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Directions (1-50): For each statement or question, write on the separate answer sheet the number of the word or expression
that, of those given, best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. With which field of study are the terms artifact, carbon Base your answers to question 8 on the passage below and
dating, and dig site associated? on your knowledge of social studies.
(1) archaeology (2) civics
(3) economics (4) sociology The Confederation was led by the Grand Council. It
consisted of 50 sachems, or chiefs, from each
2. Which document is considered a primary source? nations tribal council. Each of the five nations ran
(1) a textbook account of the American Revolution its own affairs independently. However, the Grand
(2) a personal diary kept by a person who works in a Council made decisions that affected the
sweatshop Confederation as a whole. The Grand Council was
(3) an encyclopedia about the Reconstruction Period responsible for maintaining peace among the
(4) a biography of the life of John D. Rockefeller members. It also handled political and military
matters such as forging treaties with other Indian
3. Mountains, hills, plains, and plateaus are examples of nations and declaring war.
(1) landforms (3) mineral resources
(2) vegetation (4) political barriers 8. Which political structure is referred to in the passage
above?
4. The most widely accepted theory of the earliest human (1) American Indian Movement
migration to the Americans is that people (2) Bureau of Indian Affairs
(1) crossed the polar ice caps from Norway to northern (3) Indian Reservation System
Canada. (4) Iroquois League of Nations
(2) walked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska. _____
(3) used seagoing vessels to sail from Africa to Central
America.
(4) traveled in rafts and small boats from Pacific islands to 9. The buffalo was the primary source of food, shelter,
South America. clothing, and tools for Native American Indians of the
(1) Southeast (3) Eastern woodlands
(2) Pacific Coast (4) Great Plains
5. From west to east, the major geographic features of the
United States are
(1) Rocky MountainsGreat PlainsMississippi
Base your answer to question 10 on the illustration below
RiverAppalachian Mountains
and on your knowledge of social studies.
(2) Great PlainsMississippi RiverRocky
MountainsAppalachian Mountains
(3) Rocky MountainsGreat PlainsAppalachian
MountainsMississippi River
(4) Mississippi RiverAppalachian MountainsGreat
PlainsRocky Mountains
23. Which two groups in American history are being 27. Statement of grievances committed by Britain
described in columns A and B? Statement of the natural rights of life, liberty,
(1) Puritans and Pilgrims and the pursuit of happiness
(2) British and French Establishment of the United States of America
(3) Loyalists and Patriots
(4) Federalists and Antifederalists Which document is associated with these actions?
__________ (1) Albany Plan of Union
(2) Declaration of Independence
24. Which statement expresses an opinion about the causes (3) Articles of Confederation
of the Revolutionary War? (4) Constitution of the United States
(1) Colonists participated in triangular trade.
(2) The Boston Massacre took place on March 5, 1770. 28. The Constitution of the United States was considered an
(3) Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty. improvement over the Articles of Confederation because the
(4) The Quartering Act was a serious violation Constitution changed the
of the colonists liberties. (1) status of slavery
(2) civil rights of minorities
(3) number of Americans eligible to vote
(4) balance of power between national and state
governments
29. Delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 36. One major reason historians consider George Washington a
agreed to the Great Compromise and the Three-Fifths great president is that he
Compromise as a way to (1) created many important practices still used by the
(1) limit the power of the president. government
(2) provide legal rights for women. (2) made the United States a world power
(3) settle differences over representation in Congress. (3) ended conflicts among the Native American Indians
(4) establish term limits for senators. (4) extended voting rights to most free males throughout the
United States
30. One reason Antifederalists insisted that the Bill of Rights
be added to the United States Constitution was to 37. Which of the following represents the foreign policy
(1) remove portions of the original Constitution followed by many early United States presidents starting
(2) protect individual freedoms from governmental with George Washington?
power (1) neutrality (2) embargoes
(3) make changes in the election process (3) competition (4) republicanism
(4) increase the power of the legislative branch
38. The Louisiana Purchase was important to the growth of
31. The Preamble of the United States Constitution says that the United States because it
the power to govern originates with the (1) doubled the size of the country
(1) states. (2) president. (2) gave the nation control of the Great Lakes
(3) Supreme Court. (4) people. (3) completed Americas westward expansion
(4) brought California into the Union
Base your answers to questions 32 and 33 on the statements
below and on your knowledge of Social Studies. 39. The case Marbury vs. Madison was a landmark Supreme
Court decision because it
Speaker A: "The president does not like the law Congress is (1) established the power of the Supreme Court to declare
voting on. He does not think it is the right thing to do." a law unconstitutional.
(2) increased the power of the Federalists in the legislative
Speaker B: "If the president really wants to stop the law, he branch.
has the power to do so." (3) resulted in an increase in the number of Supreme Court
justices.
Speaker C: "Even if the president does stop the law, (4) created the power of the president as commander in
Congress can still have its way if two-thirds of the members chief of the Army.
are willing to vote for it."
40. The purpose of political parties is
32. What power of the president is Speaker B referring to? (1) to give people a voice in the government.
(1) veto (2) override (2) to prevent war with other countries.
(3) judicial review (4) impeachment (3) to keep peace with Native Americans.
(4) to pay off the national governments debt.
33. What congressional power is Speaker C referring to?
(1) veto (2) override 41. During the 1840s, Americans used the idea of Manifest
(3) judicial review (4) impeachment Destiny to justify the
__________ (1) expansion of womens rights
(2) acquiring of new territories
34. The United States Constitution was created to include (3) beginning of free public education
separation of powers and checks and balances in order to (4) repeal of the Missouri Compromise
(1) give most of the powers to the executive branch.
(2) continue the government of the Articles of 42. The Monroe Doctrine, issued by President James
Confederation. Monroe, warned European nations to stay out of the affairs
(3) make sure the branches of government would not of nations in
disagree. (1) North Africa. (2) Latin America.
(4) prevent any one branch of government from gaining (3) Canada. (4) Asia.
too much power.