History Exam on Units 1-5

Question 1

What fraction of the Senate is elected every two years?

Answer 1

one third

Question 2

What introduced the geography, cultures, and riches of the East to Europeans?

Answer 2

the Crusades

Question 3

Who gave the speech that included, “Give me liberty, or give me death”?

Answer 3

Patrick Henry

Question 4

The English navy’s defeat of what in 1588 increased English power in the world?

Answer 4

The Spanish Armada

Question 5

What was the first attempt by the English to establish a colony in North America?

Answer 5

Roanoke

Question 6

George Santayana said that people who cannot remember the past are what?

Answer 6

Condemned to repeat it

Question 7

What is the length of a Senator’s term?

Answer 7

six years

Question 8

What is the name given to the period of intellectual inquiry, exploration, and artistic expression in Europe following the Middle Ages?

Answer 8

Renaissance

Question 9

What is the length of the President’s term?

Answer 9

four years

Question 10

What religious group is associated with the founding of Pennsylvania?

Answer 10

Quakers (or the Society of Friends)

Question 11

What is the term to describe the ways that the three branches of government limit each other’s powers?

Answer 11

checks and balances

Question 12

What was the most common occupation among English colonists?

Answer 12

farming

Question 13

What is the name given to the confrontation between Boston citizens and British soldiers on March 5, 1770?

Answer 13

The Boston Massacre

Question 14

Who was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 14

George Washington

Question 15

Who was the most prominent and active delegate at the Constitutional Convention?

Answer 15

James Madison

Question 16

What was the first governing document of the United States?

Answer 16

Articles of Confederation

Question 17

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America, and when was it founded?

Answer 17

Jamestown

Question 18

Whose crew sailed around the world?

Answer 18

Magellan

Question 19

Who sailed to Newfoundland for England in 1497?

Answer 19

John Cabet

Question 20

Who led the conquest of the Aztecs in Mexico?

Answer 20

Cortes

Question 21

Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?

Answer 21

Roger Williams

Question 22

Who won the French and Indian War?

Answer 22

Great Britain

Question 23

Who wrote and posted 95 Theses questioning Catholic practices?

Answer 23

Martin Luther

Question 24

What colony was begun as a haven for English Catholics?

Answer 24

Maryland

Question 25

What is the fraction of states that must ratify a proposed Constitutional amendment for it to take effect?

Answer 25

three fourths

Question 26

The philosophical movement that emphasized natural law and de-emphasized the role of God in the world is commonly called what?

Answer 26

Enlightenment

Question 27

What group founded Massachusetts Bay?

Answer 27

Puritans

Question 28

Who led thousands of settlers through the Cumberland Gap?

Answer 28

Daniel Boone

Question 29

What is the term that describes the President’s role with the military?

Answer 29

Commander in Chief

Question 30

In what year did the Constitutional Convention meet?

Answer 30

1787

Question 31

What was the first permanent European settlement in what would become the United States?

Answer 31

St. Augustine

Question 32

What is the length of a term for a member of the House of Representatives?

Answer 32

two years

Question 33

What issue did the Three-Fifths Compromise address?

Answer 33

how slaves were to be counted for taxation and to determine representation in Congress

Question 34

What British general surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, Virginia?

Answer 34

Cornwallis

Question 35

What colonial officer tried to push the French out of Fort Duquesne?

Answer 35

George Washington

Question 36

What European explorer is thought to have landed on the eastern coast of North America before Columbus?

Answer 36

Leif Ericson

Question 37

What group founded Plymouth?

Answer 37

Separtists (or Pilgrims)

Question 38

What English king broke with Rome and established the Church of England?

Answer 38

Henry VIII

Question 39

What is the title given to the collection of essays published to encourage ratification of the Constitution

Answer 39

The Federalist

Question 40

What right is guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment?

Answer 40

The right to keep and bear arms