puritans
b)
Church of England
c)
Catholics
d)
Quakers
63.
What type of Government did the Mayflower Compact establish?
a)
democratic government
b)
religion government
c)
polyform government
d)
self government
64.
What was the 1st Representative assembly in North American colonies called?
a)
Virginia House of Burgesses
b)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
U S Constitution
65.
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
a)
French and Indian War
b)
Prince Henry
c)
Mercantilism
d)
Treaty of Tordesillas
66.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
a)
To stop taxes from the British Empire.
b)
To make a United States army.
c)
To gain independence from the British Empire
d)
To install their own king in America
67.

To protest the increased price on tea, rebellious colonists held a “party”, dumping tea into the Boston harbor.

a)

Boston Massacre

b)

Townshend Act

c)

Boston Tea Party

d)

Intolerable Act

68.

What is the name of the act that closed Boston Harbor and served as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

a)

Townshend Act

b)

Quartering Act

c)

Intolerable Acts

69.

What are the advantages of a Free Market Economy?

a)

total government control

b)

Frank has complete control over the U.S. economy

c)

the exchange of goods and services

d)

the economy is free to regulate itself and monopolies control businesses

70.
A Diary 
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
71.
What did the Magna Carta do?
a)
Gave more power to the King
b)
Limited the power of the King
c)
Got rid of the Feudal System in England
d)
Gave more power to the Common People
72.

Which of these characteristics is TRUE of the American free enterprise system?

a)

Producers are forced to sell a certain quantity of items

b)

Individuals can purchase goods and services that they want

c)

Only the government can own and sell property

d)

There is no profit motive for businesses

73.

The concept of economic freedom allowed in the free enterprise system can be defined as...

a)

resources are scarce and that factors of production must be used wisely.  If resources are wasted then fewer goods and services can be produced.  Fewer wants and needs can be satisfied if there are fewer resources

b)

firms will combine and reduce competition.

c)

consumers are free to choose what to buy, their jobs, their employers, what they use their money for.  Business owners can choose when, where, and what they produce.

d)

rich seem to get richer and poor seem to get poorer.

74.

John Locke believed these people had these type of right?

a)

No Rights

b)

Freedom Rights

c)

Natural Rights

d)

Unnatural Rights

75.

According to John Locke what must the government do with people's rights?

a)

Get rid of them

b)

Protect Them

c)

Get over them

76.

Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea for government

a)

One House Congress

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

No House Congress

d)

The President

77.

What was the purpose of separating the 3 branches of government, according to Montesquieu?

a)

protect the liberties of the people

b)

make government more efficient

c)

promote reform in government

d)

strengthen the monarchy

78.

According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?

a)

God gives monarchs a divine right to rule over their people

b)

People are naturally selfish and need a strong ruler to create order

c)

People set up governments to protect their lives and property

d)

Civil government must be established to offset the power of the church

79.

The people who came to the American colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government thanks mainly to

a)

the Magna Carta

b)

the Constitution

c)

the Council of Trent

d)

the Articles of Confederation

80.

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

a)

universal suffrage

b)

a limited monarchy

c)

religious toleration

d)

a laissez-faire economy

81.
Enlightenment philosopher who believed people had natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
a)
John Locke
b)
Montesquieu
c)
Rousseau
d)
Voltaire