Study Guide for Chapter 9 Test 1

(Lesson 1 and 2)

Vocabulary Terms:

Constitution, federal, citizen, republic, territory, compromise, ordinance, ratify

All answers must be written with a complete sentence. Incomplete answers will not receive credit.

1. What was it the states did NOT want after the Revolutionary War?

2. What did the Articles of Confederation give the states?

3. You are a delegate called to Congress to attend a meeting in 1787 about the Articles of Confederation. Why was a meeting called and what did you discuss?

4. According to the Articles of Confederation, what could Congress do?

5. According to the Articles of Confederation, what could Congress NOT do?

6. The Constitutional Convention is meeting. What groups of people are represented in that meeting?

7. What did some of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention think a republic would do?

8. Describe a federal system of government.

9. Explain how the states compromised about slavery.

10. Summarize what Antifederalists wanted.

Study Guide for Chapter 9 Test 2

(Lesson 3 and 4)

Vocabulary Terms:

Democracy, unconstitutional, cabinet, capital, checks and balances, amendment, political party, veto, inauguration, interest

All answers must be written with a complete sentence. Incomplete answers will not receive credit.

1. Create a chart of the three branches of government. Include the jobs of each branch and how each branch checks on the other branches.

2. Explain how the system of checks and balances works.

3. Summarize the job of the Bill of Rights.

4. Draw a Venn Diagram. Label the two circles: Federal Government and State Government. Fill in the circles with the similarities and differences between the two.

5. What are the things only the federal government can do?

6. What can be done by both the federal and state governments?

7. What political parties were formed by the supporters of Jefferson and Hamilton?

8. Explain what Alexander Hamilton supported.

9. Explain what Thomas Jefferson supported.

10. You are the person that wanted to start a national bank. Who are you?

11. You are George Washington. What advice did you give the country when you retired from the presidency?

12. Memorize the Preamble.

Study Guide for Chapter 8 Test 1

(Lessons 1 and 2)

Vocabulary Terms:

Independence, declaration, rights, treason, Loyalist, neutral, inflation

All answers must be written with a complete sentence. Incomplete answers will not receive credit.

1. What were colonists that wanted independence called? Why was this what they were called?

2. Tell the name of the pamphlet that convinced many colonists to support independence.

3. You are one of the main authors of the Declaration of Independence.

a. Who are you?

b. What did you write about King George?

c. What does the Declaration of Independence say?

4. Explain why many wealthy Americans were Loyalists.

5. Determine why many African Americans were Patriots.

6. Summarize why some American Indians assisted the British.

7. Explain what inflation did to the prices of food, clothing, and supplies during the war.

8. What did the law that Congress pass stop store owners and farmers from doing?

Study Guide for Chapter 8 Test 2

(Lessons 3 and 4)

Vocabulary Terms:

Retreat, mercenary, victory, strategy, traitor, surrender

All answers must be written with a complete sentence. Incomplete answers will not receive credit.

1. Describe what happened when Washington and his soldiers attacked the German mercenaries in Trenton.

2. What was the effect of the American victory at Saratoga?

3. Who were our allies during the Revolutionary War?

4. Draw a timeline of the major events of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781.

5. Explain why the British army invaded the South.

6. Who was the famous Patriot traitor who secretly changed sides?

7. Explain why the British ships in New York didn’t help Cornwallis in Yorktown.

8. Draw a map of the Battle of Yorktown labeling the events, places and dates.

Study Guide for Chapter 7 Test 1

(Lessons 1 and 2)

Vocabulary terms:

ally, congress, rebellion, proclamation, tax, smuggler, liberty, protest, boycott, repeal

1. Describe for what Britain and France fought for control.

2. Who were the allies with the American Indians?

3. What land did Britain control after the war?

4. What did Britain and France sign at the end of the French and Indian War?

5. Determine what document the British made to avoid fighting with the Indians.

6. Explain why the colonists didn’t want to pay taxes.

7. You are a Daughter of Liberty. What did you do?

8. What did the colonists decide at the Stamp Act Congress?

9. Determine why some merchants smuggled goods unto the colonies.

10. Summarize why the British kept a tax on the tea.

Study Guide for Chapter 7 Test 2

(Lessons 3 and 4)

Vocabulary Terms:

Massacre, correspondence, quarter, delegate, patriot, militia, minutemen, commander, petition

1. Determine why the Boston Massacre began.

2. Explain why the Committees of Correspondence was formed.

3. Summarize why the Sons of Liberty held the Boston Tea Party.

4. Tell what event led to the death of five colonists.

5. Draw a timeline plotting the events leading to Independence.

6. Where was the first fight between colonists and British soldiers?

7. You are king George III. What was sent to you in July 1775 asking for a peaceful resolution between the colonists and the British? What did you do as a result?

8. Determine why the militia lost the Battle of Bunker Hill.

9. List the important events that happened in 1775.

10. Who sent soldiers to capture the colonists’ military supplies?

11. What proved that the colonists could fight well?

12. You are the man that warned the minutemen that the British were coming. Who are you?

13. You are the new British Governor of Massachusetts. Who are you?

Study Guide for Chapter 6 Test 1

(Lessons 1 and 2)

1. Tell what King Charles did after England captured the colony of New Netherland.

2. Summarize what the proprietors of New York and New Jersey allowed colonists to do.

3. You are William Penn. What did you want for your colony?

4. Draw a map of the Middle Colonies. Label each colony and Philadelphia.

5. How many colonies were in the Middle Colonies?

6. In the Middle Colonies, in the 1600’s what mix of nationalities could be found?

7. You live on the Middle Colonies. What did your family and most of your neighbors do for a living?

8. What was true about the colony proprietors?

9. In the Middle Colonies, from where were goods shipped?

10. What are the two things the Middle Colonies sent to Great Britain?

Vocabulary Terms:

artisan, representative, free-market economy, apprentice, treaty, free-enterprise, proprietor, laborer

Study Guide for Chapter 6 Test 2

Lessons 3 and 4

Vocabulary terms:

indigo, refuge, debtor, spiritual, legislature, overseer, plantation

1. Which Southern Colony was the first permanent English colony?

2. What did Virginia become the first colony to do?

3. What were the representatives in Virginia called?

4. After Virginia, how many more Southern Colonies did England form?

5. What did Calvert want Maryland to be?

6. What was the economy of the Southern Colonies based on?

7. What did most of the colonists in the Southern Colonies do for a living?

8. Which colonies grew rice and indigo as their main crops?

9. What was one difference between plantations and backcountry farms?

10. Describe the life of a slave in the Southern Colonies.

Study Guide for Chapter 5 Test

Define each of the following Vocabulary Terms:

Industry, slave trade, tidewater, town meeting, dissenter, fall line, self- government, banish, backcountry

1. How did the glaciers affect the land in the colonies?

2. What helped the colonists in the Middle Colonies send crops to nearby towns?

3. You live in the British colonies. You live in an area that has the best climate and land for farming. Where do you live?

4. Draw a map of the colonies, labeling each one. Color code each of the colonies the following way: blue for New England colonies, yellow for Middle Colonies, and red for the Southern Colonies.

5. When was the Massachusetts Bay colony established?

6. Pretend that you are a Puritan. Tell what beliefs you hold to be true.

7. Explain why Roger Williams was banished.

8. State who won Kind Phillip’s War and summarize what happened after the war.

9. If you lived in the New England colonies, what would one of your key resources be?

10. What does the phrase “Middle Passage” describe?

11. What were the effects of the Great Awakening in the 1730’s?

Pretend you are a girl living in the colonies. Describe the type of chores you would do. Now tell what types of chores your brother would do.

Study Guide for Chapter 4 Test 1 (Lessons 1 and 2)

Vocabulary Terms:

claim, armada, invasion, charter, invest, stock, cash crop, indentured servant

1. Explain why explorers were looking for a Northwest Passage through America to Asia. Include who made claims in North America while they were searching.

2. What was the name of the first permanent French settlement in North America?

3. Pretend that you are Henry Hudson. Write a letter to a friend back home telling the places that you are exploring and for who you are exploring.

4. Describe Sir Francis Drake and his accomplishments.

5. Summarize what happened after the defeat of the Spanish Armada.

6. Tell the issues that led to conflict between Spain and England.

7. Describe what happened with the first English settlement in North America (the Lost Colony).

8. Explain from Powhatans’ point of view what happened with the English settlers.

9. Conclude why Jamestown was the first successful English settlement.

10. Who arrived in Jamestown in 1619?

11. Give details about why England wanted a settlement in North America.

Study Guide for Chapter 4 Test 2 (Lessons 3 and 4)

Vocabulary Terms:

pilgrim, compact, cape, diversity, tolerance, missionary

1. Retell who the Separatists were and how they got their name.

2. Explain why the Pilgrims and Puritans settled in New England.

3. What was the name of each of those settlements. (Pilgrim and Puritan)

4. You are a colonist living in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Describe what life is like living there.

5. Create T-chart comparing and contrasting the Puritans and the Pilgrims.

6. Determine the importance of Henry Hudson to New Netherlands.

7. Pretend that you are a Manhates Indian. Tell about the deal that you made with Governor

Minuit, the settlement built there, and what the settlement was named.

8. Describe the settlers of New Netherland.

9. Determine why the Puritans settled in North America.

10. You are visiting New France. Summarize who lives there, and with whom they trade.

11. Who is Robert LaSelle and what did he do of importance?

12. Who is Squanto and what did he do of importance?

13. Who is Stuyvesant and what did he do of importance?

Study Guide for Chapter 3: Test 1

(Lessons 1, 2, 3)

What two continents were connected by the Silk Road?
Draw a map of the Silk Road.
You are Marco Polo. You saw many different inventions in China. Describe these inventions.
Draw an illustration of the major trading kingdoms in Africa.

What is the major trading city?
What areas did merchants have to cross to get from Tripoli to Gao?

Explain why Prince Henry created a school of navigation.
Determine the motivation of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella paying for Columbus’ voyage.
You are Columbus. What do you return to Europe with from the Columbian Exchange?
You are Columbus. Tell of your dealings with the Taino’s.
Name the people brought together through trade.
Determine what sailing around the Cape of Good Hope proved.
It is the Renaissance in Europe. What new tools are you able to use?
Determine what Magellan’s journey proved.
Explain who and how the Pacific Ocean was named.
Retell whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Explain why it was the crew and not the captain.
Draw and label the tip of Africa. Who named the tip of Africa?
What did Ghana and Arabia trade?
What did the people of China gain through trade?
Create an illustration of Vasco da Gama’s journey. Be sure to label the oceans, continents and his direction.

Vocabulary Terms:

Merchant, kingdom, caravan, technology, navigation, astrolab, profit, slavery, settlement, epidemic, circumnavigate

Study Guide for Chapter 3: Test 2

(Lessons 4 and 5)

Vocabulary Terms:

Expedition, empire, convert, conquistador, hacienda, colony

1. Explain why Amerigo Vespucci is important.

2. Where was the Aztec empire located? Name the ruler of the Aztec empire.

3. Contrast Tenochtitlan with European cities in a T-chart.

4. Draw an illustration of the Spanish exploration in the Americas. Be sure to label the places, seas, oceans, and draw de Soto, Coranado and Ponce de Leon’s path of exploration.

5. If you were an explorer going to the Americas, for what would you be searching?

6. Describe what the Spanish settlers did in New Spain.

7. Explain what happened when the American Indians moved to Spanish missions.

8. What is the oldest European city in the Americas?

9. Describe the relationship between the Spanish settlers and American Indians.

Create a timeline from 1490 to 1550 charting all the explorations, events, and settlements in the Americas.

Study Guide Chapter 2: Test 1

Lessons 1 and 2

Vocabulary terms:

Glacier, pueblo, migration, surplus, agriculture, potlatch, civilization, clan

You must answer all questions with a complete sentence in order to get points for completing the question.

1. Explain how scientists think people first came to America.

2. Tell which two continents were linked by the Beringia land bridge.

3. You have migrated to North America. Explain why you move south.

4. State what name was given to the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian people.

5. What did people in the Americas begin about 9,000 years ago?

6. If you were a member of the Northwest Indians on what two resources did you most depend?

7. If you were a Tlingit, what did you use to make clothes?

8. Determine the use for totem poles.

9. List the important early civilizations of the Americas.

10. Contrast the modern Tlingit with the past Tlingit.

Study Guide Chapter 2: Test 2

Lessons 3, 4, and 5

Vocabulary terms:

Lodge, confederation, barter, ceremony, longhouse, staple, nomad, irrigation

You must answer all questions with a complete sentence in order to get points for completing the question.

1. Describe the Southwest United States.

2. Tell about the staple crop of the early Hopi.

3. Describe the land of the Eastern Plains.

4. You are a Plains Indian. Explain why buffaloes are so important to you and your tribe.

5. Who used wampum and for what was it used?

6. Compare and contrast the Hopi of today and the Hopi of the past.

7. Explain the purpose of the Bean Dance.

8. You are a Travois Indian. Where do you live?

9. Contrast Eastern and Western Plains Indians.

10. What is the Haudenosaunez League?

Study Guide Chapter 1

Vocabulary terms:

Geography, landform, plateau, climate, equator, capital resources, scarcity, opportunity cost, conservation, region, economy, specialization, consumer, trade, environment, erosion, pollution, ecosystem

You must answer all questions with a complete sentence in order to get points for completing the question.

1. Explain what geography is and why it is important.

2. Describe the landforms found in the United States.

3. Determine what affects climate.

4. Create a list of natural resources.

5. Give 5 examples of renewable resources.

6. What is needed to turn natural resources into things we use? How do they affect people?

7. Tell what people use to produce goods and services.

8. Conclude how regions are grouped together.

9. Draw an illustration of the United States labeling the different regions.

10. Give an explanation of what affects where and how people live.

11. What factors change the land?

12. List examples of nonrenewable natural resources.

13. What are capital resources? Give three examples.

14. Explain what flow resources are.