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Final Study Questions

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. The land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska is now

a. Central America. c. the Amazon rain forest.

b. the Bering Strait. d. the Gulf of California.

____ 2. Some 8,000 years ago, gatherers in Mexico began

a. hunting. c. farming.

b. wandering. d. building means of transportation.

____ 3. Which civilization created an accurate calendar between A.D. 300 and A.D. 900?

a. the Mayas c. the Incas

b. the Aztecs d. the Cuzco

____ 4. In the 1400s, who had the world’s largest empire?

a. the Mayas c. the Incas

b. the Spanish d. the Aztecs

____ 5. What group of Mound Builders constructed the first cities in North America?

a. the Anasazi c. the Pueblos

b. the Hohokam d. the Mississippians

____ 6. What was the main way in which Native Americans in North America passed on knowledge?

a. through farming c. through writing

b. through storytelling d. through pictures

____ 7. When did Europeans first make contact with Native Americans?

a. around A.D. 500 c. around A.D. 1500

b. around A.D. 1000 d. around A.D. 1700

____ 8. In which area did Native Americans hunt buffalo?

a. the Eastern Woodlands c. the Arctic

b. the Southeast d. the Great Plains

____ 9. Who among the Iroquois chose the clan’s tribal chief?

a. women c. children

b. men d. tribal elders

____ 10. Muslims believe that God’s word is contained in

a. the Bible. c. the Koran.

b. the hearts of believers. d. oral traditions.

____ 11. When did trade centers begin to appear in eastern Africa?

a. around 3100 B.C. c. around A.D. 1000

b. around 1000 B.C. d. around A.D. 1500

____ 12. Who ruled Mali at its height?

a. Muhammad c. the Songhai

b. Mansa Musa d. Zheng He

____ 13. What was the Silk Road?

a. an ancient trade route going north from China

b. an ancient trade route going south from China

c. an ancient trade route going east from China

d. an ancient trade route going west from China

____ 14. What is monotheism?

a. the idea that there is no God c. the idea that there is only one God

b. the idea that there are three gods d. the idea that there are many gods

____ 15. According to Jesus, who could obtain salvation?

a. everyone c. Muslims and Jews

b. Jews only d. Jews and Romans

____ 16. Who could participate in the Athenian Assembly?

a. adults c. elected representatives

b. adult males d. adult males and educated women

____ 17. In the Roman Republic, laws were made by

a. the Emperor Octavian. c. the Catholic Church.

b. popular vote. d. elected representatives.

____ 18. Who led the Protestant Reformation?

a. Martin Luther King, Jr. c. Martin Luther

b. European scholars d. Pope Urban II

____ 19. Who set up a center for exploration in the 1400s?

a. Prince Henry the Navigator c. Vasco da Gama

b. the King of Portugal d. Mansa Musa

____ 20. Who passed the southern tip of Africa in 1498?

a. Prince Henry the Navigator c. Vasco da Gama

b. the King of Portugal d. Mansa Musa

____ 21. Which was the first major world Religion to teach the idea that there is only one God?

a. Feudalism c. Judaism

b. Christianity d. Democracy

____ 22. Which of the following do most scientists believe played the greatest role in helping the first humans arrive in

the Americas?

a. glaciers c. grasslands

b. forests d. mountains

____ 23. The Founders of the United States gave lawmaking power to a group similar to

a. the Roman Catholic Church. c. European nation-states.

b. the Roman Senate. d. the Reformation.

____ 24. By 1498, which Portuguese explorer had passed the southern tip of Africa?

a. Henry the Navigator c. Vasco da Gama

b. Mansa Musa d. Christopher Columbus

____ 25. Native Americans had many traditions that reflected their belief in

a. spirits. c. adobe.

b. Jesus of Nazareth. d. potlatch.

____ 26. Arab astronomers determined that the Earth

a. contains oceans and deserts. c. is a sphere.

b. contains trade routes. d. is flat.

____ 27. The Mound Builders who built the first cities in North America were the

a. Anasazi. c. Mississippians.

b. Algonquian. d. Iroquois.

Directions: Use this chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.

Arctic Region Native Americans Western Great Plains Region

Native Americans

Eastern Woodlands

Native Americans

Lived in a cold and treeless Lived in a dry and largely Lived in a region largely

region treeless region covered with forests

Built igloos made of ice Built tepees made of animal

skins

Built wooden loghouses

Hunted caribou, fished Hunted buffalo Hunted, fished, foraged, farmed

____ 28. Which Native Americans hunted caribou?

a. Arctic Region Native Americans

b. Western Great Plains Region Native Americans

c. Eastern Woodland Native Americans

d. both Arctic Region Native Americans and Western Great Plains Region Native Americans

____ 29. What conclusion can be drawn from this chart?

a. Native American groups often traded with one another.

b. The environment of Native American groups influenced their food and housing.

c. Different types of fish and trees could be found in each area.

d. Native Americans did not like to eat meat and fish.

____ 30. Each of the five nations of the Iroquois was made up of clans in which

a. women had great influence.

b. Stinkards had to marry nobles.

c. whales and seals were hunted from kayaks.

d. a Green Corn Ceremony was held each summer.

____ 31. Who at first considered Christianity a threat, but later embraced it?

a. the Israelites c. Moses

b. the Romans d. the Athenians

____ 32. What was the most important long-term effect of the Crusades?

a. There were nine of them.

b. Europe was exposed to new ideas and possibilities.

c. Europe gained control of the riches and knowledge of the Holy Land.

d. The Roman Catholic Church taught many people to read and write.

Use the chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 33. Which early American civilization is the oldest?

a. Aztecs

b. Incas

c. Mayas

d. Neither, they all lived about the same time.

____ 34. According to the land bridge theory, people may have crossed into North America from Siberia because

a. they were following the prehistoric mammals they hunted.

b. they wanted to learn the new farming techniques developed in the Americas.

c. the glaciers in Asia had pushed them off their land.

d. they did not like living under the harsh rule of the Aztecs.

Use the map and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 35. Which is the best description of the land of the eastern Great Plains?

a. Buffalo roamed much of the land.

b. The land was fertile and had river valleys.

c. Large forests covered the land.

d. The land was dry and desert like.

____ 36. Which statement is probably true about the role the buffalo played in the lives of the western Plains people?

a. After crops, buffalo provided the most important food source.

b. The buffalo terrified the people.

c. The buffalo was key to survival.

d. After the buffalo ruined the land for farming, the people had little choice but to hunt the

buffalo.


____ 37. Which of the following is another long-term effect that belongs in the box?

a. taught Europeans how to produce a printing press

b. convinced many Europeans to become Muslims

c. gave Europeans control of the Holy Land

d. inspired Europeans to look overseas for trade

____ 38. What impact did ancient Greece have on the founders of the American government?

a. It emphasized that all people should be able to participate in government.

b. It introduced a democratic form of government.

c. It showed the benefits of creating a republican form of government.

d. It developed the idea of following a code of laws.

____ 39. Which of these explorers may have reached America before Columbus did?

a. Ferdinand Magellan c. Amerigo Vespucci

b. Leif Erikson d. Hernando Cortés

____ 40. When Columbus reached Cuba, he thought it was

a. Japan. c. the Indies.

b. Hispaniola. d. Asia.

____ 41. How many total expeditions did Columbus lead?

a. one c. three

b. two d. four

____ 42. Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?

a. Vasco Balboa c. Ferdinand Magellan

b. Amerigo Vespucci d. Hernando Cortés

____ 43. Which explorer discovered a strait that bears his name?

a. Columbus c. Magellan

b. Balboa d. Vespucci

____ 44. The Columbian Exchange was a transfer of people, goods, and ideas between

a. the Northern and Southern hemispheres. c. Africa and the Americas.

b. the Eastern and Western hemispheres. d. Asia and the Americas.

____ 45. What happened when Moctezuma offered Cortés gold to get him to leave?

a. Cortés took Moctezuma hostage and claimed Mexico for Spain.

b. Cortés took the gold and returned to Spain.

c. Cortés formed a partnership with the Aztecs.

d. The Aztecs declared Cortés their leader.

____ 46. When the Incas paid Pizarro a ransom for their leader, Pizarro

a. released the leader, then captured their capital city.

b. formed a partnership with the Incas.

c. took the ransom and the leader back to Spain.

d. executed the leader and conquered the Incas.

____ 47. Who gave Florida its name?

a. Hernando Cortés c. Francisco Pizarro

b. Bartolomé de Las Casas d. Juan Ponce de León

____ 48. Coronado explored much of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas while

a. looking for a northwest passage. c. looking for a golden city.

b. looking for Mexico City. d. looking for Florida.

____ 49. Almost all Spanish colonial government officials were of what class?

a. Creoles c. mestizos

b. peninsulares d. mulattos

____ 50. By 1530, what was true of several European rulers?

a. They had split from the Catholic Church.

b. They had defeated the Catholic Church and its armies.

c. They had succeeded in reforming the Catholic Church.

d. They had moved their countries’ capitals to America.

____ 51. Mercantilism arose largely because

a. it strengthened alliances between European powers.

b. European rulers thought it would make their countries wealthy and powerful.

c. colonies wanted to repay their home countries for their support.

d. the King of Spain wanted Spanish colonies to be independent.

____ 52. How did the Spanish Armada’s defeat affect England and France?

a. Both became Catholic nations again.

b. France and England united their navies.

c. Colonization of the Americas ceased.

d. It enabled them to start colonies in the Americas.

____ 53. What did John Cabot and Henry Hudson have in common?

a. Both were financed by Spain.

b. Both carried immense wealth back to Portugal.

c. Both vanished in the Americas, never to be found.

d. Both commanded Mexican expeditions.

____ 54. The French traded with Native Americans for

a. animal skins and furs.

b. gold.

c. use of Native American lands.

d. the right to travel on Native American waterways.

____ 55. What does the term “coureurs de bois” mean in English?

a. “carriers of the furs” c. “fur traders”

b. “runners of the furs” d. “runners of the woods”

____ 56. Who named the Mississippi Valley “Louisiana?”

a. Marquette c. La Salle

b. King Louis XIV d. Joliet

____ 57. Albany was founded as a Dutch fur-trading post called

a. New York. c. New Amsterdam.

b. Fort Orange. d. Fort Minuit.

____ 58. What caused the greatest number of Native American fatalities?

a. warfare with Europeans c. natural disasters

b. warfare between Native American groups d. diseases spread by European contact

____ 59. The first European to see the Pacific Ocean was

a. Christopher Columbus. c. Ferdinand Magellan.

b. Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. d. Francisco Coronado.

Directions: Use this chart and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.

The Columbian Exchange

From Western Hemisphere to Eastern

Hemisphere

From Eastern Hemisphere to Western

Hemisphere

Potatoes, tomatoes, squash, peanuts, peppers,

cocoa

Horses, cows, wheat, bananas, watermelon,

peaches

____ 60. What information is included on this chart?

a. animals from the Western Hemisphere introduced to the Eastern Hemisphere as part of the

Columbian Exchange

b. crops from the Western Hemisphere introduced to the Eastern Hemisphere as part of the

Columbian Exchange

c. goods transferred between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres as part of the Columbian

Exchange

d. vegetables grown in South America after the Columbian Exchange

____ 61. Which of the following items from the chart had a direct impact on the way in which Native Americans

battled Europeans?

a. cocoa c. bananas

b. cows d. horses

____ 62. According to one story, Vikings sailed to Newfoundland from a colony on

a. Iceland. c. Vinland.

b. Greenland. d. the European continent.

____ 63. Which of these was NOT the name of a ship on Columbus’ first voyage?

a. the Santa Maria c. the Pinta

b. the Isabella d. the Niña

____ 64. Which Spanish explorer found the Mississippi River?

a. Coronado c. Estevanico

b. de Soto d. Cortés

____ 65. Who was the first Spaniard to set foot in what is now the United States?

a. Hernando Cortés c. Francisco Coronado

b. Bartolomé de Las Casas d. Juan Ponce de León

____ 66. Which of the following was the biggest factor in Spanish victory over Native Americans?

a. enslaved Africans c. horses

b. technology d. gold

____ 67. Encomienda land grants included the right to demand

a. labor or taxes from Native Americans.

b. enslaved Africans from the Caribbean islands.

c. missions from Catholic priests and friars.

d. gold from Moctezuma.

____ 68. When the pope refused to grant him a divorce, King Henry VIII established the

a. Roman Catholic Church. c. Protestant Reformation.

b. Church of England. d. the Spanish Armada.

____ 69. Sailing for England, John Cabot explored the region around

a. Newfoundland. c. Hudson Bay.

b. Florida. d. the St. Lawrence River.

____ 70. Henry Hudson vanished in 1611 when

a. his crew mutinied. c. the Dutch financed his third expedition.

b. he reached what is now New York. d. his English backers gave up on him.


____ 71. Which question can be answered by studying this chart?

a. People in which hemisphere benefited more from the Columbian Exchange?

b. What goods did Europeans bring to the Americas?

c. Why did people in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres exchange items?

d. What negative effects did the Columbian Exchange have on Europeans?

____ 72. What was significant about Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world?

a. He claimed the entire Pacific Ocean for Spain.

b. He discovered Hispaniola and Cuba.

c. It helped Europeans understand the true size of the Earth.

d. It opened up a quick, easy route to the trade markets of Asia.


____ 73. Based on the chart, which group made up most of Spain’s government officials in the American colonies?

a. peninsulares c. mestizos

b. Creoles d. mulattos

____ 74. A person in Spanish colonial society who worked as a rancher, farmer, or merchant was most likely a member

of which social class?

a. peninsulare c. mestizo

b. Creole d. mulatto

Two well-known explorers lost their lives in search of the mysterious northwest

passage. John Cabot sailed forth in 1497 and in 1498. On the first voyage he explored the

region around Newfoundland in present-day Canada. There he unfurled the English flag,

staking a claim for the king of England. On the second voyage, he may have explored the

North American coasts, but no one really knows–Cabot and his expedition disappeared.

About ten years later, Henry Hudson also set sail with high hopes. Under Holland’s flag, in

1609 Hudson and his crew explored present-day New York. They sailed up the Hudson River

for about 150 miles before turning back, convinced this waterway would not open to the

Pacific Ocean. The following year, Hudson led an expedition further north. He ended up in a

vast inland bay that today bears his name. All that is known about this ill-fated voyage comes

from the crew members who mutinied, seizing the boat and returning to England. Like Cabot,

Hudson was never seen again.

Use the passage and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 75. Which statement best describes the voyages of Cabot and Hudson?

a. Neither explorer found the northwest passage, but they claimed land for Holland in what is

now the United States.

b. Hudson made greater progress than Cabot in finding the northwest passage.

c. Neither explorer found the northwest passage, but both men claimed valuable territory in

the Americas.

d. Their voyages were complete failures because both men died while searching.

____ 76. What did European nations hope to gain from a northwest passage?

a. a way to reach the interior of North America and claim land

b. a means to bring the Catholic Religion to North America

c. a channel to reach Asia quicker and easier

d. a route to avoid the Spanish Armada when traveling at sea


____ 77. Based on the map, which area of North America did French explorers settle first?

a. the region of Louisiana c. the area around the Great Lakes

b. the area around the Hudson River d. present-day eastern Canada

____ 78. What is one impact that the French fur trade had on Native Americans?

a. Many Native Americans moved to French settlements and cities.

b. Settlers pushed Native Americans off their land.

c. Tensions decreased between Native American groups.

d. Native Americans formed alliances with the Dutch.

____ 79. Since the 1200s, which of the following had been guaranteed by English law?

a. the king’s right to impose new taxes

b. the right to trial by jury

c. the king’s right to veto any decision of Parliament

d. the people’s right to vote for a king or queen

____ 80. What was England’s first PERMANENT settlement in North America?

a. Jamestown c. Roanoke

b. Plymouth d. Salem

____ 81. The winter following John Smith’s departure from Jamestown is called

a. the “prosperous time.” c. the “freezing time.”

b. the “peaceful time.” d. the “starving time.”

____ 82. In 1619, a Dutch ship arrived in Virginia carrying

a. 20 crates of tobacco. c. the Mayflower Compact.

b. 20 enslaved Africans. d. corn, beans, and pumpkin seeds.

____ 83. What does the holiday of Thanksgiving commemorate?

a. the anniversary of the signing of the Mayflower Compact

b. the founding of the House of Burgesses

c. the Pilgrims’ 1621 celebration of their good fortune

d. Squanto’s birthday

____ 84. Which of the following best describes New England’s climate?

a. short mild winters and long hot summers

b. long mild winters and long mild summers

c. short mild winters and short mild summers

d. short warm summers and long snowy winters

____ 85. Why did the Puritans leave England?

a. to freely practice their Catholic faith

b. to show their devotion to the Church of England

c. to escape persecution by England’s king

d. to escape those engaged in witchcraft against them

____ 86. The Puritans founded their colony to assure freedom of worship for

a. themselves. c. all non-Church of England members.

b. all non-Catholic Christians. d. everyone.

____ 87. What did Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Hooker have in common?

a. Both became leaders of the Puritans in Massachusetts.

b. Both disagreed with Puritan leaders and left Massachusetts.

c. Together, they founded Hartford, Connecticut.

d. They established new churches in Rhode Island.

____ 88. What happened when Massachusetts tried to control New Hampshire?

a. The two colonies fought against one another.

b. New Hampshire voted to become part of Massachusetts.

c. The British king sent troops to defend New Hampshire.

d. The king eventually granted New Hampshire a separate charter.

____ 89. Who was King Philip?

a. the King of England in the mid-1600s

b. the leader of the Massachusetts Puritans

c. Metacom, the chief of the Wampanoag

d. the Catholic bishop who founded Rhode Island

____ 90. Which four states made up the Middle Colonies?

a. New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Connecticut

b. Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey

c. New York, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey

d. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

____ 91. What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?

a. The first is run by an individual or family, the second by the king.

b. The first is run by a king, the second by an individual.

c. The first is run by a king, the second by a king’s family.

d. A royal colony is larger.

____ 92. How did Pennsylvania’s founders differ from those of Massachusetts?

a. Unlike the Quakers, the founders of Massachusetts believed in religious toleration.

b. Pennsylvania was founded as a Church of England colony, unlike Massachusetts.

c. Massachusetts was founded as a Church of England colony, unlike Pennsylvania.

d. Unlike the Puritans, the founders of Pennsylvania believed in religious toleration.

____ 93. Which colony was originally part of Pennsylvania?

a. New Jersey c. Rhode Island

b. Delaware d. Virginia

____ 94. The western section of Pennsylvania was considered part of

a. New France. c. the South.

b. the backcountry. d. a Native American empire.

____ 95. The Tidewater is

a. a mountainous area along the Mason-Dixon line.

b. a flat, often swampy, portion of New England.

c. a flat, often swampy, lowland area along the southern coast.

d. another name for the Georgia coastline.

____ 96. Why did Bacon’s Rebellion collapse?

a. Its leader, Nathaniel Bacon, became sick and died.

b. The Virginia governor declared Bacon and his men rebels.

c. Bacon was defeated at Jamestown.

d. The English stopped consuming tobacco.

____ 97. Who was NOT protected by Maryland’s 1649 Act of Toleration?

a. Catholics c. non-Catholic Christians

b. Protestants d. non-Christians

____ 98. What was the main function of the Spanish Borderlands?

a. to protect the lands of Native Americans

b. to protect the Spaniards’ horses

c. to protect Mexico from other European powers

d. to protect the trade routes into Canada

____ 99. The English colonies of New York and New Jersey were originally

a. royal colonies. c. Quaker colonies.

b. southern colonies. d. proprietary colonies.

____ 100. Why did the English establish a colony on Roanoke Island?

a. to grow tobacco for the European market

b. to provide slaves for England’s other colonies

c. to provide new markets for English products and raw materials for English industries

d. to grow food for the English navy

____ 101. The Pilgrims who came to North America in 1620 were also known as

a. Separatists. c. Quakers.

b. Puritans. d. Royalists.

____ 102. Which colony began as a Dutch settlement?

a. New Jersey c. Pennsylvania

b. New York d. Delaware

____ 103. Which best describes the climate of the southern colonies?

a. warm and dry c. cold and dry

b. warm and humid d. cold and wet

____ 104. What is another name for the border established between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1760s?

a. the Act of Toleration line c. the Plantation line

b. the Mason-Dixon line d. the Survey line

____ 105. By 1763, the three major Spanish settlements in the Florida colony were

a. centered around missions. c. centered around forts.

b. scattered about the colony. d. in the southern part of the colony.

____ 106. Powhatan turned against the Jamestown settlers because

a. the settlers raided Native American villages for food.

b. John Smith married a Native American woman.

c. John Smith forced Native Americans to work for their food.

d. the settlers brought malaria to North America.

Directions: Use this quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions.

“We must consider that we shall be as a City upon a Hill. The eyes of all people are upon us.” –

John Winthrop, “A Model of Christian Charity,” 1630

____ 107. What is another way to express the main idea of this quote?

a. We must fight persecution.

b. We will build our city on the highest land we can find.

c. Most people do not like our way of life.

d. We must provide a good example to others.

____ 108. The speaker of this quote led which group of people to North America in 1630?

a. the Puritans c. the Quakers

b. the Pilgrims d. the Catholics

____ 109. James Oglethorpe wanted a colony in which

a. debtors would be imprisoned. c. Charles Town could be established.

b. Spaniards would settle. d. debtors would be protected.

____ 110. What was the main reason that the Spanish established missions?

a. to teach the Native Americans crafts

b. to convert the Native Americans to Christianity

c. to supervise the plazas

d. to create centers of farming and trade

“We, whose names are underwritten . . . do . . . combine ourselves together into a civil Body

Politick, . . . to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts,

Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most . . . convenient for the

General good of the Colony. . . “

—Mayflower Compact

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 111. Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

a. to help them govern their new colony fairly

b. to prevent some of the colonists from voting against the leaders

c. to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony

d. to show that they opposed representative government

____ 112. Signing the Mayflower Compact represented the second step toward self-government in the Americas. Which

action represented the first?

a. signing the Declaration of Independence c. labeling some people as Separatists

b. electing the House of Burgesses d. forming a new Parliament

The Puritans left England because of religious persecution. They chose to settle in

North America so they could enjoy freedom of worship. Despite their beginnings, Puritan

leaders failed to offer freedom of Religion to non-Puritans who lived in Massachusetts Bay

Colony. Eventually, disagreements about Religion led several colonists to leave

Massachusetts and settle elsewhere. For instance, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island,

was expelled in 1635. He disturbed church leaders by declaring that Puritans should split

from Church of England and colonists should pay Native Americans for their land.

“ . . . I acknowledge that to molest any person, Jew or Gentile, for either professing doctrine,

or practicing worship merely religious or spiritual, it is to persecute him; and such a person,

whatever his doctrine or practice be, true or false, suffereth persecution . . .”

—Roger Williams, The Bloudy Tenent or Persecution, 1644

Use the reading and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 113. Based on the readings, what did Puritan leaders probably force all colonists to do?

a. convert to the Church of England c. participate in the General Court

b. attend church services d. persecute non-Puritans

____ 114. What type of established church did Rhode Island support?

a. a church that allowed all Rhode Island colonists freedom of Religion

b. a Puritan church that had no ties to the Church of England

c. none; people of all faiths could worship freely

d. several; any faith could become an established Religion if it had enough members


____ 115. Which Middle Colony was known as “America’s breadbasket”?

a. New York c. Delaware

b. New Jersey d. Pennsylvania

____ 116. Jewish and Amish settlers were most welcome in which of the following Middle Colonies?

a. New Jersey c. Maryland

b. Pennsylvania d. New Netherland


____ 117. What geographic factor drew many settlers to the southern colonies?

a. nearness to Spanish colonies c. forests for cutting lumber

b. land for growing crops to export d. nearness to fishing grounds

____ 118. What type of agriculture developed in the Tidewater region?

a. isolated family farms c. rice plantations

b. cotton plantations d. small tobacco farms

Forts: Military posts, usually on the frontier, built to protect nearby

communities.

Missions: Religious settlements where priests lived in order to spread the

Roman Catholic Religion to new areas.

Pueblos: Civilian towns that served as centers of farming and trade.

Use the information in the box and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 119. Native Americans were important to keeping which type of Spanish settlement running?

a. forts c. pueblos

b. missions d. all of the above

____ 120. Why did many enslaved African Americans flee to Spain’s Florida colony?

a. They were given land if they helped defend Florida.

b. They were allowed to live in Spanish towns as equals.

c. They were given the right to vote and participate in local government.

d. They were given free religious training at the Spanish missions.

____ 121. In 1689, King William and Queen Mary

a. dissolved Parliament. c. signed the English Bill of Rights.

b. executed King Charles I. d. established a two-house legislature.

____ 122. Who among the following had the right to vote in English colonies?

a. white men and women who owned property

b. white men only

c. white men and freed Africans

d. white men and some Native Americans

____ 123. The Zenger case helped establish the right of

a. freedom of the press. c. trial by jury.

b. habeas corpus. d. freedom of religion.

____ 124. How did some colonists get around the Navigation Acts?

a. by supporting mercantilism c. by smuggling

b. by selling to English merchants d. by growing their own tobacco

____ 125. In colonial families, who usually handled childcare and domestic duties?

a. grandparents c. males

b. older children d. females

____ 126. In colonial times, how did a young man often learn a trade?

a. by becoming enslaved c. by becoming an indentured servant

b. by becoming an apprentice d. by buying his own business

____ 127. Unlike the poor in Europe, lower-class colonists

a. often lived in luxury.

b. had a great deal of leisure time.

c. could count on a comfortable retirement.

d. could hope to acquire property and move up the social scale.

____ 128. Free African Americans in the colonies were allowed

a. to vote. c. to be slaveholders and own property.

b. to sit on juries. d. to become part of the gentry.

____ 129. How many enslaved Africans were taken to British North America?

a. around 500,000 c. around one million

b. around 750,000 d. more than two million

____ 130. What percent of enslaved Africans died or committed suicide during the Middle Passage?

a. 10 to 15 c. 20 to 25

b. 15 to 20 d. 25 to 30

____ 131. Which of the following was a factor in the growth of southern Slavery?

a. the Navigation Acts c. the plantation system

b. an increase in colonial shipbuilding d. the growth of apprenticeship

____ 132. Which of the following was legal under slave codes?

a. teaching enslaved people to read and write

b. enslaved people meeting in large numbers

c. the killing of an enslaved person by his or her master

d. an enslaved person owning a weapon

____ 133. Every Puritan town with at least 50 families was required

a. to have a grammar school for older students.

b. to start an elementary school.

c. to own a hornbook.

d. to read the Bible.

____ 134. What happened to Puritan towns that did not set up the required schools?

a. The towns were closed down.

b. The town’s children were taken to boarding schools.

c. The government forced them to run dame schools.

d. The towns were fined.

____ 135. How did the southern gentry usually educate their children?

a. They hired private tutors. c. They used public schools.

b. They taught their children themselves. d. They did not educate their children.

____ 136. What schools today would compare to Puritan grammar schools?

a. colleges c. vocational schools

b. elementary schools d. high schools

____ 137. Who was Phillis Wheatley?

a. a colonial singer c. a colonial poet

b. a colonial novelist d. a colonial actor

____ 138. Who published the Pennsylvania Gazette?

a. Ben Franklin c. Jonathan Edwards

b. Anne Bradstreet d. John Locke

____ 139. What was the Great Awakening?

a. a belief that all problems could be solved by human reason

b. a Christian revival that swept the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

c. a decade of creativity in colonial art and literature

d. a widespread belief that American colonies should be independent

____ 140. What was Montesquieu’s contribution to ideas about government?

a. the idea of divine right c. the idea of separation of powers

b. the idea of natural rights d. the idea of representative democracy

____ 141. The Magna Carta was the first document to

a. place limits on the power of wealthy landowners.

b. establish a monarchy.

c. place limits on an English ruler’s power.

d. give greater power to an English ruler.

____ 142. The legal rights that Englishmen had led the colonists to

a. support the Navigation Acts. c. expect a voice in their government.

b. give more power to the monarchy. d. believe in the separation of powers.

____ 143. Unlike modern public schools, colonial public schools included instruction in

a. science. c. politics.

b. poetry. d. religion

Directions: Use the quotation and your knowledge of social studies to answer the questions.

“The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which

was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us….The shrieks

of the woman, and the groans of the dying, rendered the whole a scene of horror almost

inconceivable.”– The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

____ 144. What does the quote describe?

a. conditions aboard a slave ship headed towards Africa

b. conditions aboard a slave ship crossing the Pacific

c. conditions aboard a slave ship headed towards the Americas

d. conditions aboard a slave ship crossing the Mediterranean

____ 145. Enslaved people such as those described in the quote experienced a brutal voyage known as the

a. Gullah. c. Atlantic Crossing.

b. Middle Passage. d. Columbian Exchange.

____ 146. Which of the following colonies had a ban on Slavery until the 1750s?

a. Virginia c. Pennsylvania

b. Georgia d. Maryland

____ 147. Whose trial helped establish freedom of the press?

a. John Locke c. Baron de Montesquieu

b. Phillis Wheatley d. Peter Zenger

____ 148. Most women in colonial America were expected to marry men

a. they fell in love with. c. who had an honorable occupation.

b. who were regular churchgoers. d. chosen by their parents.

____ 149. At around what age were colonial children expected to begin working?

a. 7 c. 18

b. 15 d. 12

____ 150. Which of the following led to the rise of many new churches in the colonies?

a. the Magna Carta c. Locke’s treatises

b. the Great Awakening d. the Pennsylvania Gazette

____ 151. Which of the following is the main reason why colonial authorities wrote slave codes?

a. They did not want slaves leaving plantations without permission.

b. They did not want enslaved people to read and write.

c. They feared slave revolts.

d. They feared antislavery laws.

____ 152. Who wrote Poor Richard’s Almanack?

a. John Locke c. Benjamin Franklin

b. George Whitefield d. Peter Zenger

“39. No free man shall be arrested or imprisoned or . . . in any way victimized,

neither will we attack him or send anyone to attack him, except by lawful

judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.”

—Magna Carta

“That excessive bail ought not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor

cruel and unusual punishment. inflicted;

“That jurors ought to be duly impanelled [sworn in] . . . and jurors which pass

upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders.”

—English Bill of Rights

Use the excerpts and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 153. Both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights

a. guaranteed all men the right to vote.

b. stated that physical attacks were considered “cruel and unusual punishment.”

c. declared that only a free man has the right to protest his arrest.

d. gave people accused of a crime the right to a trial by jury.

____ 154. How did the Magna Carta, the English Parliament, and the English Bill of Rights impact colonial

government?

a. They inspired the English colonists to create the Constitution.

b. They led the English colonists to demand representative government.

c. They encouraged the English colonists to give most people the right to vote.

d. They supported the colonists’ demands for self-rule.

“Fixed gown for Prude, Mended Mother’s Riding Hood, Spun short thread,

Fixed two gowns for Welsh’s girls, . . . Pleated and ironed, Read sermon of

Dodridge’s, . . . Milked cows, . . . Made broom from Guinea wheat straw, Spun

thread to whiten, Set a red dye, . . . Spun harness twice, Scoured pewter. . . .”

—Diary of Abigail Foote, of Colchester, Connecticut

Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions:

____ 155. Based on the list of chores, Abigal Foote is most likely

a. a frontier woman. c. a young girl.

b. an African American slave. d. an apprentice.

____ 156. Many standard contracts of an indentured servant failed to mention the servant’s wages. Why?

a. Indentured servants paid their employers in order to remain in the colonies.

b. Indentured servants did not collect any wages until they had worked four years.

c. Indentured servants did not get paid any wages.

d. None of the above.

All servants imported and brought into the Country . . . who were not

Christians in their native Country . . . shall be accounted and be slaves. All

Negro, mulatto and Indian slaves within this dominion [territory] . . . shall

be held to be real estate. If any slave resist his master . . . correcting such

slave, and shall happen to be killed in such correction . . . the master shall

be free of all punishment . . . as if such accident never happened.

—Law passed by the Virginia General Assembly, 1705


____ 157. The text above is an example of

a. a slave code. c. a bill of rights.

b. a piece of colonial American literature. d. instructions for a slave revolt.

____ 158. If the English colonies had not had so many plantations, it is likely that

a. settlers would have enslaved Native Americans instead of African Americans.

b. trade between the colonies and Britain would not have existed.

c. Slavery would not have taken root or survived for as long as it did.

d. Parliament would have forbidden slavery.


____ 159. One of the earliest forms of colonial literature was

a. dramatic plays. c. novels.

b. histories. d. school textbooks.

____ 160. Which of these examples of colonial literature was written as part of the Great Awakening?

a. The Tenth Muse, Lately Sprung Up in America

b. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

c. General History of Virginia

d. “On the Death of Rev. Dr. Sewall”

Final Study Questions

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 6

OBJ: 1.1.1 STA: 1.II.A.1 TOP: History | Geography

2. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 7

OBJ: 1.1.2 TOP: History | Continuity and Change

3. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 8

OBJ: 1.1.3 STA: 1.II.B TOP: Culture | Science

4. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 9

OBJ: 1.1.3 STA: 1.II.B TOP: History | Social System

5. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 10

OBJ: 1.2.1 STA: 1.II.C.1 | 1.II.C.2 | 1.II.C.3 TOP: History | Social System

6. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 11

OBJ: 1.2.2 STA: 1.III.A.4 | 1.III.B.1 | 1.III.B.4 TOP: History | Culture


OBJ: 1.2.2 STA: 1.III.A.4 | 1.III.B.1 | 1.III.B.4 TOP: History | Global Interaction

8. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 14

OBJ: 1.2.3 STA: 1.III.A.2 | 1.II.A.3 TOP: Geography | Environment

9. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 15

OBJ: 1.2.2 STA: 1.III.A.4 | 1.III.B.1 | 1.III.B.4 TOP: History | Culture

10. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 16

OBJ: 1.3.1 STA: 1.IV.A.1 TOP: Culture | Religion


OBJ: 1.3.2 STA: 1.IV.A.1 TOP: Geography | Global Interaction

12. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 18

OBJ: 1.3.2 STA: 1.IV.A.1 TOP: Culture | Global Interaction


OBJ: 1.3.3 STA: 1.IV.A.1 TOP: History | Global Interaction


OBJ: 1.4.1 STA: 1.IV.A.3 TOP: History | Religion




OBJ: 1.4.2 STA: 1.IV.A.3 TOP: Culture | Impact of Individual Political Systems


OBJ: 1.4.1. TOP: Culture | Impact of Individual Political Systems


OBJ: 1.4.3 STA: 1.IV.A.1 TOP: Culture | Religion


OBJ: 1.4.4 STA: 2.I.A.1 | 2.I.A.2 | 2.I.A.3 TOP: History | Global Interaction





22. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 6

OBJ: 2.2.1 TOP: History | Global Interaction

68. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 49-50

OBJ: 2.3.1 STA: 2.I.C.4 TOP: History | Religion





71. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 40-41

OBJ: 2.1.4 STA: 2.I.C.1 | 2.I.C.3

TOP: Global Interaction | Columbian Exchange


OBJ: 2.1.3 STA: 2.I.A.1 | 2.I.B.1

TOP: Impact of Individuals | Ferdinand Magellan


OBJ: 2.2.4 STA: 2.I.C.4 TOP: Social System | Spanish Colonies in the Americas


OBJ: 2.2.4 STA: 2.I.C.4 TOP: Social System | Spanish Colonies in the Americas

75. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: 51-52

OBJ: 2.2.4 STA: 2.I.C.4 TOP: History | Northwest Passage


OBJ: 2.3.3 STA: 2.I.C.4 TOP: Economics | Northwest Passage

KEY: Section 3

77. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: 53-55

OBJ: 2.4.1 STA: 2.I.B.2 | 2.I.B.3 | 2.I.C.4 TOP: Geography | New France


OBJ: 2.2.3 STA: 2.I.B.3 | 2.I.C.2 | 2.I.C.5

TOP: Global Interaction | French Fur Trade KEY: Section 2


OBJ: 3.1.1 STA: 2.I.B.3 | 2.II.A.2 TOP: Global Interaction | Social System


OBJ: 3.1.2 STA: 2.I.B.2 | 2.I.B.3 | 2.II.A.2 TOP: Global Interaction | Geography


OBJ: 3.1.2 STA: 2.I.B.2 | 2.I.B.3 | 2.II.A.2 TOP: History | Continuity and Change


OBJ: 3.1.2 STA: 2.I.B.2 | 2.I.B.3 | 2.II.A.2 TOP: History | Social System


OBJ: 3.2.3 STA: 2.II.A.2 TOP: Global Interaction | Culture




OBJ: 3.2.2 STA: 2.II.A.2 TOP: Culture | Religion


OBJ: 3.2.3 STA: 2.II.A.2 TOP: Culture | Religion


OBJ: 3.2.3 STA: 2.II.A.2 TOP: Impact of Individual| Religion


OBJ: 3.2.4 STA: 2.II.A.3 | 2.II.A.5

TOP: Global Interaction | Continuity and Change








OBJ: 4.4.2 TOP: Culture | Art and Literature


OBJ: 4.4.2 TOP: Culture | Art and Literature


OBJ: 4.4.3 STA: 2.III.A.4d TOP: History | Religion


OBJ: 4.4.4 STA: 3.I.B.4 TOP: History | Impact of Individual Political Systems



TOP: History | Impact of Individual Political Systems


OBJ: 4.1.1 STA: 2.III.A.3 | 2.III.C.2a TOP: History | Political


OBJ: 4.4.1 STA: 2.III.A.4a TOP: History | Continuity and Change


OBJ: 4.3.2 STA: 2.I.C.5 | 3.I.A.1 TOP: History | Slavery






OBJ: 4.1.3 STA: 3.II.B.3






OBJ: 4.3.3 STA: 2.III.A.1b | 2.III.C.2d TOP: History | Religion


OBJ: 4.3.3 STA: 2.III.A.1b | 2.III.C.2d TOP: History | Political System


OBJ: 4.4.2 TOP: History | Culture

153. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 102-104


TOP: Political System | Colonial Government



TOP: Political System | Colonial Government


OBJ: 4.2.2 STA: 2.III. B.1 | 2.III.B.3

TOP: Social System | Children in Colonial Society


OBJ: 4.2.3 STA: 2.III.A.1b | 2.III.A.7 TOP: Economics | Indentured Servants

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