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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT 1
EXAM QUESTIONS
Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation
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-Guarantee passing score -30 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Which geographic region of the 13 colonies was called the "Bread Basket Colonies" because of the large amount of wheat production?
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Middle Question 2: What did New York, Boston, and Charleston have in common that provided access to foreign markets?
Answer:
Natural harbors
Question 3: In which present-day state is Jamestown located?
Answer:
Virginia
Question 4: What was the first successful English colony in North America?
Answer:
Jamestown, Virginia
Question 5: What was the name of the religious revival movement that swept through the
colonies in the 1700's? Hint: it was also a political movement
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First Great Awakening Question 6: Vocab: mostly held in the New England colonies; opportunity for colonists to discuss important issues; early form of democracy
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Town meetings
Question 7: Which ocean bordered the 13 Original Colonies to the east?
Answer:
Atlantic Ocean
Question 8: Which geographic region of the 13 colonies relied on slave labor?
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Southern
Question 9: Who founded Rhode Island for religious freedom?
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Roger Williams Question 10: Who was the founder of Connecticut and gave a sermon that inspired the
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? Hint: voting rights for all
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Thomas Hooker Question 11: What was the natural barrier to westward expansion during the colonial time period?
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Appalachian Mountains Question 12: Which geographic region of the 13 colonies had a warm, mild climate with a lot of precipitation and a long growing season that was good for large-scale farming?
Answer:
Southern
Question 13: Which geographic region had thin, rocky soil and a short growing season that was
not good for large-scale farming? Hint: they used subsistence farming
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New England Question 14: What did the philosophies of John Locke, Charles de Montesquieu, and William Blackstone influence in early settlements?
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Ideas of self-government and democracy Question 15: Why did the settlers come to the 13 Colonies? Hint: gold, god, glory, Georgia
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To escape religious persecutions, for a chance to own land, to help settle land for the king, to escape personal debt Question 16: Vocab: economic theory that allowed the kink to use raw goods from the colonies to get wealthy?
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Mercantalism
Question 17: What year was Jamestown founded?
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1607 Question 18: Which mountain range bordered the 13 Original Colonies to the west?
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Appalachian Mountains
Question 19: What document helped establish self-government in the colonies?
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Mayflower Compact Question 20: Vocab: an assembly of representatives that met in Jamestown to discuss issues; early form of representative government
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Virginia House of Burgesses
Question 21: Who founded Pennsylvania as a haven for English Quakers? Hint: think of the colony name
Answer:
William Penn
Question 22: What document was the first written constitution?
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut Question 23: What was the main reason for the Kink of England to establish colonies?
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To get wealthy
Question 24: What are the three geographic regions of the 13 Colonies?
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New England, Middle, Southern Question 25: Which geographic region of the 13 Original Colonies had natural harbors and fast-flowing rivers, which were later used for water-power to run the factories?
Answer:
New England
Question 26: What lay to the South of the 13 Original Colonies?
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Spanish Florida Question 27: How did the First Great Awakening contribute to representative government?
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People saw each other as equals; greater participation in government Question 28: During the 1600's and early 1700's, the colonists formed their own governments and made their own laws. Why?
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Because they were so far away from England
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