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Key Vocabulary Review 1
Test Description: Review for Sem. 1 Exam--Key Vocabulary terms
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What we do call the line at 0 degrees latitude
A
altitude
B
Prime Meridian
C
Proclamation of 1763
D
Equator
2) What are natural resources?
A
Moisture that falls from the sky (rain, snow, etc.)
B
The height of land above sea level.
C
Man-made objects.
D
Materials that humans take from nature to satisfy their needs.
3) When you read or see a historical document that was created by someone who livedthrough an event (journal, photograph, letter, etc.) this is called a _________________.
A
Potlatch
B
Secondary source
C
Constitution
D
Primary source
4) A ceremonial feast given by tribes in the Pacific Northwest is called a ________________.
A
Boycott
B
Kachina
C
Potlatch
D
Diffusion
5) A colonist who continued to support Britian during the Revolutionary War was called a __________________.
A
Loyalist
B
Patriot
C
Minuteman
D
Lobsterback
6) What is a constitution?
A
A document that said America was free from Great Britain.
B
A set of rules the government must follow.
C
A list of rules for citizens of a country.
D
A speech given by the President.
7) Which branch of government is responsible for enforcing the laws (making sure the law is being followed?)
A
None of the above.
B
Executive
C
Judicial
D
Legislative
8) Which of the following was the first *successful* British colony in America?
A
Jamestown
B
Roanoke
C
Boston
D
Plymouth
9) What law said that the American colonists could not live west of the Appalachian Mountains?
A
Intolerable Act
B
Townshend Acts
C
Proclamation of 1763
D
Stamp Act
10) Where was the first shot of the Revolutionary War fired?
A
Lexington and Concord
B
Yorktown
C
Bunker Hill
D
Valley Forge
11) What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War?
A
Battles of Lexington and Concord
B
The Boston Massacre
C
Battle of Yorktown
D
Battle of Bunker Hill
12) What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution?
A
The Bill of Rights
B
The Preamble
C
The Declaration of Independence
D
The Articles of Confederation
13) What deal did Thomas Jefferson make with France the doubled the size of the U.S.?
A
The Declaration of Independence
B
The Louisiana Purchase
C
The Bill of Rights
D
The Stamp Act
14) Vasco de Balboa is best known for discovering...
A
the Seven Cities of Gold
B
the Pacific Ocean
C
the Inca Empire
D
Gallup, NM
15) Which Spanish explorer conquered the Aztec Empire
A
Francisco Pizarro
B
Henry Hudson
C
Hernando Cortes
D
Ponce de Leon
16) Which French explorer was the first European to sail all the way down the Mississippi River?
A
Robert de LaSalle
B
Sir Walter Raleigh
C
Samuel de Champlain
D
Christopher Columbus
17) Which British explorer founded the first British colony of Roanoke (but it mysteriously disappeared!)
A
Sir Walter Raleigh
B
Christopher Columbus
C
Jacques Cartier
D
John Cabot
18) This man was both the commander of the Continental Army and our first President.
A
Barack Obama
B
Chris Huizinga
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
George Washington
19) Who was Sacagawea?
A
She was an important member of Lewis and Clark's expedition.
B
She helped the Pilgrims survive the harsh winter at Plymouth.
C
She spied for America during the Revolutionary War.
D
She is said to have saved the life of John Smith at Jamestown.
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