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Unit 2 Sect 1 Part 1
Test Description: U.S. History
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) person who worked in the colonies for period of three to seven years in exchange for passage, food, housing, clothing; system resulting from labor shortages in colonies
A
laborer
B
indentured servant
C
chattel slavery
D
domestic slavery
2) transatlantic trade among three regions; in particular in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries with cash crops from colonies, manufactured goods from Europe, and enslaved people from West Africa
A
mercantalism
B
triangular trade
C
capitalism
D
barter system
3) transportation by force to European colonies in Western Hemisphere of Africans to be sold as enslaved people (triangular trade voyage)
A
Trail of Tears
B
Middle Passage
C
The Long Journey
D
migration
4) system of government in which supreme authority rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives
A
Parliament
B
dictatorship
C
democracy
D
republic
5) nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them
A
democracy
B
Parliament
C
republic or representative democracy
D
dictatorship
6) requires a person to be brought before a court to determine whether that person is being lawfully jailed
A
due process or law
B
habeas corpus
C
trail by jury
D
constitutional law
7) system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
A
Parliament
B
direct democracy
C
representative government
D
dictatorship
8) rights that all people are entitled to from birth
A
bill of rights
B
natural rights
C
constitutional rights
D
civil rights
9) Which philosopher inspired natural rights?
A
Thomas Jefferson
B
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C
John Locke
D
Montesquieu
10) agreement signed by Pilgrims before landing at Plymouth
A
Mayflower Compact
B
charter
C
Bill of Rights
D
Articles of Confederation
11) manner in which England governed the American colonies in the late 1600s and early 1700s, marked by weak enforcement of laws regulating colonial trade
A
colonialism
B
salutary neglect
C
mercantalism
D
monarchy
12) economic system based on the belief that a strong nation was built on establishing colonies to help the mother country acquire raw materials and serve as a place to sell its goods. (Raw materials and markets)
A
commerce theory
B
militarism
C
domino theory
D
mercantalism
13) the first American constitution; it was weak as it gave too much power to the states
A
Articles of Confederation
B
Declaration of Independence
C
Preamble to Constitution
D
Bill of Rights
14) Which colonies had a climate that was cold and has soil that was rocky and not so great for farming?
A
New England
B
Southern
C
Middle
D
Western
15) prohibited colonial settlement west of Appalachian Mountains- colonist hated this
A
Proclamation of 1763
B
Townshed Acts
C
Treaty of Paris
D
Intolerable Acts
16) What was America's first best seller and persuaded public opinion for independence?
A
Mayflower Compact
B
House of Burgesses
C
Common Sense- Thomas Paine
D
Articles of Confederation
17) Which right was based on the John Peter Zenger case?
A
trial by jury
B
Freedom of the Press
C
natural rights
D
The Right to Bear Arms
18) Ben Franklin’s attempt to get the colonies to unite into one – colonists rejected this plan because they feared the loss of self-government.
A
Intolerable Acts
B
Articles of Confederation
C
Albany Plan of Union
D
Iroquois Confederacy
19) Which group wanted independence from Britain?
A
Loyalists
B
Torries
C
Patriots
D
Iroquois
20) Which of the following is NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
A
no President
B
no national currency
C
prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territories
D
no power to tax
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