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Worksheets8th History Fall Final
Total questions: 97
Worksheet time: 49mins
Who was the first person to be killed in the Boston Massacre and was a former slave?
Crispus Attucks
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
Which famous colonist was known for propaganda, started Sons of Liberty, and was a signer of the Declaration?
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Who was a member of Sons of Liberty and galloped across the countryside to warn colonists of British?
Paul Revere
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
John Hancock
Who is known for his famous quote at the Continental Congress: 'I am not a Virginian, but an American'?
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Who was the leader in PA legislature and helped repeal the Stamp Act?
Ben Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
Who is known most for writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
George Washington
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain and a skilled military planner during the American Revolution?
William Pitt
George Grenville
Lord North
Charles Townshend
Frederick North
What was the failed plan by Ben Franklin that proposed the colonies work together called?
Albany Plan of Union
Continental Congress Plan
Articles of Confederation
Federalist Proposal
What was sent to King George III as one more chance to avoid war?
Olive Branch Petition
Declaration of Independence
Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
What document was drafted by the 2nd Continental Congress and made America a new independent nation?
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
What acts are also known as Intolerable Acts?
Coercive Acts
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Which act gave British East India Co. almost total control of tea market in the colonies?
Tea Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
Which acts taxed tea, glass, and paper in the colonies?
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Intolerable Acts
Which act lowered tax on molasses in colonies?
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Tea Act
Townshend Act
Which act taxed printed materials in the colonies?
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Proclamation of 1763: Colonists could not move west of _________
Appalachian mountains
Rocky mountains
Mississippi River
Sierra Nevada
French and Indian War: ________ won; a war between France and Britain.
Britain
France
Spain
Portugal
Iroquois Confederacy: Most powerful native American tribe in _________
Eastern North America
Western North America
Central America
South America
First Continental Congress: Meeting of ________ delegates in Philadelphia.
55
45
60
35
Boston Tea Party: Sons of Liberty dressed up as ________ Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
Mohawk
Cherokee
Sioux
Apache
Minutemen: People who could be ready to fight at a ________ notice.
minute's
hour's
day's
week's
Militia: Military force made up of ________ citizens.
ordinary
wealthy
foreign
trained
Loyalist: Colonists who wanted to remain loyal to ________.
Great Britain
France
Spain
The Colonies
Revenue: Money raised from ________ and other sources.
taxes
loans
donations
exports
Boycott: To protest by not ________ an item.
buying
selling
using
making
Lexington and Concord: First two battles of ________ war.
Revolutionary
Civil
World
Vietnam
Archaeology: Study of ________ human life.
past
future
present
imaginary
Artifacts: Tools, weapons, and artwork of ________ peoples.
early
modern
ancient
future
Beringia: Land bridge that connected Asia and the Americas; disappeared as the ________ ended and oceans rose.
ice age
industrial revolution
bronze age
renaissance
Migration: Movement of a large number of people to a new ________.
area
color
animal
season
Nomads: People who move from place to place searching for ________ grounds.
hunting
sleeping
playing
farming
Carbon dating: Allows scientists to estimate the age of an ________.
artifact
planet
element
galaxy
Culture: ________ of life.
way
food
color
sound
Fill in the blank: Examples of highly developed societies include Olmec, Maya, and Inca. These are called ________.
Civilizations
Tribes
Villages
Colonies
Fill in the blank: The Mayan civilization was an example of a ________, a society ruled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Fill in the blank: The Aztec city of ________ was built on an island in Lake Texcoco after a group of hunters saw it as a sign from their god.
Tenochtitlan
Teotihuacan
Chichen Itza
Cuzco
Fill in the blank: ________ was the capital city of the Inca empire.
Cuzco
Lima
Quito
La Paz
Fill in the blank: The ________ were an ancient people group from Peru.
Incas
Mayans
Aztecs
Olmecs
Fill in the blank: The Incas farmed the mountainous land by cutting ________ into the mountain.
terraces
canals
tunnels
roads
Fill in the blank: The Hopewell people were mound builders who built mounds in ________ shapes.
animal
square
circular
rectangular
Fill in the blank: The ________ were northwest Indians who hunted whales, seals, and walruses.
Inuit
Apache
Cherokee
Sioux
Fill in the blank: The ________ were the largest Native American tribe in Eastern North America.
Iroquois
Cherokee
Sioux
Apache
Fill in the blank: ________ was the first to see the Pacific.
Balboa
Magellan
Columbus
Cortez
Fill in the blank: The ________ was a period of renewed interest in culture and learning.
Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
Middle Ages
Enlightenment
Fill in the blank: The Mona Lisa was painted by ________.
da Vinci
Picasso
Van Gogh
Rembrandt
Fill in the blank: ________ and Spain were world leaders in navigation.
Portugal
France
Italy
Germany
Fill in the blank: The ________ allowed sailors to use the position of stars to chart a course.
astrolabe
compass
sextant
chronometer
Fill in the blank: New Amsterdam was New York City’s name when it was settled by the ________.
Dutch
French
Spanish
English
Fill in the blank: ________ was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Magellan
Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Cook
Fill in the blank: The valuable mineral from the Sahara desert is ________.
salt
gold
diamond
coal
Fill in the blank: ________ is the belief that a country’s power is dependent on its ability to get gold and silver.
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Socialism
Feudalism
Fill in the blank: ________ nailed the 95 Theses to the church door in Wittenburg, Germany in 1517.
Martin Luther
John Calvin
Ulrich Zwingli
Henry VIII
Fill in the blank: A ________ is a map maker.
cartographer
geologist
astronomer
biologist
Most explorers in the 1500s and 1600s were looking for:
new trade routes and riches
ways to spread democracy
modern technology
places to build factories
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a piece of land that juts out into a body of water.
Cape
Valley
Plain
Desert
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a settlement of people living in a new territory controlled by the home country.
Colony
City
Empire
Village
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a small, fast Portuguese ship with 3 triangle sails.
Caravel
Galleon
Frigate
Clipper
Fill in the blank: _____ were Spanish explorers during the 1500s.
Conquistadors
Samurais
Vikings
Pharaohs
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a person who refuses to fight in a war.
Pacifist
General
Mercenary
Soldier
Fill in the blank: An _____ is a young person who learns a trade from a skilled craftsperson.
Apprentice
Manager
Professor
Investor
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a person who owes money to another person.
Debtor
Creditor
Lender
Investor
Fill in the blank: A _____ was a landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land.
Patroon
Viceroy
Czar
Emir
Fill in the blank: An _____ is an illness that affects a large number of people.
Epidemic
Symptom
Antidote
Vaccine
Fill in the blank: A _____ is a written plan on government.
Constitution
Treaty
Amendment
Bill
Fill in the blank: _____ founded Pennsylvania, was a Quaker, and a pacifist (opposes war).
William Penn
John Smith
Roger Williams
James Oglethorpe
Fill in the blank: _____ was the founder of Georgia.
James Oglethorpe
John Smith
William Penn
Roger Williams
Fill in the blank: _____ founded Maryland and allowed Catholics to have freedom.
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
John Smith
James Oglethorpe
Fill in the blank: _____ was a minister who left Massachusetts and helped found Connecticut.
Thomas Hooker
John Winthrop
Roger Williams
William Bradford
Fill in the blank: _____ was the daughter of the Powhatan chief and married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
Sacagawea
Squanto
Sitting Bull
Fill in the blank: _____ were friendly Native Americans who helped the Pilgrims.
Samoset and Squanto
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse
Geronimo and Cochise
Tecumseh and Pontiac
Fill in the blank: _____ were members of the Anglican church who wanted to change it or 'purify' it.
Puritans
Jesuits
Quakers
Catholics
Fill in the blank: _____ sent scouts to find a location and later sent settlers to Roanoke Island.
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Smith
Francis Drake
Henry Hudson
Fill in the blank: _____ forced settlers to work in Jamestown and made friends with local Native Americans.
John Smith
William Bradford
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
George Whitefield was an English preacher responsible for much of the _________?
Great Awakening
Industrial Revolution
English Civil War
Renaissance
Who were the group of Separatists that fled to the Netherlands and later decided to start a colony in North America?
Pilgrims
Puritans
Quakers
Huguenots
Plymouth was the Pilgrims' first settlement in the year ________.
1620
1607
1630
1619
The Mason Dixon line is the border of Maryland and PA that separates the ________ and ________.
North and South
East and West
Cities and Countryside
Mountains and Plains
Which colonies are referred to as the Southern Colonies?
MD, VA, the Carolinas
NY, NJ, PA
MA, CT, RI
NH, VT, ME
Jamestown was the first permanent ________ colony.
English
Spanish
French
Dutch
Name the New England Colonies.
Massachusetts, CT, NH, RI
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
Roanoke is known as the ________ Colony because settlers disappeared and it still remains an unsolved mystery.
Lost
Hidden
Secret
Vanished
Which colonies are referred to as the Middle Colonies?
NY, NJ, DE, PA
MA, CT, RI, NH
VA, NC, SC, GA
MD, VA, PA, DE
The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims as a way to ________ themselves.
govern
punish
entertain
separate
The Great Migration in the 1630s involved more than 15,000 Puritans leaving England to settle in ________, hoping to escape persecution.
Massachusetts
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Georgia was a colony created for ________; it was also used as a barrier to protect the rest of the colonies from Spanish controlled Florida.
debtors
farmers
merchants
slaves
Subsistence farming is a type of farming that only produces enough for the ________; due to long winters and rocky soil of the New England colonies.
family
market
community
government
A cash crop is a crop that can be sold easily in the ________.
markets
forest
desert
mountains
Triangular trade is a trade route between 3 destinations, such as ________, ________, and ________.
Britain, Africa, America
Britain, Asia, Australia
America, Europe, Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe
Slave codes are rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of ________.
slaves
landowners
soldiers
merchants
To export means to sell a good to ________.
another country
your neighbor
your own city
your own family
Fill in the blank: To bring a good from a foreign market is called _______.
Import
Export
Barter
Manufacture
Permanent movement of people into one country from other countries is called _______.
Immigration
Emigration
Urbanization
Colonization
Fill in the blank: The 'shot heard round the world' was fired at Lexington Green, MA, and was the 1st shot of the Revolutionary War. No one knows who fired the first _______.
shot
cannon
arrow
bullet
Fill in the blank: Paul Revere’s lithograph is an example of propaganda about the _______ Massacre.
Boston
Lexington
Concord
Salem
Fill in the blank: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place in _______.
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Charleston
Fill in the blank: The group that was responsible for the Boston Tea Party was called the _______.
Sons of Liberty
Redcoats
Minutemen
Continental Congress
