Benchmark 1 Review Quiz

Question 1

On a map, the _______________ will tell which direction is north.

Accepted Answer

compass

Question 2

This new round of taxes required colonists to pay extra for paint, glass, and tea.

Accepted Answer

Townshend Acts

Question 3

American fighting skills got worse as the war progressed.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

This British law required colonists to pay a tax on paper products.

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 5

The line of latitude that divides the world into a northern and southern hemisphere is known as

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 6

What writing by Thomas Paine served as a "halftime pep-talk"?

Accepted Answer

the Crisis

Question 7

Maps that show national borders are called _______ maps.

Accepted Answer

Political

Question 8

According to Jefferson, a good government gets its power from _______.

Accepted Answer

the people

Question 9

Lines on a map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole are called lines of ______ .

Accepted Answer

Longitude

Question 10

Lines of latitude and longitude together form a _______ .

Accepted Answer

grid

Question 11

The ocean that is closest to the home of Santa Claus is ______ .

Accepted Answer

Arctic

Question 12

Who is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 13

John Smith helped save jamestown with his "No ____, no ____" policy.

Accepted Answer

work, food

Question 14

After 1776, Washington's basic military strategy was ______.

Accepted Answer

defense

Question 15

The __________ divides the world into an eastern and Western Hemisphere.

Accepted Answer

Prime Meridian

Question 16

Maps that show mountains and rivers are called ______ .

Accepted Answer

Physical Maps

Question 17

What was the biggest cause of disease spreading in the Jamestown colony?

Accepted Answer

Mosquitoes

Question 18

What was a key to success for the Jamestown colony?

Accepted Answer

Tobacco

Question 19

What group of people made it most difficult for the Jamestown colony to survive?

Accepted Answer

Gentlemen

Question 20

The DOFI was written to explain why it was time for the colonies to ______.

Accepted Answer

separate from Britain

Question 21

What was the biggest challenge for the Jamestown colonists?

Accepted Answer

Native Americans

Question 22

What best helped the colonists at Jamestown to survive?

Accepted Answer

Corn

Question 23

Many African Americans fought in the Rev War _______.

Accepted Answer

hoping to bring an end to slavery

Question 24

Where a place is located compared to somewhere else is known as__________ .

Accepted Answer

Relative Location

Question 25

What is "tyranny"?

Accepted Answer

abuse of power

Question 26

Lines on a map that run parallel to the Equator are called

Accepted Answer

Latitude

Question 27

The protest to the British tax on tea?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 28

The best American advantage was _____.

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 29

How many continents are there in the World... (not including South America)?

Accepted Answer

6

Question 30

Latitude and Longitude help determine

Accepted Answer

Absolute Location

Question 31

The biggest challenge to the colonists at Jamestown was ______ .

Accepted Answer

Starving Time

Question 32

Symbols on a map can usually be interpreted by using the ________ .

Accepted Answer

Map Key

Question 33

What was the name given to the group of colonists who favored the King?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 34

Closing the port of Boston by the British was part of the _______.

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 35

The Battle of Saratoga was a turning point in the war because ______.

Accepted Answer

France joined America

Question 36

What group was mostly responsible for leading the protests against British rule?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 37

The sneak attack at Trenton and Princeton proved that the Americans ______.

Accepted Answer

could beat the British and it's allies

Question 38

Geography played an important role in the American victory.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 39

The law-making body of Great Britain.

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 40

What British law prevented colonists from going west of the Appalachians?

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 41

What British law required the colonists to provide for British soldiers in the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Question 42

The American cause in the South was helped by ____ .

Accepted Answer

guerillas

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