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Social Studies Study Guide #1
Test Description: Part 1 of the review of the curriculum learned this year in Social Studies.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act?
A
The Stamp Act should also apply to Native Americans.
B
The Stamp Act was unfair due to the colonists having no representation in Parliament.
C
The Stamp Act taxed the colonists' land.
D
The Stamp Act taxed tools the colonists produced in America.
2) Which statement below can ONLY the national government do?
A
set up courts
B
manage elections
C
collect taxes
D
print money
3) Out of the following tools, which navigation tool helped European sailors know how far they had sailed from the equator?
A
maps
B
the telescope
C
the magnetic compass
D
the astrolabe
4) Out of the following explorers, which was able to circumnavigate the Earth becoming the first known explorer to do so?
A
Columbus
B
Ponce de Leon
C
Magellan
D
Cortes
5) Of the following, which British action angered many colonists in the 1760s?
A
In order to pay off their war debt, the British placed new taxes on the colonists.
B
King George III went to live in the colonies. Colonists were forced to pay taxes to build a castle for the king in Virginia.
C
The British banned the export of tobacco from the colonies to England.
D
To pay off its war debt, Great Britain sold land in the eastern colonies to France.
6) Which concept limits the powers of each branch of government to make sure that no single branch can become to powerful?
A
the Bill of Rights
B
the Preamble
C
the separation of powers
D
amendments
7) What are two major trails used to expand westward?
A
The Appalachian and Mormon Trails
B
The Oregon and California Trails
C
The Trail of Tears and Mormon Trail
D
The Trail of Tears and Oregon Trail
8) Which of these wasn't important to Native American economies?
A
Agriculter
B
praising spirits
C
hunting and fishing
D
the bison
9) Which explains the situation right before the Civil War between the South and the North?
A
The Souths heavy use of slaves was extending northward and would soon be vital in the north.
B
They had different economies and views on slaves but few tensions.
C
The regions were growing closer together because the south abolished slavery in 1855.
D
The urban North depended on industry and slavery was disappearing. Where the south was rural and heavily dependent on slaves.
10) What was the beginning purpose of the Constitutional Convention?
A
To revise the articles of confederation and form a stronger government.
B
To decide whether a king would rule.
C
To get delegates to sign the new constitution.
D
To name a ruler of the army.
11) Who had the right to vote when the constitution was written.
A
Married white females
B
property owners that were white males
C
free African American males
D
African american married females
12) Which of these was a reason why King Ferdinand and the Queen agreed to fund a voyage for Columbus?
A
They wanted to invade other Asian countries.
B
wanted to trade with native amaricans.
C
They wanted to move to an island in the Caribbean Sea
D
They wanted to spread Christianity and profit from trade in Asia.
13) Why were the battles of Princton and Trenton imortant?
A
Washington's victories at each of them improved morale and caused more to join the fight with the Patriots.
B
59 British cannons were captured and used to force them out of boston
C
The victoires convinced theFrench to join them.
D
They did not have a big role of the revolution.
14) Which of the following statements in NOT false about the Boston Tea Party?
A
After boarding a ship in the night, the colonists threw many chests of tea into the water.
B
The Boston Tea Party celebrated the arrival in the colonies of a new type of tea from England.
C
Patriots convinced Native Americans to destroy a British ship and its cargo of tea.
D
The colonists were happy because Great Britain had repealed the tea tax.
15) Identify a key feature of the relationship between Native Americans and Spanish settlers.
A
Spanish settlers adopted the Native American way of life.
B
The Aztecs joined the Spanish to form a powerful army that conquered many other Native American civilizations.
C
Native Americans forced the Spanish settlers out of the Americas.
D
Under encomienda the Native Americans played an important part of the Spanish economy.
16) What is an example of a Native American economy?
A
The Maya developed a system of tracking the sun, moon, and stars.
B
The Pueblo of the Southwest sought help and advice from spirits they called kachinas.
C
The Mound Builders built huge earthen structures.
D
The Powhatan people built their own canoes/tools and used them to catch fish in the surrounding waters.
17) How did the African American men help the Union during the Civil War?
A
They served in the Union's army and also worked as guards, cooks, and carpenters.
B
They worked as nurses on the battlefield and they built most of the ironclad ships the Union used in the war.
C
They joined Native American uprisings to try to take back land from the settlers.
D
African American men played no role in the Civil War.
18) Name the key factor that helped with the survival/progress of the Jamestown colony.
A
John Rolfe, who worked for The Virginia Company, began to grow a new type of tobacco - helping them earn money.
B
King James I finally sent a large English army to Jamestown to subdue the Spanish forces that had been attacking them.
C
In 1610, King James I send hundreds of English families to the colony. The new settlers started large farms.
D
Enslaved Africans taught the settlers how to grow rice. Rice became an important cash crop in Jamestown.
19) New waterway made it faster to move goods. New technology allowed boats to travel against the currents of rivers. A new means of transportation made it possible to build new routes almost anywhere. Identify the 3 transportation improvements described
A
the cotton gin, the Erie Canal, and the telegraph
B
the Erie Canal, the steamboat, and spinning machines
C
the steamboat, railroads, and the Erie Canal
D
the steamboat, the mechanical reaper, and railroads
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