Exploration and Settlement of North America
What two factors helped the Spanish and Portuguese become the first Europeans to explore the New World?
a. education
b. government support for explores
c. lack of disease
d. new technology
Why did the colonists in the Southern Colonies focus on agriculture?
a. climate too hot for anything else
b. colonists were skilled farmers
c. climate ideal for cash crops
What is the significance of Robert La Salle’s successful expedition to the Gulf of Mexico?
a. spread disease that killed many Natives
b. mapped the Mississippi
c. able to claim the land for Franc
What did the Sons of Liberty do?
a. organized protests against British
b. were a significant Boston militia
c. wrote petitions to the king and Parliament
How many states ratified the Articles of Confederation?
a. five
b. ten
c. thirteen
Why did James Madison and others write the Federalist papers?
a. to leave a historical record of their hopes for the Constitution
b. to convince New York to ratify the Constitution
c. to oppose the ratification of the Constitution
What was the main reason European explorers first set out to the New World?
a. find gold and other natural resources
b. escape from problems in Europe
c. find new route to Asia for spice trade
d. spread Christianity
Why did New England colonies focus on fishing and shipbuilding industries?
a. soil too rocky for farming
b. British government ordered them to
c. had a surplus of fish and timber
d. climate was ideal for these industries
Why were African slaves in Louisiana better able to keep some of their traditional culture?
a. came from same region of Africa
b. most came within short period of time
c. they practiced Voodoo
d. all came from Haiti
Dispute over which specific territory sparked the French and Indian War?
a. Appalachian Mountains
b. Pittsburgh
c. the Ohio River Valley
What was Thomas Jefferson’s role at the Constitutional Convention?
a. gave advice through letters
b. led the Virginia delegation
c. wrote the first draft
Freedom of speech, religion, and the press are found in the
a. First Amendment
b. Fourth Amendment
c. Fifth Amendment
Why did Natives trade furs with Europeans?
a. help settlers stay warm in winter
b. had too many and needed to get rid of them
c. wanted metal tools and weapons from Europeans
Why were Middle Colonies called the bread-basket colonies?
a. colonists ate a lot of bread
b. colonies produced a lot of wheat
c. Quakers ate bread at church
What two new crops did plantation owners begin to grow during Spanish rule?
a. cotton and rice
b. tobacco and indigo
c. cotton and sugar
Why did Britain want the colonists to pay after the French and Indian War?
a. war made money for Britain
b. colonists started the war
c. Britain believed colonists owed them for their defense
Why did the Articles of Confederation need to be changed
a. gave too much power to national government
b. national government didn’t have enough authority
c. states were too united
The system of having both states and a national government is called
a. federalism
b. confederationism
c. Americanism
Why did the Pilgrims need to create the Mayflower Compact?
a. wanted to establish self-government
b. needed temporary government until new charter from the king
c. compacts were part of their religio
Which statement best explains why landowners preferred slaves over indentured servants?
a. slavery had been established by law
b. indentured servants could escape and live with Natives
c. slaves were enslaved forever
What was the significance of the Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762?
a. returned Cuba to Spain
b. ended the Seven Years War
c. gave Spain control of New Orleans and LA Territory west of Miss. River
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
a. set forth basic rights of the governed
b. inspire revolutions everywhere
c. officially declare independence from Great Britain
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that people had natural rights because they were born?
a. John Locke
b. Charles Montesquieu
c. Jean Jacques Rousseau
What is the role of the Supreme Court in the system of checks and balances?
a. impeach the president
b. declare laws and actions unconstitutional
c. approve president’s budget
What made some of the settlers at Jamestown rich?
a. growing tobacco
b. Finding gold and silver
c. trading tools for food
Which statement best describes the role of women in a colonial household?
a. focused on education, religion, and politics
b. responsible for hard labor of running a household
c. responsible for farming
The French settled
a northern region of Louisiana
b. southern region of Louisiana
c. only along the coast
d. all of Louisiana
When Thomas Jefferson wrote, “all men are created equal”, he meant
a. everyone should be exactly equal in all things
b. everyone has same unalienable rights
c. men are equal, but women are not
What did the Magna Carta establish in England?
a. the idea of direct democracy
b. The Roman Senate
c. the rule of law
d. The House of Commons
What is the purpose of having a government divided into three branches?
a. prevent conflict between the branches
b. keep one branch from becoming too powerful
c. make sure leaders of the branches compromise