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8th gr Hist Ch 1 - 3
American Republic: Ch 1 - 3 Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the Italian explorer who proved that Columbus had discovered a "new world"? (p. 6) | Amerigo Vespucci |
| What explorer for Spain was probably the first European to see the land that is now the United States? (p. 7) | Juan Ponce de Leon |
| What explorer for Spain discovered the Pueblo Indians and was the first European to see the Grand Canyon? (p.7) | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado |
| Who claimed the Mississippi River for France? (p.8) | Robert de La Salle |
| Who found the St. Lawrence River? (p. 8) | Jacques Cartier |
| Who claimed the Atlantic coast of North America for England? (p. 7) | John Cabot |
| Which Indian group raised totem poles and gathered salmon? (p. 4) | The West Coast |
| Which Indian group was made up of horsemen who followed the buffalo? (p. 3) | The Plain |
| Which Indian group lived in lodges called hogans? (p. 3) | The Great Basin & Plateau |
| Which Indian group formed peaceful confederations? (p. 2) | Woodland Indians |
| The activities of which man were most responsible for encouraging European exploration of the New World? (p. 5 - 6) | Christopher Columbus |
| Which European reached America before Columbus did? (p. 5) | Leif Ericson |
| During the late 1400s, Europeans greatly desired spices from where? (p. 5) | The Far East |
| The Reformation turned which of the following countries to Protestantism? (p.8) | England, Germany |
| What country explored and settled the land by the St. Lawrence River? (p. 8-9) | France |
| What were the significant achievements of the Jamestown settlement? (p. 12) | First permanent English settlement, created crops that could grow by itself, established laws |
| Who were probably the first Africans to arrive in Jamestown? (p. 13) | Indentured servants |
| What group of English captains struck at Spanish harbors and ships? (p. 7) | Sea Dogs |
| What did the Virginians call their first representative assembly? (p. 13) | House of Burgesses |
| Which group of Indians lived near the Jamestown settlement? (p. 11) | Powhatan Indians |
| In which region were most of the colonies originally charter colonies? (p. 18) | New England |
| In which region were most of the original settlements by the Dutch and Swedes? (p. 27 - 29) | Middle |
| In which region was one of the colonies founded for Roman Catholics? (p. 31) | Southern |
| Who was the governor who wanted his colony to be "a city set upon a hill"? (p. 23) | John Winthrop |
| Who was determined to build a colony that practiced separation of church and state? (p. 24 - 25) | Roger Williams |
| Who was an English general who wanted to help debtors? (p. 32) | James Oglethorpe |
| Who was a "friend" who accepted a colony as a payment of debt? (p. 28 - 29) | William Penn |
| Which colony was heavily populated during the "Great Migration"? (p. 23) | Massachusetts |
| Which colony passed an Act of Toleration guaranteeing religious freedom? (p. 31) | Maryland |
| Which colonies first settlement was Savannah? (p. 32) | Georgia |
| Name some facts about the Massachusetts Bay colony. (p. 23-24) | Charter Colony, Required to attend church, Puritans |
| How was Delaware different from the other English colonies? (p. 29) | Settled By Swedes |
| Who contributed to the success of Plymouth Colony? (p. 19 - 22) | William Bradford, Squanto, Standish |
| Joint-stock companies were used to form which type of colonies? (p. 18) | Charter |
| What did Roger Williams do? (p. 24 - 25) | Found Providence, disagree with Puritan leaders, Bought land from Indians |
| What are some facts about New Netherland? (p. 27 - 28 | Secured by Henry Hudson, Settled by Patrons, Discovered by Peter Muneit |
| Which colony was settled by people from Massachusetts Bay who wanted more land? (p. 25) | Connecticut |
| Who was William Penn? (p. 28 - 29) | Quaker |
| What Lord Baltimore established a colony for Roman Catholics? (p. 31) | Ceclius Calvert |
| Who received the land of the former Dutch colony of New Netherland from the Kind of England? (p. 28) | Duke of York |
| In which region was timber used for the shipbuilding industry? (p. 39 - 40) | New England |
| In which region were several navigable rivers to aid transportation and settlement? (p. 40) | Middle Colonies |
| Which region had local government in town meetings? (p. 47) | New England |
| In which region was the Piedmont and tidewater located? (p. 40 - 41) | Southern |
| Which region was not particularly British in culture? (p. 35, 36, 40) | Middle Colonies |
| What was the most important crop to the survival of the colonies? (p. 41 - 42) | Corn |
| Who had the "power of the purse" in the colonies? (p. 46) | The Legislature |
| What took place at town meetings? (p. 47 - 48) | Night watchmen appointed, New settlers citizenship, Way to help poor considered |
| Which group of immigrants was not one of the three largest groups of immigrants in the colonies? (p. 35 - 36) | French |
| Name some facts about the New England colonies. (p. 39 - 40) | Climate colder; Thin, rocky soil; Settlers fish for living |
| What term was used to describe the Africans' journey to the New World? (p. 37) | Middle Passage |
| In what colony did the French Huguenots have a strong presence? (p. 36) | South Carolina |
| Wat routes did settlers usually follow inland? (p. 37) | Rivers |
| Which Puritan minister translated the Bible into Algonquin? (p. 44) | John Elliot |
| What popular vehicle did the colonists use to move their belongings inland? (p. 38) | Wagon |
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