7th Grade Midterm Review
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- Q1What was the goal of the League of Iroquois?End wars among members and provide for defense against outsiders by using a representative governmentPromote trade among Iroquois tribes and stop trade with EuropeansDecrease the production of corn and increase dependence on European settlersDivide fishing grounds and limit the hunting season30s
- Q2Where was the original 13 British colonies located?On the Gulf of MexicoOn the Atlantic CoastOn the Great PlainsOn the Pacific Coast30s
- Q3Who wrote Common Sense?George WashingtonThomas PaineThomas JeffersonBenjamin Frankline30s
- Q4What was the goal of the Mayflower Compact?Provided a basis for self-government in JamestownProvided a basis for self-government in ParliamentProvided a basis for self-government in the Plymouth ColonyProvide a basis for self-government in England30s
- Q5Where did the colonists feel that they were not represented?CongressPlymouth ColonyThe Magna CartaParliament30s
- Q6Why did many different Native American cultures developed in North America?Native American groups did not trade with each otherHunting for food was an important activityNative Americans worshipped many godsA variety of environmental conditions existed throughout the region30s
- Q7Why was the Virginia House of Burgesses?It began the tradition of a monarchy in the English colonies.It began the tradition of representative government in the English coloniesIt began the tradition of separation of church and state.It began the tradition of a dictatorship in the English colonies.30s
- Q8According to many anthropologists, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?Asia and North AmericaSouth America and North AmericaEurope and AsiaNorth America and Europe30s
- Q9Many anthropologists believe that nomadic people crossed a land bridge in order to…Escape religious persecutionCapture native people of this region to be their slavesHunt migrating animalsSearch for gold and other riches30s
- Q10One openly accepted theory suggests that the ancestors of Native Americans migrated to the Americas from Asia by crossing theThe GW BridgeGreat PlainsAppalachian Mountain RangeThe Land Bridge30s
- Q11Which of the following is a reason why the Pilgrims were able to survive early hardships in their colony?Other colonists sent them suppliesThey built sturdy wooden housesNative Americans (Squanto) helped themThey farmed all year long30s
- Q12What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?To establish a government and allowed for freedom of religionTo persecute people who prayed to a different godTo ensure women had a right to voteTo establish a new country30s
- Q13Which European nation’s motto was “Gold, God, and Glory”?FranceEnglandDuthclandSpain30s
- Q14What action finalized the colonies independence from Britain?The signing of the Declaration of IndependenceA mutual agreement with ParliamentA royal decree from King George IIIAn order of General George Washington30s
- Q15Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, influenced American colonial thought by encouraging colonists toVote in Parliamentary electionsBan the importation of African slavesBreak away from British ruleseize lands west of the Mississippi30s