7th Grade Final Exam Review (Part 1) Question Preview (ID: 59337)
Review Of American History Up To The Civil War.
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How did early humans get to North America?
a) They crossed a land bridge from Asia into Alaska
b) They crossed the Atlantic Ocean in boats
c) They crossed from South America into North America
d) They flew
Why did Native American tribes have different ways of life?
a) They wanted to be different from each other so they decided to create their culture in their own unique way
b) They were not different, they all had the same way of life
c) Their environments were all different and they adapted to their environments in different ways
d) Historians do not know
What was the main reason European explorers explored North America
a) They were looking for the northwest passage, an all water route to Asia
b) They were looking for the best places to grow tobacco and cotton
c) They were looking to trade with a variety of Native American tribes
d) They were looking for an all water route to Africa
What was the Columbian Exchange?
a) An exchange of goods and ideas on the Silk Roads between Asia and Europe
b) An exchange of goods and ideas between the Old World and the New World
c) When early humans migrated over the land bridge from Asia into North America
d) When the country of Columbia traded with Panama
Which of the following was an impact of the Columbian Exchange?
a) Many Native Americans died from diseases brought by the Europeans
b) New foods, like the potato, were introduced to Europe
c) New foods, like olives, were brought to the Americas
d) all choices
What was the Triangular Trade?
a) trade routes between the 13 Colonies, Africa and the Caribbean
b) a geometry problem in math
c) an all water route from Europe, through North America to Asia
d)
Why did European countries want colonies?
a) so the colonies could compete with European merchants
b) they received raw materials from the colonies and had a place to sell their goods
c) to learn about Native American culture
d) they never wanted colonies
Which region of the 13 colonies had fertile soil and grew tobacco?
a) New England (Northern)
b) Middle
c) Southern
d)
Which region of the 13 colonies had a great ship building industry because they had many forests?
a) New England (Northern)
b) Middle
c) Southern
d)
Which region of the 13 colonies grew so much grain they were called the breadbasket colonies?
a) New England (Northern)
b) Middle
c) Southern
d)
Why did the regions of the 13 colonies have different economies?
a) Because they did not like each other and they wanted to be different from each other
b) Because their geography was different and they used the resources that were available to them
c) Because they were told what to grow by England
d) They were not different, they were all the same
Which of the following best describes the Boston Massacre?
a) When British soldiers fired into a crowd of peaceful colonists and killed 5 colonists
b) When colonists fired into a crowd of rioting British soldiers and killed 5 soldiers
c) When Boston colonists got angry about the tax on tea and threw crates of tea into Boston Harbor
d) When British soldiers fired into a crowd of rioting colonists and killed 5 colonists
How did Paul Revere impact what other colonists thought about the Boston Massacre?
a) He create propaganda which showed the British soldiers as murderers who fired on a peaceful crowd
b) He created an image that showed what actually happened and many colonists turned against Britain
c) He created propaganda that showed that the British soldiers were innocent
d) All choices
Some colonists did not want independence from Britain, these people were called:
a) Loyalists
b) Patriots
c)
d)
Not all colonists wanted independence from Britain, but those who did were called
a) Loyalists
b) Patriots
c)
d)
How did the French and Indian War lead to the American Revolution?
a) The war was expensive to Britain taxed the colonists to pay for it, all colonists supported these taxes
b) The war was expensive, but Britain decided to pay for it all themselves
c) The war was expensive so Britain taxed the colonists to pay for it, the colonists got angry at the taxes and protested
d)
What does NO Taxation without representation mean?
a) The colonists were angry that Parliament passed the taxes and they did not get to vote for parliament
b) Colonists were angry that they did not have any representation in Parliament
c) The colonists were not happy about the taxes because they had no say in the taxes
d) All choices
What is the name of the event when Bostonian colonists disguised as Native American threw over 300 chests of British tea into Boston harbor?
a) Boston Massacre
b) Boston Tea Party
c) Boston Marathon
d) All choices
What was the Articles of Confederation?
a) The first plan of government for the United States
b) The current plan of government for the United States
c)
d)
Why was the Constitution an improvement over the Articles of Confederation?
a) The Constitution gave the state governments more power than the national government
b) The Constitution gave the national government more power than the state governments
c) The Constitution got rid of the executive branch (the president)
d) All choices
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