8th Gr Midterm 2024-25

Which was the first written constitution in North America-

• Fundamental orders of Connecticut

• VA House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

The Columbian Exchange caused. Mark only one oval.

• The exchange of animals, plants, culture and diseases between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres.

• The exchange of animals, plants, culture, and diseases between America and Asia.

• The exchange of animals, plants, culture and diseases between America and Columbia.

• The exchange of animals, plants, culture, and diseases between America and South America.

Section of the Triangular Trade that is known for trading enslaved Africans. Mark only one oval.

• West Indies

• Middle Passage

• Middle Route

• Slave trade

Someone who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in return for the payment of travel expenses was a(n)

• slave

• indentured servant

• debtor

• tenant farmer

The first permanent English settlement was:

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

• Boston

The Mayflower Compact was the first example of:

• Democratic government

• The Constitution of the United States

• Representative government

• Self-government

The importance of the Magna Carta was that it

• Limited the power of the king.

• Gave rights to all Englishmen.

• Abolished slavery in the south.

• Established the government of the U.S.

Which of the following is the correct year that the Magna Carta was signed on?

• 1215

• 1492

• 1776

• 1787

The economy of the New England Colonies was based on

• whaling

• fishing

• shipbuilding

• all of the above.

Which of the following is not part of the New England colonies? Mark only one oval.

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• Maryland

• Rhode Island