1st semester exam

Question 1

\Founding member of the Sons of Liberty

Answer 1

Samuel Adams

Question 2

Leader of the Sons of Liberty saying, “Give me liberty, or ggive me death”

Answer 2

Patrick Henry

Question 3

Led to the growth of civilazations

Answer 3

Farming

Question 3

What are the Mound Builders of Cahokia known for?

Answer 3

Creating one of the largest civilazations that ranged from 40,000 to 20,000 people

Question 3

What did the fall of Constantinople to the Ottamen Turks in 1453 result in for Europeans?

Answer 3

restriction of land and sea routes across the Eastern Mediterarean

Question 3

Main animal used for food and clothing in pre-Columbian North America

Answer 3

Bison

Question 3

Main reason Europeans began exploring in the 1400’s

Answer 3

to find a sea routes to Asia

Question 4

Spanish brought this animal to the Americas for the first time

Answer 4

horse

Question 4

Main source of protein for people during the Medieval period in Europe that later became depleted

Answer 4

Fish

Question 4

How the nobles in Europe gained wealth, prior to 1492

Answer 4

By trading with Asia along the Silk Road

Question 4

What did Europeans lose access to the Turks in 1453 which caused foreign trade to decline?

Answer 4

The Silk Road

Question 4

Spanish explorers introduced this animal to Europe from the Americas

Answer 4

Turkey

Question 4

Continent where earliest Americans came from

Answer 4

Asia

Question 5

Where was the Mali Empire located in Africa?

Answer 5

Western Africa

Question 6

Ruler of the Mali Empire that is famous for his lavish trip to Mecca

Answer 6

Mansa Musa

Question 7

Inca civillazation was located in…

Answer 7

Peru

Question 8

Who built their capital at Tenochtitlan, or modern day Mexico City

Answer 8

Aztec

Question 9

Conquered the Aztecs

Answer 9

Hernan Cortes

Question 10

Why was Jamestown established?

Answer 10

The Virgina Company was seeking gold and profits in this area

Question 11

Why was Plymouth Colony established in 1620?

Answer 11

Pilgrims wanted to escape religious persecution in Europe

Question 12

Why was Massechuetts Bay Colony established in 1630

Answer 12

Puritans wanted to escape religious persecution in Europe

Question 13

Why was the colony of Rhode Island established in 1636?

Answer 13

Colonists wanted to create a colony where church and state(government) were separated

Question 14

How did Roger Williams colony of Rhode Island contribute to the development of the US Constitution?

Answer 14

His colony created the idea that government should operate separately from religious institutions (separation of church and state); this idea is now the 1st amendment

Question 15

What freedom do Americans have now due to Roger Williams colony?

Answer 15

Freedom of religion

Question 16

Colonies established for religious reasons

Answer 16

Rhode Island, Massachuetts, and Pennsilvania

Question 17

Which group helped establish Maryland?

Answer 17

English Catholics seeking religious freedom

Question 18

Which group settled in the New England colonies and for what reason?

Answer 18

Puritans: to freely practice religion

Question 19

New England colonies

Answer 19

New Hampshire, Conneticut, Rhode Island, and Massachuetts

Question 20

Middle Colonies

Answer 20

Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, and New Jersey

Question 21

Southern Colonies

Answer 21

Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina

Question 22

Cash crop that saved Jamestown

Answer 22

Tobacco

Question 23

Members of the reform movement within the Church of England

Answer 23

Puritans

Question 24

Colonies formed for religious reasons

Answer 24

Maryland, Pennsilvania, Massechuetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut

Question 25

Denomination that built a colony led by John Winsthrop and would be like a "City on the Hill"

Answer 25

Puritan

Question 26

Named La Florida for Spain

Answer 26

Juan Ponce de Leon

Question 27

founded Pennsilvania for the Quakers

Answer 27

William Penn

Question 28

Which groups started the colony of Massechuetts

Answer 28

Pilgrims and Puritans

Question 29

How did John Ralfe generate income for the Virgina Company?

Answer 29

introduced a hybridized tobacco seed

Question 30

Name of the theory where countries try to minimize imports and maximize emports

Answer 30

Mercantilism

Question 31

Document that enshrined americans civil rights, blueprint for US constitution

Answer 31

Magna Carta

Question 32

First document to place limits of the King of England

Answer 32

Magna Carta

Question 33

Principle that did NOT come from the Magna Carta

Answer 33

right to bear arms

Question 34

what does legislative mean?

Answer 34

to make laws

Question 35

Baron de Montesquieu's two ideas that helped mold the Unted States

Answer 35

Separation of Powers and Checks and balances

Question 36

Who made the idea that government should be based on the consent of the people?

Answer 36

John Locke

Question 37

What led to colonists independently trading?

Answer 37

The Navigational Acts

Question 38

Why was New France a threat to the colonies?

Answer 38

New France limited westward expansion

Question 39

What happened to the control of North American territories due to the Treaty of Paris in 1763?

Answer 39

France lost all territory in North America

Question 40

Why did Benjamin Franklin create the snake cartoon?

Answer 40

To tell the colonists to unite against the French and their allies

Question 41

Who does Chief Pontiac want to side with for the Revolution because he believes they are better allies?

Answer 41

The French

Question 42

James Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans" describes which French and Indian battle?

Answer 42

Ft. William Henry

Question 43

Town known as "Cradle of Liberty"

Answer 43

Boston

Question 44

Significance of the Battle of Yorktown

Answer 44

Last battle of the Revolutionary War

Question 45

Where did the Battle of Yorktown take place?

Answer 45

Virginia

Question 46

Who did NOT negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

Answer 46

George Washington

Question 47

What land did Britain keep after the Treaty of Paris in 1783?

Answer 47

Canada