Review #2 - 7th grade review.....

You are to answer each questions and record any vocabulary words you do not know or are unfamiliar with. Look these words up and write down the definitions. Go back to those questions you were not sure of and attempt to answer them again.

1. A historian's job is to:

a) predict the future accurately

b) interpret past events and their causes

c) find out about the past through scientific experiments

d) take surveys of what people believe occurred in the the past

2. Different groups of Native Americans developed different cultures mainly because each group:

a) adapted to its environment in a different way

b) came to America from different parts of the world

c) had to follow written tradition

d) wanted to be distinct from other groups

3. The French and Indian War increased tension between Great Britain and the American colonists because:

a) the colonists were not allowed to fight in the war

b) the colonists hoped to win their independence during the war

c) Native Americans helped the British and not the colonists

d) Britain insisted that the colonists help pay the debt caused by the war

4. Which was an economic method used by the American colonists to protest British taxes?

a) starting the Committees of Correspondence

b) boycotting British goods

c) writing to Parliament

d) raising the Liberty poles

5. New York's role in the American Revolution was important because:

a) the first battle of the war took place in New York

b) New York City was the headquarters of the colonial forces

c) New York had more patriots that the other colonies did

d) control of New York was a main part of the British strategy

6. Along which river were most of the settlements of New France?

a) Mohawk

b) Hudson

c) St. Lawrence

d) Missouri

7. The slogan "no taxation without representation" referred to taxes enacted by:

a) colonial legislators

b) town meetings

c) the English Parliament

d) the First Continental Congress

8. Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?

a) Boston Tea Party - Declaration of Independence - French and Indian War

b) French and Indian War - Boston Tea Party - Declaration of Independence

c) Declaration of Independence - French and Indian War - Boston Tea Party

d) French and Indian War - Declaration of Independence - Boston Tea Party

9. The belief that colonies exist to benefit the mother country is known as:

a) triangular trade

b) mercantilism

c) free trade

d) nativism

10. The Native Americans who are shown in this picture lived in which region in North America?

a) southwestern deserts

b) eastern woodlands

c) Great Plains

d) Gulf Coast