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US History Unit 1 Vocab Review

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As a result of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment, what did people begin to question?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Socialism

d)

Communism

2.

What term is used to describe cruel and oppressive rule by a government or leader?

a)

Democracy

b)

Republic

c)

Tyranny

d)

Anarchy

3.

In government, what is the term used to describe a legislative body that represents the electorate and can be filled by state appointment or through democratic means?

a)

Senate

b)

Congress

c)

Parliament

d)

Assembly

4.

What is the Protestant Christian church that functions as the established church in the nation state of England?

a)

Roman Catholic Church

b)

Church of England

c)

Eastern Orthodox Church

d)

Lutheran Church

5.

What were the Acts of Uniformity in 16th-century England primarily aimed at?

a)

Establishing economic policies

b)

Establishing political alliances

c)

Establishing religious orthodoxy within the Church of England

d)

Establishing military strategies

6.

What is the condition of permitting people to worship according to the practices of any religion they choose?

a)

Religious toleration

b)

Religious persecution

c)

Religious conversion

d)

Religious isolation

7.

Who were the Protestant Christians who separated from the Church of England in the 17th and 18th centuries?

a)

Puritans

b)

Quakers

c)

Baptists

d)

English Dissenters

8.

Who were the English settlers who came to North America on the Mayflower?

a)

Jamestown settlers

b)

Plymouth Colony pilgrims

c)

Roanoke colonists

d)

Massachusetts Bay settlers

9.

What was the name of the ship that established a colony in what is today Plymouth, Massachusetts?

a)

Santa Maria

b)

Mayflower

c)

Titanic

d)

Beagle

10.

Who were the leaders of the colony established in Plymouth, Massachusetts?

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Separatist Puritans

d)

Anglicans

11.

Why did the Separatist Puritans flee England?

a)

Economic reasons

b)

Religious persecution

c)

Political instability

d)

Natural disasters

12.

During which century did the Separatist Puritans flee England?

a)

16th century

b)

17th century

c)

18th century

d)

19th century

13.

What is the term for the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Colonialism

d)

Federalism

14.

What term refers collectively to two joint-stock companies chartered under James I on April 10, 1606, with the goal of establishing settlements on the coast of North America?

a)

Plymouth Company

b)

Massachusetts Bay Company

c)

Virginia Company

d)

London Company

15.

These were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centuries, they declared independence in 1776 and together formed the United States of America. What were these colonies called?

a)

The New England Colonies

b)

The Southern Colonies

c)

The Thirteen Colonies

d)

The Middle Colonies

16.

The __________________ caused people to start viewing science and reason as the primary sources of authority and legitimacy.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Reformation

17.

What was the name of the religious revival that took place during the 1700s?

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The Renaissance

c)

The Great Awakening

d)

The Reformation

18.

What was the purpose of the Sugar Act of 1764 passed by the Parliament of Great Britain?

a)

To reduce the price of sugar

b)

To raise revenue through taxes on molasses and sugar imports

c)

To ban the import of sugar

d)

To promote sugar production in the colonies

19.

What were the Townsend Acts primarily intended to do?

a)

Allow British soldiers to use colonial homes

b)

Raise direct tax revenue on the colonies for British governance

c)

Punish the Massachusetts colonists for defiance

d)

Confront colonial militia in battles

20.

Which act allowed British imperial soldiers to use colonial homes at any time?

a)

Townsend Acts

b)

Intolerable Acts

c)

Quartering Acts

d)

Boston Tea Party

21.

What event occurred on March 5, 1770, involving British soldiers and a mob?

a)

Boston Tea Party

b)

Battles of Lexington and Concord

c)

Boston Massacre

d)

Intolerable Acts

22.

What were the Intolerable Acts intended to do?

a)

Raise direct tax revenue on the colonies

b)

Allow British soldiers to use colonial homes

c)

Punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest

d)

Confront colonial militia in battles

23.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

a)

A series of British acts of Parliament

b)

A confrontation between British soldiers and a mob

c)

An event where the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

d)

The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

24.

What were the battles of Lexington and Concord?

a)

A series of British acts of Parliament

b)

The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War

c)

An event where the Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

d)

A confrontation between British soldiers and a mob