U.S. History Midterm review 2023-2024

If you don't review for your midterm exams, there is a possibility that you won't perform well in them, this is an example of which skill?

• A. understanding cause and effect

• B wishful thinking

• C distinguishing fact from opinion

• D understanding comparisons

"Florida is the best state in the US" , I'm expressing an opinion. Opinions are ________________

• A. always false

• B. always true.

• C. neither true nor false.

• D. the same things as facts.

Our history workbook is an example of

• A. a personal record.

• B. a primary source.

• C. a secondary source.

• D. an oral history.

How was Spanish settlement different from French settlement in North America? Think of the 3GS and 4 FS

• A. French trappers and missionaries were not seen as a threat to the Native American way of life, whereas the Spanish were a threat to the land and resources

• B. The Spanish colonists made no attempt to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• C. Spanish explorers did not establish any permanent settlements in North America.

• D. Neither wanted North American resources

Which European nation controlled the land areas marked A on the map?

• A. Spain

• B. the Netherlands

• C. France

• D. England

The spread of diseases contributed to the extinction of most of the Native American population in Hispaniola. This was a result of ___________.

• A. the technological revolution

• B. the mapping of the European world

• C. the Columbian Exchange

• D. the Reformation

What were the two main reasons that colonists came to America from England and the Netherlands?

• A. to convert Native Americans to Christianity and establish centers of trade

• B. to make profits from trade and find religious freedom

• C. to farm and bring democracy to North America

• D. to force Spain and France to give up their colonies.

All of these actions are civic responsibilities of every citizen, except_____

• A. donating to charity

• B. obeying the law

• C. serving on a jury

• D. Paying taxes

When the pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact, they agreed to _______________________________

• A. do things exactly as the Jamestown colonists did

• B.to have community meetings every week.

• C. to obey laws passed for the good of the colony.

• D. to build a colony for France

This map shows the consequences of the Proclamation of 1763, which resulted from the French and Indian War. This British policy ___________

• A. prohibited mining, fur trading, and selling agricultural items in Spanish Louisiana

• B. kept colonists from trespassing on Spanish lands

• C. barred colonists from living west of the Appalachian mountains

• D. allowed farming west of the Appalachian Mountains