7th Grade Midterm

Question 1

What was the goal of the League of Iroquois?

Answer 1

End wars among members and provide for defense against outsiders by using a representative government

Question 2

Where were all of the original 13 English colonies located?

Answer 2

the Atlantic Coast

Question 3

Columbian Exchange

Answer 3

the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the encounter between the peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemispheres.

Question 4

Colony

Answer 4

Group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land.

Question 5

Mayflower Compact

Answer 5

A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony.

Question 6

Common Sense

Answer 6

A 1776 essay by Thomas Paine that urged the colonies to declare independence.

Question 7

Which crop helped Jamestown survive?

Answer 7

Tobacco

Question 8

Albany Plan of Union

Answer 8

Proposal by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies.

Question 9

Why did many Puritans, Pilgrims and Quakers come to the New World?

Answer 9

They wanted to escape persecution and find religious freedom.

Question 10

According to many anthropologists, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?

Answer 10

North America and Europe

Question 11

Many anthropologists believe that nomadic people crossed a land bridge in order to…

Answer 11

Hunt migrating animals

Question 12

In Iroquois culture, which group of people had the most political power?

Answer 12

Women

Question 13

When the 5 tribes of the Iroquois joined together for peace, protection and power they formed a governmental system known as…

Answer 13

Iroquois Confederacy (League of Iroquois)

Question 14

Why was the voyage of Christopher Columbus the most famous of all the voyages during the Age of Exploration?

Answer 14

His voyage led to an exchange of goods and ideas between Europe and the Americas

Question 15

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 15

To establish a government and allowed for freedom of religion

Question 16

Squanto helped which colony to farm the land?

Answer 16

Plymouth

Question 17

What crop helped Jamestown survive and thrive in the New World?

Answer 17

Tobacco

Question 18

What was the purpose of the Spanish missionaries in the New World?

Answer 18

To convert the Native Americans to Christianity

Question 19

Where did the Spanish import slaves from after most of the Native American population died?

Answer 19

Africa

Question 20

What explorer is credited with starting this global exchange of goods and ideas?

Answer 20

Christopher Columbus

Question 21

Who wrote Common Sense?

Answer 21

Thomas Paine

Question 22

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 22

Thomas Jefferson

Question 23

What did Thomas Paine believe to be “common sense”?

Answer 23

Declaring independence

Question 24

How did the British punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?

Answer 24

The Intolerable Acts

Question 25

Why did England begin to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War?

Answer 25

Britain was in debt from fighting the French and Indian war

Question 26

What engraving is Paul Revere know for?

Answer 26

The Boston Massacre

Question 27

The refusal to buy goods or services from a company or country is know as

Answer 27

Boycotting