Unit I Test - 8th grade

Question 1

Which of the following was at first and obstacle to growing rice in the Carolinas?

Accepted Answer

no labor available

Question 2

Signed in 1215 a British document that contained two basic ideas: Monarchs have to obey laws/ citizens have basic rights

Accepted Answer

Magna Carta

Question 3

Why did the Calvert family found the colony of Maryland?

Accepted Answer

To allow Catholics to practice religion freely

Question 4

Laws controlled the lives of enslaved Africans and denied their basic rights

Accepted Answer

Slave Code

Question 5

Why did the Puritans leave England for Massachusetts?

Accepted Answer

To build a society based on biblical teachings

Question 6

A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company

Accepted Answer

Charter

Question 7

Trade product brought in to a country

Accepted Answer

import

Question 8

A political system in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them

Accepted Answer

representative government

Question 9

How was Benjamin Franklin a model of the Enlightenment spirit?

Accepted Answer

He used reason to improve the world around him

Question 10

Mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs

Accepted Answer

persecution

Question 11

What new colony was made up of lands that the Duke of York gave to friends?

Accepted Answer

New Jersey

Question 12

Chosen religion of a state

Accepted Answer

Established Church

Question 13

What was the difference between slaves and indentured servants?

Accepted Answer

Indentured servants received freedom after paid their dues/ slaves property

Question 14

Which colony set up the first tax-supported public schools in British North America?

Accepted Answer

Massachusetts

Question 15

Which colony was founded by a Quaker as a model of religious freedom and peace?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 16

Why did people follow Roger Williams from Massachusetts to Rhode Island?

Accepted Answer

Greater Religious freedom

Question 17

Trade product sent to markets outside the country

Accepted Answer

export

Question 18

An act or decision that sets the example for others to follow

Accepted Answer

precedent

Question 19

In the 1600's English settlers who sought religious freedom in the Americas

Accepted Answer

pilgrims

Question 20

Which of the following factors influenced the development of counties in the Middle Colonies?

Accepted Answer

distance between houses

Question 21

What was the purpose of colonial New England town meetings?

Accepted Answer

to discuss important community issues

Question 22

A day at the end of the harvest season set aside by Pilgrims to give thanks

Accepted Answer

Thanksgiving

Question 23

Representative Assembly in England

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 24

Representative assembly in colonial Virginia

Accepted Answer

House of Burgess

Question 25

A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth Colony signed by Pilgrims

Accepted Answer

Mayflower Compact

Unit I Test - 8th grade

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Unit I Test - 8th grade

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