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American History Midtern Review - Day 1
Test Description: Midterm Review Questions 1 to 15
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Who was known as “The Navigator”?
A
Prince Henry
B
Prince William
C
Queen Isabella
D
Columbus
2) 2. The Trade Triangle includes which of the following areas
A
a. Canada, America, Mexico
B
b. Africa, Canada, America
C
d. Europe, Americas, and Africa
D
c. Europe, Asia, Canada
3) 3. Which country explored the Americas due to a need for religious freedom?
A
b. France
B
d. Spain
C
a. England
D
c. Portugal
4) 4. New technology that helped explorers included:
A
b. The compass
B
a. The caravel
C
d. All of the above
D
c. The astrolabe
5) 5. Which word means to travel to an unfamiliar area in order to learn more about the place?
A
b. Colonization
B
c. Colonies
C
d. Continents
D
a. Exploration
6) 6. What type of food was brought from the Americas to Europe?
A
c. Tobacco
B
b. Tomato
C
d. Potato
D
a. Cotton
7) 7. The Age of _______________________ began in the 1400s when Europeans came to the Americas to create colonies
A
b. Colonization
B
a. Cultural Diffusion
C
c. Exploration
D
d. Slavery
8) 8. How did slaves get from Africa to the Americas?
A
a. Chained close together in the bottom of the ship
B
c. Freely walking around the ship but in large numbers
C
b. Chained to beds together on top of the boat
D
d. Groped by families staying in individual rooms
9) 9. Who defeated the Aztecs and Incas that lived in South America?
A
Portugual
B
England
C
Spain
D
France
10) 10. A compass helps explorers determine
A
Mass
B
Weight
C
Height
D
Direction
11) 11. The original colonies were organized into which of the following three regions:
A
c. England, France and North America
B
d. Northern, Eastern and Southern
C
a. Northern, Middle and Southern
D
b. Northern, Eastern and Western
12) 12. The Boston Tea Party took place in which of the following region:
A
southern
B
middle
C
Western
D
Northern
13) 14. The Battles of Lexington and Concord became known as this?
A
c. The Shot Heard Round the World
B
a. The Treaty of Paris of 1783
C
b. Boston Massacre
D
d. Salutary Neglect
14) 15. This slogan meant that colonists didn't want to pay taxes if they didn't get a say in government
A
c. Boston Tea Party
B
d. Declaration of Independence
C
b. Navigation Acts of 1773
D
a. Taxation without Representation
15) 16. Which of the following were the main crops of the southern colonies?
A
a. Barley, wheat and corn
B
c. Tobacco, rice and indigo
C
d. Bamboo, rice, peanuts
D
b. Corn, cotton, wheat
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