Social Studies Final Review Quiz #1
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7th grade level - First half of year: Discovery of America, Being a British Colony, Culture, and Gov.
- 1.How could culture best be described?
- A.
The way of life that people share including beliefs, customs, and traditions
- B.
The study of earth and all of its features including the mountains, rivers, etc.
- C.
The way a group of people live and interact with each other
- D.
A and C
- 2.Which development led to the other two?
- A.
Native Americans cultures were destroyed
- B.
New animals, plants, and diseases were exchanged between the new and old world
- C.
European explorers discovered America when trying to find new trade routes
- 3.___________ was a nation that discovered gold in America and destroyed many native tribes/
- 4.What is a plantation?
- A.
Rocky soiled farms
- B.
Specializes in growth of one cash crop
- C.
Potato farm
- 5.Which is an ethno-centric statement?
- A.
Taco Bell is the best fast food on Fake Rd.
- B.
America is the most superior culture on earth
- C.
A Ford GTO is not as nice as a Ferrari
- D.
We eat pizza every day!
- 6.Which was not an early system of self gov.?
- A.
House of Burgusees
- B.
Mayflower Compact
- C.
Monroe Doctrine
- 7.Fishing and shipbuilding were occupations of which colony?
- A.
Pennsylvania
- B.
New England
- C.
South
- D.
New York
- E.
Middle
- 8.What is Salutary Neglect?
- A.
Ignoring your child
- B.
Practice followed by England which involved them not heavily enforcing laws and not keeping a watchful eye on the coloines
- C.
When England decided to stop paying attention to the southern colonies due to rebellious behaviors
- 9.Why was the French and Indian War SO important in American History?
- A.
Britain losing the Ohio River Valley
- B.
America earning their independence
- C.
The Indians deciding to form and alliance with the colonies against France
- D.
England decided to make the colonies pay war deubt
- 10.Why were colonial boycotts effective on the British as a form of protest?
- A.
Left British without supplies
- B.
Aided Americas economy
- C.
Lowered profit of British
- D.
Made British surrender
- 11.Which act forced upon the colonies was on glass, led, paper, and paint
- A.
Townshend Act
- B.
Stamp Act
- C.
Intolerable Acts
- D.
Closing of British Harbor Act
- 12.When Columbus landed in America he thought he landed in...
- A.
China
- B.
West Indies
- C.
North America
- D.
South Carolina
- 13.What advantages did the Spanish have over the Native Americans?
- A.
Superior Weapons
- B.
Being more immune to diseases
- C.
A and B
- D.
None of the Above
- 14.What was the main reason for the Declaration of Independence?
- A.
To establish first American Gov.
- B.
Declare war on England
- C.
State reasons for colonial separation form England
- D.
Changing the colonies name to AMERICA
- 15.After the Battle of ____________, France supplied economic and military aid to the colonies
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