History Semester 1 Test

Most scientists believe that the first inhabitants of the Americas

• came from Europe in the 1500s.

• arrived in fishing boats within the past 10,000 years.

• migrated from Asia tens of thousands of years ago.

• have always lived in the Americas.

Which of the following most helped Native American civilizations to grow?

• agriculture

• European trade

• hunting and gathering

• shared religious beliefs

During the Renaissance, European kingdoms

• invented the slave trade.

• made few scientific advances.

• experienced a decline in wealth.

• competed for access to Asia and Africa.

In 1498, Vasco da Gama of Portugal

• reached India.

• sailed to the Americas.

• conquered the Aztecs.

• converted Native Americans to Christianity.

Thousands of Native Americans died as a result of

• travel on the Middle Passage.

• their reliance on maize.

• the spread of European diseases.

• the introduction of horses.

The __________, signed in 1215, limited the power of the English monarch.

• Magna Carta

• Treaty of Versailles

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution of the United States

During the __________, European philosophers came to believe that all problems could be solved by human reason.

• Enlightenment

• Renaissance

• Middle Ages

• Industrial Revolution

The __________ provided a plan for self-government in Plymouth.

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

The movement called the __________ toured the colonies promoting revivals during a religious movement.

• Great Awakening

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• Manifest Destiny

__________ drafted the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams