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Parker 8th SS Final Exam Prep A
Elevation is:
What religion did Wm. Penn practice
Parker 8th SS Final Exam Prep A
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What religion did Wm. Penn practice
Catholic
Quaker
Baptist
Episcopalian
2
Elevation is:
Height of hills
Height of mountains
Height of land above sea level
Height above sea level
3
Latitude lines run in a _______ direction
North/South
North /West
West/ East
North/East
4
Colony which began with 2 separate sections
Georgia
Virginia
Carolina
Tennessee
5
Route between Africa and the Americas was called:
Middle Passage
Middle Way
Middle Ground
Middle Waters
6
Led British troops to capture Quebec
Wolfe
E. Braddock
Washington
Montcalm
7
First Sec of State
Jefferson
Adams
Knox
Hamilton
8
Placed taxes on receipts, licenses, death certificates, playing cards, etc...
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Quartering
9
Columbus first asked the _______ for ships to sail west.
King John
King Phillip
King Carlos
King Ferdinand
10
What country ultimately agreed to give ships to Columbus?
Turkey
Spain
Italy
Portugal
11
First leader to emerge in Jamestown?
John Kennedy
John Lennon
John Smith
John Rolfe
12
Ignored protests from the colonists
King George II
George Washington
King George III
13
Man kicked out of MBC as he wanted separation of church/state
Roger Federer
Roger Windall
Roger Ebert
Roger Williams
14
Colony where land was purchased from Native Americans:
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Connecticut
15
Columbus believed he was in the Indies because the people:
looked friendly
had gold on from China
looked like people described by Marco Polo in a book
looked like people described by King Ferdinand
16
The Spanish Empire after Cortes, DeLeon, etc... was divided into 2 parts called:
New Port/New Spain
Peru/New York
New Spain/Venezuela
New Spain/Peru
17
Means "half the earth" or a portion of the earth
part
quadrant
piece
hemisphere
18
What was the first place of which Columbus reached in the New World?
St. Barts
Bahamas
Bali
Barbados
19
First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Smith
Roger Williams
John Winthrop
John Kennedy
20
A civilization must have:
laws, shamans, jewelry, education
govt, military, trade, education
govt, shamans, jewelry, education
govt, military, shamans, education
21
In the Treaty of Paris after the F and I War, France lost all its land in ______
North America
Canada
New England
Northern France
22
Located between the App. Mountains and the Great Lakes
Plains of Abraham
Ohio Valley
Carolina
Pennsylvania
23
What religion was denied freedom to practice under the Toleration Act:
Quaker
Episcopalian
Catholic
Jewish
24
A cartographer is a:
map maker
car maker
car grapher
map painter
25
Name of makeshift fort constructed during the French and Indian War by the Virginia Militia
Ft. Dusquene
Ft. Sumter
Ft. Tranquility
Ft. Necessity
26
An archaeologist :
studies remains of past human life
studies human response to pain
studies the origins of humans
studies human behavior
27
Tried European Battle tactics which did not work during the Fr. and Indian War?
Benedict Arnold
G. Washington
A. Hamilton
E. Braddock
28
Christopher Columbus was from Country of ______
Ithica
Iberia
Italy
Spain
29
The Mayflower Compact established a:
autonomy
self-government
independence
voting rights
30
First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Winthrop
Williams
Penn
31
Precipitation means :
moisture in the air
pattern of weather
moisture that falls
32
Wrote about a Social Contract
John Jay
John Rolfe
John Edwards
John Locke
33
What city gave Columbus the ships he needed to travel?
Porthmouth
Porthos
Pancreas
Palos
34
Longitude Lines run in an _____ direction.
N/W
N/S
N/E
W/E
35
Founded the colony of Maryland:
Lord Oglethorpe
Duke of York
Lord Baltimore
Lord Essex
36
A self-governing political unit is:
commonwealth
town
Senate
House of Representatives
37
Marco Polo spent most of his young adult life in:
France
China
Spain
England
38
1st Sec of Defense
Jefferson
Randolph
Knox
Hamilton
39
Who taught the Pilgrims to hunt/plant
Shinto
Powhatan
Pocahontas
Squanto
40
Something left behind is:
money
artifact
jewelry
41
Why was Hernan Cortes allowed to roam the Aztec Empire?
He had a strong military.
He made a bargain with a leader.
The King forced him.
They thought he was a god.
42
Roger Williams started a colony called:
New Sweden
Providence
Philadelphia
Prophetstown
43
An anthropologist
studies patterns of human behavior
studies the origins of humans
studies humans from ice age
studies the remains of past human life
44
Wrote the first American book on poetry:
Sesame Street
Phyllis Wheatley
Ann Bradstreet
Phyllis Newman
45
LaSalle claimed all the land he found in the New World for _________ and the southernmost part of the Mississippi _____
France / London
France / Landowners
France / Louisiana
46
2 industries found in early New England
whaling / farming
whaling /tobacco
whaling/lumber
whaling/fur trade
47
Christopher's goal was to become a :
king
sailor/ship captain
warrior
merchang
48
Placed taxes on paint, paper, glass, lead and tea
Townshend Acts
Treaty of Paris
Tea Act
Tombstone Act
49
Technically, the first American constitution was written in the state of:
New York
Connecticut
Maryland
Boston
50
Savannahs are
steppe
fields
grasslands
51
Weather is :
pattern of weather
pattern of thunderstorms
hard winds and rain
condition of the air at a certain time
52
Battle which saw a crushing defeat against the Brits after Washington warned "European battle tactics were futile
Tortoise Creek
Truecreek Creek
Turkey Creek
Turtle Creek
53
What spread throughout Europe between 1347 and 1352 killing 1/4 of population?
education
pneumonia
plague
trade
54
Community started by Roger Williams after being banned from Massachusetts Bay Colony
Portsmouth
Providence
Philly
55
During the middle ages, a serf was like a:
prince
slave
knight
surfer
56
The 1st inhabitants of North America arrive on this continent?
by boats in the Pacific
by crossing the Rocky mountions.
crossing a land bride from Europe
by crosing a land bridge called Berengia
57
Pattern of weather:
climate
thunderstorms
atmosphere
environment
58
The Spanish Empire in the Americas was called:
New York and Patagonia
New Spain and Peru
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
New Mexico and Phoenix
59
What city ultimately gave Columbus the ships?
Palos
Prelos
Portos
Paltrow
60
The leader of the Aztecs was:
Monterrey
Monasteruma
King Menes
Montezuma
61
William Penn gained land because the ________ owed his father money....
King of France
King of Denmark
King of England
King of Sweden
62
In Virginia, large profits were made from __________
tomato
indigo
tobacco
rice
63
Town Meetings were an example of:
political parties
royal alliance
direct democracy
royal alliances
64
Geography means:
study of geo
study of regions
study of land
study of earth
65
Wampanoag chief
Pocahontas
The Prophet
King Philip
Powhattan
66
Major of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War
A. Hamilton
G. Washington
E. Braddock
Benedict Arnold
67
Colony planned to begin as a debtor's colony
Georgia
Virginia
New York
Pennsylvania
68
What Euro group started a settlement in the New World called New Amsterdam?
Germans
Dutch
Spanish
French
69
Who reached the mouth of the Mississippi and claimed it for France?
LaRue
LaCartier
LaReyes
LaSalle
70
City named after British Prime Minister who led Parliament during French and Indian War
Pittsburgh
Paris
Phoenix
Philadelphia