Name: _________________________________
Interim Assessment Review Quiz #2
Period: ___________
Date: _____________
Base your answer to questions #1-2 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.
1) Which document is most closely associated with this cartoon drawn in 1754?
(1) Mayflower Compact
(2) Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
(3) Albany Plan of Union
(4) Emancipation Proclamation
2) Which statement most accurately expresses the main idea of this illustration from the 1750s?
(1) Colonies that do not unite are not loyal.
(2) Colonies cannot survive unless they are united.
(3) Each colony should maintain its independence.
(4) Any colony that does not unite will be attacked.
3) The main purpose of the Navigation Acts passed by England was to
(1) limit the size of ships in English waters
(2) ensure that England benefited from colonial trade
(3) train sailors for the British navy
(4) limit manufacturing in colonial America
Base your answer to question 4 on the illustration below and on your knowledge of social studies.
4) The main goal of most of the policies shown in the illustration was to
(1) allow American colonists greater self-government
(2) enable Great Britain to raise revenues and control trade
(3) encourage immigration to the colonies
(4) encourage Americans to trade with other European countries
Base your answer to question 5 on the illustration below and on your knowledge of social studies.
Proclamation of
1763
Navigation
Laws
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Source: The New Exploring American History, Globe (adapted)
5) What is the main idea of this illustration?
(1) The colonists were restricted by the laws passed by the British government.
(2) The King of England wanted the colonists to have a greater voice in government.
(3) King George III put many American colonists in stocks.
(4) Repeal of unpopular laws was the only way out of the stocks.
6) The slogan “No taxation without representation” referred to taxes enacted by
(1) colonial legislators
(2) town meetings
(3) the English Parliament
(4) the First Continental Congress
“Many of the [colonial] storekeepers couldn’t give away any of the British goods on the stores’ shelves. It was
as if the colonists had agreed to not buy any English products.”
7) Which economic idea is described in this passage?
(1) boycott
(2) tariff
(3) duty
(4) strike
8) In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because
the boycotts
(1) ended trade within the colonies
(2) forced Britain to remove most troops
(3) kept out products from other European nations
(4) caused economic hardships for British Merchants
Base your answers to question 9 on the chart below and on your knowledge of social studies.
9) Which conclusion is best supported by the chart?
(1) The Stamp Act led to widespread smuggling.
(2) Colonists raised revenue by imposing new taxes.
(3) British policies were opposed by many colonists.
(4) The colonists reacted to British laws in a nonviolent way.
Base your answer to question 10 on the chart below and on your knowledge of social studies.
10) Which two groups in American history are being described in columns A and B?
(1) Puritans and Pilgrims
(2) British and French
(3) Loyalists and Patriots
(4) Federalists and Antifederalists
“. . . We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. . . . ”
11) Which document contains these words?
(1) Mayflower Compact
(2) Treaty of Paris
(3) Emancipation Proclamation
(4) Declaration of Independence
12) Which statement represents one of the main ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
(1) The United States needs a strong central government.
(2) The power of the president must be limited by the legislative and judicial branches.
(3) People have a right to rebel against an unjust government.
(4) Americans cannot afford to pay high British taxes.
13) Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?
(1) Boston Tea Party Declaration of Independence French and Indian War
(2) French and Indian War Boston Tea Party Declaration of Independence
(3) Declaration of Independence French and Indian War Boston Tea Party
(4) French and Indian War Declaration of Independence Boston Tea Party
14) Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
(1) Valley Forge
(3) Saratoga
(2) Lexington
(4) Yorktown
15) In the American Revolution, guerrilla warfare tactics favored
(1) foreign invaders
(2) those most familiar with the land
(3) well-trained military forces
(4) troops with better military equipment