Name:______Date:______#:____

Study Guide: Social Studies Cumulative Test

Part 1

Using your textbook, write down what each person or group of people is known for. Use the chapter and page numbers listed to guide you.

  1. Lord Baltimore (Ch. 7 pg 253)-

founder of Maryland colony

  1. Vikings( Ch. 3 pg 113)-

Visited North America about 500 years before Columbus

  1. Benjamin Franklin(Ch 6 pgs 238-239)-

Organized the first fire fighting company in the 13 colonies; founded Philadelphia’s first hospital, militia, and began Pennsylvania’s first public library and college.

  1. Sieur de La Salle (Ch 4 pgs 174-175)

French explorer who was searching for the mouth of the Mississippi River. He claimed the Mississippi River Valley for France.

  1. James Oglethorpe (Ch 7 pg 256)-

Founder of Georgia colony

  1. William Penn- (Ch 6 pgs 229-230)-

Given a charter from King Charles II and became the proprietor of Pennsylvania and Delaware. Created Frame of Government in Pennsylvania.

  1. John Smith (Ch 4 pgs156, 163)-Leader of the Jamestown colony; wrote ‘A Description of New England’ and named the New England region.
  1. Native Americans of the Northwest Coast (Ch 2 pgs 83-85)-

Lived in the Pacific Northwest- Oregon, Washington and Western Canada

  1. Pueblo Tribe(Chapter 2 pgs 58-59)-

Settled in the four corners region.

  1. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado(Ch. 3 page 131)-

Explored southwestern United States looking for cities of gold.

Part 2

Use your textbook and the provided chapters and pages to answer the following questions.

  1. What three countries are located on the continent of North America?

(Ch 1 pgs 18-19)

  1. Mexico
  2. Canada
  3. United States of America
  1. What is an expedition?(Ch 2 pg 112)

A trip taken with the goal of exploring

  1. Name the reason that caused Europeans, such as Marco Polo, to begin exploring the world in the late 1400s. (Ch 3 pg 111)

Seeking sea routes to Asia

  1. Place these three voyages in the ordered that they happened:

(Ch 3 pgs 114-17; 122 and 124)

-Amerigo Vespucci’s voyage along the coast of South America

-Columbus’ voyage to San Salvador

-Magellan and his crew’s voyage around the world

1. Columbus- 1492

2.Amerigo Vespucci-1501

3.Magellan- 1519-1522

  1. Name the main reason why the French started to settle colonies in North America. (Chapter 4 pg 171)

They wanted the wealth that came from the fur trade.

  1. Identify the main reason that the Puritans founded their first colonies in New England. (Ch 5 pg 199)

They wanted to change some religious practices and make the church more “pure”

  1. Identify the nickname that was given to the Middle Colonies because they produced many grains. (Ch 6 pg 225)

The Breadbasket colonies

  1. In which colony did William Penn establish and develop a long-lasting peace with Tamanend? (Ch 6 pg 230)

Pennsylvania

  1. What was the Great Awakening? (Ch 6 pg 236)

A religious movement that renewed many people’s interest in religion; changed the way that people practiced religion.

  1. What was the main reason that a large number of African slaves were brought to the Southern Colonies? ( Ch 7 pg 256)

To work on plantations

  1. What was the Toleration Act that was passed in Maryland?

(Ch 7 pg 254)

An act that gave religious freedom to all Christians in the colony.

Part 3: Short Answer- Use your book to answer the following questions.

  1. Identify some obstacles that Europeans faced as they explored the Americas. (Chapter 3)

Faster ships, needed money to pay for voyages, better maps and tools

  1. What were some of the causes of the conflicts that broke out between the Native Americans and European colonists? (Ch 5 pg 203; ch 4 pgs 158166-167; 172-173)

Colonists taking land from the Native Americans

Confusion over who owned land

  1. What was William Penn’s Frame of Government, and why was it important? (Ch 6 pgs 229, 232)

Plan of government that set up legislature called the General Assembly. This assembly gave 3 rights: freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the right to a trial by jury.

  1. List and describe 3 acts that the King of England imposed on the colonists that caused the start of the Revolutionary War. (Ch 8 pgs 299,303-308)

Sugar Act: tax on sugar and molasses

Stamp Act: tax on paper goods

Declaratory Act: allowed Britain to have full power to make laws in the colonies

Townshend Act: tax on glass, tea, paint, and paper

Part 4: Complete the attached worksheets on Longitude and Latitude and Using an Elevation Map.