Question 1

Which of these counts as sourcing information for a document?

Accepted Answer

The date the source was created

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Document A

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It said "Give me Liberty..."

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The first article

Question 2

If a native american culture had stone buildings and drainage system what can we infer about them?

Accepted Answer

They have permanent settlements.

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They sacrificed humans in religious ceremonies.

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They only farmed.

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They did not hunt.

Question 3

Why did Christopher Columbus sail towards the new world?

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He was trying to find a route to India

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He wanted to discover a new land

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He wanted to meet the natives

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He had no purpose

Question 4

What was the northwest passage?

Accepted Answer

A water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean

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A tunnel through North America

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The reason all explorers went west

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The journey from Europe to America

Question 5

What was the columbian exchange?

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Transfer for people, plants, culture and diseases between Europe and Africa to the Americas.

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The transfer of slaves between Europeans and Native cultures.

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A transfer of goods between Columbia and the United States.

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The transfer of gold from Europe to America.

Question 6

Which of these things in the Colombian exchange had the most negative effect on the Native Populations of America?

Accepted Answer

diseases

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food

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ideas

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plants

Question 7

What event does this picture show?

Accepted Answer

The Atlantic Slave trade along middle passage

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The end of the slave trade

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The Titanic

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The ironclad ship in the Civil War

Question 8

What is an indentured servant?

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A person who agrees to work without pay for a certain number of years in exchange for passage to America

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A person who is a slave on a plantation

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None of these

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A butler in England

Question 9

What are the three colonial regions?

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Southern, Middle and New England Colonies

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New England, New Dutch and New South Colonies

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Northern, Middle and Southern Colonies

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New Spain, Middle and Northern Colonies

Question 10

Which Colonial region grew tobacco, rice and indigo?

Accepted Answer

Southern

Question 11

Why did the Puritans come to America?

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To practice their religion as they wanted to

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To make a lot of money

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For religious freedom for everyone

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To find better jobs

Question 12

Which of these was a reasons the American Colonists went to war with Britain?

Accepted Answer

All of these

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British Soldiers housed in private homes

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The intolerable acts

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No representation in Parliment

Question 13

Why did England increase taxes in the Colonies?

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To pay for the French and Indian War

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To pay for more slaves

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To pay for increased medical care

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King George need to money to build Versailles

Question 14

Which idea did John Locke write about?

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The social contract

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A federalist system

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Three branches of government

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The invisible hand

Question 15

Why was the battle  of Saratoga important?

Accepted Answer

The victory convinced the French to send money, guns and men to the Colonists

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It was Alexander Hamilton's first battle

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Cornwallis surrendered to Washington

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It was a surprise attack on Christmas

Question 16

What rights are guaranteed in the first amendment?

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Freedom of press, speech, religion, assembly and to petition the government.

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Free speech, religion, petition the government and speedy trial

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Right to bear arms, speech, press and assembly

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Freedom from tyranny, speech, religion and  the press.

Question 17

Which of these is a principle of the constitution?

Accepted Answer

All of these

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Separation of Powers

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Federalism

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Popular Sovereignty

Question 18

What is a republican form of government?

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Citizen choose representatives to govern

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One person leads the country

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A small group of people chooses the leaders

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All citizens make all of the decisions

Question 19

Which of these was a weakness in the Articles of Confederation?

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Federal govrnment had no power to enforce treaties

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The federal government could collect taxes

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There was a national Court system

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All the States were represented

Question 20

Which of these pushed the United States to expand westward?

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Manifest Destiny

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To increase slavery

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We wanted less land

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Better alliances with foreign governments

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