U.S. History Midterm Review

Question 1

This document declared the United States to be independent from the British-approved on July 4

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 2

fight between colonist in Boston and British soldiers that resulted in 5 colonists shot dead

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 3

World in Spatial Terms= absolute and relative location of a place

Accepted Answer

elements of geography

Question 4

These documents allowed the British officers to search almost anywhere for smuggled goods

Accepted Answer

writ of assistance

Question 5

meetings where colonist got together to find ways to protest against British rule

Accepted Answer

Committees of Correspondence

Question 6

Spanish conquistador that defeated the Inca

Accepted Answer

Francisco Pizzaro

Question 7

An explorer who's crew was first to circumnavigate the world

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Magellan

Question 8

He wrote "Common Sense" and urged the colonist to unite against the British

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 9

a map that shows land forms and elevation

Accepted Answer

physical map

Question 10

A French nobleman that helped the Americans and became an aid to George Washington in battle

Accepted Answer

Marquis de lafayette

Question 11

the exchange of plants, animals and disease from the old world to the new world after Columbus

Accepted Answer

Columbian Exchange

Question 12

a map that shows names, capitals and boarders of places

Accepted Answer

political map

Question 13

trade laws that forced the American colonist to trade only with the British

Accepted Answer

Navigation Acts

Question 14

a person who studies the past and events

Accepted Answer

historian

Question 15

a source written by people after a historic event that were not there to witness it

Accepted Answer

secondary

Question 16

examine a series of events to understand how one thing leads to another

Accepted Answer

cause and effect relationship

Question 17

placed a tax on printed documents

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 18

A catholic priest that protested the harsh treatment by the Spanish against Native Americans

Accepted Answer

Bartolome’ de Las Casas

Question 19

document asking the British for peace but was rejected by King George III and Parliament 1775

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 20

a first hand account from someone actually at a historic event is what kind of source

Accepted Answer

primary

Question 21

economic theory in which a country builds it power through wealth in gold and silver by trade

Accepted Answer

Mercantilism

Question 22

a piece of technology that allowed sailors to chart their location by using the stars

Accepted Answer

Astrolabe

Question 23

First battles of the American Revolution where the "shot heard around the world" was fired

Accepted Answer

Lexington and concord

Question 24

A physical system that is made up a community of living things and their surroundings

Accepted Answer

ecosystem

Question 25

elements of a map are - title, compass rose, key, and scale

Accepted Answer

true

Question 26

location is one of the 5 themes of geography

Accepted Answer

true

Question 27

Agreement made by the Pilgrims to obey and govern themselves fairly

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Question 28

battle was a British victory that cost them many men and but proved the patriots could fight

Accepted Answer

Bunker Hill

Question 29

which of the following is NOT one of the 5 themes of geography

Accepted Answer

TIME

Question 30

battle was the turning point for the patriots because it convinced the French to join the war

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 31

This person was known as the "Swamp Fox" for his guerrilla warfare tactics against the British

Accepted Answer

Francis Marion

Question 32

This document reduced the power of the English king and gave power to Parliament

Accepted Answer

The English Bill of Rights

Question 33

Treaty that ended the American Revolution,made the British recognize the U.S and give up land

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris

Question 34

Battle in which the British surrendered to the French and American armies in Virginia 1781

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 35

The Spanish governor of Louisiana who sent supplies and ammunition to the patriots

Accepted Answer

Bernardo de Galvez

Question 36

Place where Washington's army camped for the winter and faced the hardships of supply shortages

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 37

A Spanish town or trading post in New Spain

Accepted Answer

Pueblo

Question 38

German soldiers hired by the British to fight the Americans

Accepted Answer

Hessians

U.S. History Midterm Review

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U.S. History Midterm Review

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