Midyear Common Assessment

Question 1

The indigenous people of Mexico conquered by a conquistador named Cortes

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Aztec

Question 2

Meeting where Ben Franklin attempted to unite the colonies with a single form a government.

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Albany Plan of Union

Question 3

The combined government of the Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Mohawk and Seneca.

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Iroquois Confederacy

Question 4

The indigeneous people of New York State who joined to become powerful.

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Iroquois

Question 5

In 1692, 20 people were put to death in Massachusetts for practicing witchcraft during the...

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Salem Witch Trials

Question 6

The slogan "molasses to rum to slaves" has come to be called by this economic nickname.

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triangle trade

Question 7

The MAIN reason for the rapid decline of the Native populations in the Americas.

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Disease

Question 8

laws passed to punish Boston for the Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor and ends self govt

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Intolerable Act

Question 9

What colonial area was founded for religious freedom and relied on fishing and ship building

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New England

Question 10

The two towns outside of Boston where the first shots of the Revolution happened

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Lexington and Concord

Question 11

A British law that required a tax on all legal documents and everything printed on paper.

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Stamp Act

Question 12

The name for the French settlement where the economy was all about the fur trade.

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New France

Question 13

goods shipped INTO a country

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import

Question 14

A first hand account of an event such as a diary, artifacts, cave drawings

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Primary source

Question 15

Name given to American colonists who sided with the rebels during the Revolution.

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Patriots

Question 16

This political cartoon is the first of its kind in America. It was made by

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Ben Franklin

Question 17

New Netherlands (later NY) settled their farm land using this system that benefited the rich

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Patroon system

Question 18

The war when the French and British fought to determine who would control North America.

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French and Indian War

Question 19

The belief that the colonies existed to benefit the economy of the "mother country".

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mercantilism

Question 20

The way of life of a group of people: geog, economics, politics, social life

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culture

Question 21

Name for American colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution.

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Loyalist

Question 22

Name of the mountain range that runs down the east coast from Maine to Georgia.

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Appalachian Mountains

Question 23

Colonists cannot settle beyond this line because the land was set aside for Native Americans.

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Proclamation Line

Question 24

The infamous voyage slaves took from their homes in Africa across the Atlantic to the New World

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Middle Passage

Question 25

Protest organized by the Son's of Liberty that damaged $88,000 worth of British cargo

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Boston Tea Party

Question 26

Which colonial area was nicknamed the "bread basket" colonies?

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Middle Colonies

Question 27

Native people adjusted their culture due to the environment and resources. This is called...

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adapt

Question 28

A piece of of land surrounded on three sides by water

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Peninsula

Question 29

The indigenous people of central America who used zero, were astronomers and made chocolate

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Maya

Question 30

Which colonial area used slave labor for tobacco, indigo, rice and cotton crops?

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Southern Colonies

Question 31

British laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor!

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Intolerable Acts

Question 32

The indigenous people of the western coast of South America whose gold made Spain rich.

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Inca

Question 33

The 100 year transfer of plants, animals and disease between the Old World and New World

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Colombian Exchange

Question 34

The scientific theory of how the first Natives populated North and South America.

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Land Bridge Theory

Question 35

Signed by Pilgrims and "strangers", this document started self government in America

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Mayflower Compact

Question 36

Revere's famous engraving depicts what event where the British killed protesting colonists.

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Boston Massacre

Question 37

Goods shipped OUT of the country.

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Export

Question 38

A secret society of Patriots headed by Sam Adams that was formed to oppose British policies.

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Sons of Liberty

Midyear Common Assessment

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Midyear Common Assessment

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