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Social Studies Review #2
Test Description: Part 2 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 was not a similarity between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?
A
Under the Constitution, the government could not pass laws to collect taxes.
B
Under the Constitution, all states had to approve laws.
C
Under the Articles of Confederation, the federal government was strong.
D
According to the Articles of Confederation the government had only one branch.
2) According to the triangular trade, New England exported raw materials and imported
A
rum
B
fish
C
iron
D
tools, tea, and other manufactured goods.
3) Which description describes what life was like for women in the United States in early 1800s ?
A
They could own property and businesses.
B
They had good jobs.
C
They didn't have many rights.
D
They could get a college education.
4) Where was the St. Augustine Spanish settlement located?
A
on the island of Hispaniola
B
in Cuba
C
at the mouth of the Rio Grande
D
in the northern Florida
5) In the United States, an example of a government official who commits a crime and goes to jail would be?
A
the rule of law
B
popular sovereignty
C
checks and balances
D
the separation of powers
6) Which of the following was the main outcome of the French and Indian war?
A
Both the French and the British returned large amounts of land to Native Americans.
B
The French and British troops transmitted many European diseases to Native Americans. Thousands of Native Americans Died
C
France lost a lot of their territory east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain
D
France kept control of its territory in the Mississippi River valley
7) Which of the following statements BEST explains why the Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence?
A
Since Great Britain refused to recognize certain rights, the Congress wanted the colonies to be independent.
B
The Congress wanted to recognize Great Britain's dominion over the colonies.
C
The Congress wanted to set up an American monarchy.
D
France convinced the Congress to declare war on Great Britain.
8) During the early 19th century women faced many restrictions. Which of the following was one way that they were able to improve society?
A
They went to work for long hours in factories.
B
Temperance and education for girls were promoted.
C
They opened schools for the poor.
D
They earned the right to vote and abolished slavery.
9) The Pilgrims made a promise to ___ in the Mayflower Compact.
A
defeat the Spanish army that had built a fort in New England
B
work with one another to make just and equal laws
C
allow their members not to take part in church if they did not want to
D
conquer the Native Americans
10) The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments benefited which of the following groups the most?
A
women
B
Native Americans
C
the states of the former Confederacy
D
African Americans and enslaved Africans
11) Choose the statement that best summarizes the relationship between the local Native Americans and the English colonists on Roanoke Island?
A
The English enslaved the local Native Americans.
B
Due to a shortage of food, there was probably conflict between the two.
C
The English colonists converted the Native Americans to Christianity.
D
The English colonists killed all of the local Native Americans as soon as they arrived at Roanoke Island.
12) How did Prince Henry improve sea travel?
A
Created a navigation school
B
Hired Bartolomeu Dias
C
Made treaties with other countries
D
Sailed around the Southern tip of Africa
13) When the cost of a good goes down, the demand for that product will most likely
A
stay the same.
B
go down.
C
go up.
D
go down greatly.
14) Of the following choices, which is an accurate description of the British fight in the Southern colonies?
A
The British took control of all of Spain's settlements in Florida.
B
The British stopped their campaign in the South after Nathan Hale's army defeated them in Atlanta.
C
With the help of Native Americans and enslaved Africans, they took complete control of the Southern colonies.
D
The fight was going well for them at the beginning. They claimed victories at Savannah and Charleston with Loyalists' help.
15) Which of the following were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War?
A
Savannah and Charleston
B
Yorktown and Fort Ticonderoga
C
Trenton and Valley Forge
D
Lexington and Concord
16) Which product was imported from England to the colonies?
A
tea
B
indigo
C
rum
D
timber
17) How did Native Americans benefit from their relations with Europeans?
A
They developed strong armies to protect themselves.
B
They sold their land to French and English settlers.
C
They bought enslaved people from the Europeans.
D
By trading with English and French settlers.
18) Both the Puritans and the Pilgrims ____.
A
left England to pursue religious freedom.
B
had good relationships with Native Americans.
C
hoped to become rich in New England.
D
found religion was no longer important.
19) Which statement summarizes the relationship between the Dutch in New Netherland and the Native Americans?
A
The Dutch enslaved the Native Americans in New Netherland and forced them to work on their farms and in their businesses.
B
In the southern part of the colony, conflicts took place. In the northern part of the colony they got along because of trade.
C
The colonists in New Netherland avoided contact with the Native Americans.
D
When a group of Native Americans attacked the colonists, the Dutch abandoned their colony and returned to the Netherlands.
20) The Native Americans were harmed by contact with the Spaniards in what way?
A
The Spanish settler joined with the English settlers and enslaved the Native Americans.
B
The Spaniards gave the Native Americans foreign diseases, eventually many died.
C
The Spanish gave large amounts of gold to the Native Americans, which they used in trade with the English.
D
The Spanish settlers took all of the firearms from the Native Americans.
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