1st+Semester+Review

Semester Review Test
 * Answer the questions using complete sentences **
 * 1) Where is the Tropic of Capricorn?
 * 2) Where is the Prime Meridian?
 * 3) Where is the Tropic of Cancer?
 * 4) Draw a Longitude line?
 * 5) Draw a line of Latitude?
 * 6) Name 2 Southern, Middle, and New England colonies:
 * 7) What were differences between the Southern, Middle, and New England colonies?
 * 8) What was the Great Awakening?
 * 9) Who are 2 important preachers from the Great Awakening?
 * 10) Who wrote Common Sense?
 * 11) What was the main idea of Common Sense?
 * 12) What were Old Lights?
 * 13) What was the Quartering Act?
 * 14) What was the Townshend Act?
 * 15) What was the Boston Tea Party?
 * 16) Which event was most upsetting to colonists? why?
 * 17) Who fought in the French and Indian War?
 * 18) How did the French and Indian War benefit the US in the Revolution?
 * 19) What did the Declaration of Independence state?
 * 20) Who fought in the Revolutionary War? Who won?
 * 21) What was the Articles of Confederation?
 * 22) Name three weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
 * 23) What resulted from Shays’ Rebellion?
 * 24) Describe the Virginia Plan:
 * 25) Describe the New Jersey Plan:
 * 26) Describe the Great Compromise:
 * 27) What are the three branches of Government?
 * 28) Why 3 branches?
 * 29) Do we use the three branches of Government today? How?
 * 30) What are the basic jobs of each of the 3 branches?
 * 31) Which Branch of Government can veto bills?
 * 32) What are the Bill of Rights?
 * 33) Which amendments protects the right to have rights outside the Bill of Rights?
 * 34) What did the First Amendment include?
 * 35) Why was the Tenth Amendment included in the constitution?
 * 36) Why was the Sixth Amendment so important?
 * 37) Name Two features in the Fifth Amendment.
 * 38) Why was George Washington considered a hero before he became President?
 * 39) What role did George Washington play in the Whiskey Rebellion?
 * 40) What was the first capital city in the US?
 * 41) In a paragraph answer: What was the most significant event from US History to this point in our class? Justify.