1. 7TH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES REVIEW

2. A Viking and the son of Erik The Red
Who was Leif Eriksson?
A Viking and the son of Erik The Red

3. Who was the man who settled in Jamestown, married Pocahontas, and made profits selling tobacco?
John Rolfe

4. What is an indentured servant?
People that signed a contract to work for a few years for those who paid for their trip to America

5. People who leave their country of birth to live in another country
What are Immigrants?
People who leave their country of birth to live in another country

6. What was William Penn’s colony known as?
Pennsylvania

7. Crops that are always needed
What are staple crops?
Crops that are always needed

8. The practice of controlling trade to create and maintain wealth
What was Mercantalism?
The practice of controlling trade to create and maintain wealth

9. Americans who supported the American Revolution were called what?
Patriots

10. Colonists who supported the British were called…
Loyalists

11. What was the Mayflower Compact?
The document signed by the pilgrims that describes the principles of their government

12. The first battle of the American Revolution took place on April 19th 1775 in what town?
Lexington

13. Who was the author of "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine

14. Give 3 facts about Christopher Columbus
His ships were the Nina. Pinta and Santa Marina
He meant to sail to Asia
The tribe he met in America was called the Tainos

15. What was the African Diaspora?
The scattering of slaves throughout the new world

16. What was The Middle Passage?
The voyage across the Atlantic carrying enslaved Africans

17. Who was the author of The Declaration Of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson

18. What was Shay's Rebellion?
The uprising of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt

19. What were the Salem Witch Trials and how did they start?

20. What was the Boston Tea Party?
Patriots dressed as native Americans dumped chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest British taxes

21. Provide 2 facts about the Incas
Biggest empire in Americas
Located in South America
Machu Picchu is largest and best preserved city of that time
Explorers from Spain set out to conquer them for gold

22. Provide 2 facts about the Aztecs
Settled in area of Mexico
Practiced human sacrifices
Built great monuments

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