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American Revolution
Study Aid for the Turning Point: American Revolution Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What modern day countries were British colonies in the Western Hemisphere? | part of Canada, part of the U.S., Guyana, Jamaica, and Belize |
| What modern day countries were French colonies in the Western Hemisphere? | part of Canada, part of the U.S., Haiti, and French Guiana |
| What modern day countries were Dutch colonies in the Western Hemisphere? | Suriname |
| What modern day countries were Portuguese colonies in the Western Hemisphere? | Brazil |
| What modern day countries were Spanish colonies in the Western Hemisphere? | part of the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina |
| What form of government were the Western Hemisphere colonies before the American Revolution? | monarchy |
| What form of government did the Western Hemisphere countries change to after the American Revolution? | representative democracy |
| What are the two main forms of representative democracy? | Presidential and Parilaimentary |
| What type of representative democracy is the United States? | Presidential |
| What type of representative democracy is Canada? | Parliamentary |
| What two people led the revolutions in South America? | Jose de San Martin and Simon Bolivar |
| Who led the Mexican Revolution? | Father Miguel Hidalgo |
| Who simply declared Brazil independent from Portugal? | Dom Pedro II |
| Which Western Hemisphere Country gained gradual independence from Great Britain? They became completely independent in 1931. | Canada |
| What are the three branches of the U.S. government? | legislative, judicial, and executive |
| What is the job of the judicial branch of the U.S. government? | explain or interpret laws |
| What is the job of the legislative branch of the U.S. government? | make laws |
| What is the job of the executive branch of the U.S. government? | enforce laws |
| Who is the head of the legislative branch of the U.S. government? | Congress |
| Who is the head of the judicial branch of the U.S. government? | Supreme Court |
| Who is the head of the executive branch of the U.S. government? | President |
| Who is the head of the legislative branch of the Canadian government? | Parliament |
| Who is the head of the judicial branch of the Canadian government? | Supreme Court |
| What are the two houses of the U.S. Congress? | Senate and House of Representatives |
| What are the two houses of the Canadian Parliament? | Senate and House of Commons |
| What form of economics was still the most common in the Western Hemisphere after the American revolution? | traditional |
| What words mean an event or series of events that change the way a group of people live? | turning point |
| What were the major effects of the turning point known as the American Revolution on the people of the Western Hemisphere? | most governments became representative democracies, European countries were almost entirely eliminated from the Western Hemisphere |
| Which form of government elects representatives to speak for and make decisions for the people who elected them? | representative democracy |
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