American History Test Prep 1

A

100

What was the main cause of death for the Native People after first contact with the Europeans

Smallpox

200

Which region of the colonies initially had mostly indentured servants who were single, young men?

The Southern colonies (Chesapeake)

300

What were the 3 main reasons for European exploration? 

Gold, God, and Glory

400

Name one way the Great Awakening impacted American colonial society?

--It was a unifying force

--It made colonists more rebellious against authority, setting the stage for Revolution

--It made people have a more personal faith, rather than intellectual 

500

Three reasons Columbus might not be celebrated:

--Involved in what some have argued is genocide and enslaved the natives

--He didn't technically discover America

--Some of his peers did not respect him 

B

100

What does CER stand for?

Claim, Evidence, Reason(ing)

200

Which region of colonies consisted mostly of Puritan families?

New England

300

Name one cause of conflict between Native people and colonists in the 1600s and 1700s:

--Disputes over land

--Fights over trade

--European countries pitting tribes against one another

400

Name 2 reasons it's important to study history (besides Ranny said-so)

--To not repeat the mistakes of the past

--To learn about other cultures

--Builds citizenship

--Helps us with modern day problems / political understanding

--Builds empathy for other people in our time and in the past

500

Three reasons Columbus might be celebrated:

--Established important trade networks

--Important to Italian-Americans

--(Re)Discovered a path to the New World

C

100

Name the path that enslaved ships took across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas:

The middle passage

200

Name the rebellion that occurred against the Spanish in present-day New Mexico.  The Spanish were successfully expelled for a period of time.

The Pueblo Revolt

300

Name the three point trading system that existed in which rum, sugar-cane, and enslaved people were exchanged:

The Triangular Trade

400

Name the first successful colony that nearly did not survive in its infancy:

Jamestown

500

What are 3 possible explanations for what happened in the lost colony of Roanoke?

--The Spanish killed them

--They assimilated into the native tribes

--They all died or died trying to sail back to England

D

100

How many pieces of evidence (with reasoning) should be in one CER response?

3

200

What was the actual name of the native American leader that the colonists called King Phillip?  

Metacom

300

What is one reason African people were considered superior slave labor over Native people?

--African people didn't know the land

--Resistance to disease

--No tribal networks in the Americas to help with running away

400

Name one feature about the Middle Colonies we discussed:

--Religious freedom, more culturally diverse, or the bread basket

500

Name one thing that led to a shift away from indentured servitude to race-based slavery for life:

--Bacon's Rebellion

--Virginia's law that said a child born to an enslaved mother was a slave for life

E

100

Which word should be avoided at all cost when writing an answer in history class (hint:  it's not a curse word and it's nothing offensive)

I

200

What was the main cash-crop of New England?

Tobacco

300

What did the colonists of Roanoke write on the tree before they disappeared?

Croatoa

400

Name both of the Great Awakening preachers we discussed in class:

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

500

Name 3 possible explanations for the Salem Witch trials of 1692:

--Economic jealousy

--Mass hysteria

--Poisoning/disease