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1. The list shows elements of the Columbian Exchange that moved… • from Africa to Europe. • from Europe to Asia. • from Europe to the Americas. • from the Americas to Europe. Horses Disease Firearms

2. THE ANSWER IS … C. from Europe to the Americas.

3. Europeans’ interest in exploring beyond their boundaries was a direct result of the… • Reformation. • Crusades. • Mongol invasion of Asia. • Development of the feudal system.

4. THE ANSWER IS … B. Crusades

5. Before the arrival of Europeans, Native American peoples in the Southeast were mostly… • farmers and hunters. • farmers only. • hunters only. • hunters and traders.

6. THE ANSWER IS … A. farmers and hunters.

7. The Treaty of Tordesillas resolved a dispute between Spain and… • England. • Italy. • Portugal. • France.

8. THE ANSWER IS … C. Portugal.

9. A consequence of the Columbian Exchange that no one foresaw was… • the development of representative government in the colonies. • rivalry among Native Americans for the fur trade. • increased competition among Europeans for territory. • the devastating transmittal of disease from Europe to the Americans and vice versa.

10. THE ANSWER IS … D. the devastating transmittal of disease from Europe to the Americans and vice versa.

11. Who commanded the troops that forced the flight of the Aztec described in this passage? Our cries of grief rise up and our tears rain down, for Tlatelolco is lost. The Aztecs are fleeing across the lake;… How can we save our homes, my people? The Aztecs are deserting the city: the city is in flames, and all is darkness and destruction. - from The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico • Francisco Vasquez de Coronado • Hernan Cortes • Juan Ponce de Leon • Francisco Pizarro

12. THE ANSWER IS … B. Hernan Cortes

13. The Pilgrims’ desire to come to America was a result of… • an opportunity to form a joint-stock company. • the Reformation in England. • the promise of land for indentured servants. • the hope of finding gold and returning to England rich.

14. THE ANSWER IS … B. the Reformation in England.

15. The purpose of the Virginia House of Burgesses was to… • propose laws for the colony. • draft the colony’s constitution. • advise the governor and his council. • take the place of the governor’s council.

16. THE ANSWER IS … A. propose laws for the colony.

17. Why did the Spanish found the town of St. Augustine? • to spread the Christian faith among Native American groups • to begin a chain of missions throughout the colonies in the Americans • to create a central market for the fur trade • to protect territorial claims from the French in the Southeast

18. THE ANSWER IS … D. to protect territorial claims from the French in the Southeast

19. Which of the following colonies was founded as a business venture by a joint-stock company? • Massachusetts Bay • Rhode Island • Pennsylvania • Maryland

20. THE ANSWER IS … A. Massachusetts Bay

21. Which item completes the diagram? • Fishing and lumber industries • Royal African Company • Urban societies • Wheat boom

22. THE ANSWER IS … B. Royal African Company

23. Mercantilism mainly benefited… • colonial merchants. • proprietors of colonies. • colonial landowners. • manufacturers and merchants in the home country.

24. THE ANSWER IS … D. manufacturers and merchants in the home country.

25. The Great Awakening helped prepare the way for the American Revolution because it… • appealed to people’s emotions. • established new religious congregations. • began in New England. • questioned traditional authority and taught that all were equal before God.

26. THE ANSWER IS … D. questioned traditional authority and taught that all were equal before God.

27. I was a political philosopher and one of the Enlightenment thinkers. I wrote about natural rights and the social contract theory of government. Who am I? • Jean Jacques Rousseau • John Locke • Baron Montesquieu • Jonathan Edwards

28. THE ANSWER IS … B. John Locke

29. Which statement describes the Navigation Acts? • England’s first serious attempt to regulate colonial trade • the colonies’ only attempt to unite and regulate their own trade • Parliament’s reaction to French attempts to trade with the colonies • regulations governing trade among the colonies and other countries

30. THE ANSWER IS … A. England's first serious attempt to regulate colonial trade

31. According to the map, which battles were won by the Americans? • Philadelphia and Trenton • Brooklyn Heights and Saratoga • Bennington and Princeton • Ft. Ticonderoga and Germantown

32. THE ANSWER IS … C. Bennington and Princeton

33. I worked to unite all Bostonians to oppose British tax policies and helped the Massachusetts assembly organize resistance against Britain by coauthoring a “circular letter.” Who am I? • Benjamin Franklin • Patrick Henry • Thomas Jefferson • Samuel Adams

34. THE ANSWER IS … D. Samuel Adams

35. The Stamp Act outraged the colonists because… • it made sending letters more expensive. • the stamps were printed in England, not in the colonies. • it was the first direct tax on colonists. • Parliament passed it in retaliation for the Boston Tea Party.

36. THE ANSWER IS … C. it was the first direct tax on colonists.

37. The group that was MOST hurt by the American Revolution was… • Federalists. • Loyalists. • women. • African Americans.

38. THE ANSWER IS … B. Loyalists.

39. As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the new United States acquired… • the area that would later become Alaska. • the area that would later become Oregon and Washington. • Florida. • all the land between the new states and the Mississippi River.

40. THE ANSWER IS … D. all the land between the new states and the Mississippi River.

41. A major weakness of government under the Articles of Confederation was… • the lack of a strong central government. • an overzealous judiciary. • a legislature that had so many members that it was difficult to make decisions. • the lack of a process for amending the Articles.

42. THE ANSWER IS … A. the lack of a strong central government.

43. The purpose of the so-called Three-Fifths Compromise was to determine… • how Senators would be elected to Congress from each side. • how power would be divided between an upper house and lower house in Congress. • how African Americans would be counted for representation in Congress and for taxation. • how power would be shared between the federal government and the states.

44. THE ANSWER IS … C. how African Americans would be counted for representation in Congress and for taxation.

45. This passage from the Declaration of Independence reflects the principle of… … That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter of to abolish it, and to institute new Government…. • republicanism. • limited government. • federalism. • the social contract.

46. THE ANSWER IS … D. the social contract.

47. The delegates of the Constitutional Convention added the separation of powers in the Constitution to respond to concerns… • that, similar to the English monarchy, a strong executive branch would wield too much power. • over taxation without representation. • that the individual states would have to give up too much power. • that the Constitution did not guarantee individuals the same rights they had had as British citizens.

48. THE ANSWER IS … A. that, similar to the English monarchy, a strong executive branch would wield too much power.

49. The right to march peacefully in a protest is an example of a right guaranteed by the… • First Amendment. • Fourth Amendment. • Sixth Amendment. • Tenth Amendment.

50. THE ANSWER IS … A. First Amendment.