History 8- Final Exam Review
Use the following info to prepare
one page (8.5 x 11) of hand written notes for use on the exam.
Chapter 1& 2-
1. Why
was agriculture necessary for the development of civilizations?
2.
What was the significance of the Iroquois Great Law of Peace?
3. Describe
the Pueblos, the Hohokam, and the Anasazi.
4. What two West African empires became wealthy from trading salt and gold?
5. What
did Muslim traders crossing the Sahara bring from North Africa to West Africa?
6. How did Islam spread within West Africa?
7. In what way would a European king benefit from feudalism?
8. What
helped spread Renaissance ideas in Europe?
9. Why were the Crusades a key factor in changing European life?
10. Why were European countries looking for all-water routes to Asia?
11. Why
was the development of the caravel important to Europe's Age of Discovery?
12. What
was Henry the Navigators role in the Age of Discovery?
13. What was the result of Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama finding an all-water route to Asia?
14. Why was the defeat of the Spanish Armada important?
15. How
did Columbus's failed attempt to find Asia actually benefit Spain?
16. Why
was Columbus disappointed by the outcome of his four voyages to the Americas?
17. Describe
the life of enslaved Africans in the Americas.
18. Why
did the slave trade increase in the 1500s?
19. Why
did Álvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca explore North America?
20. Briefly discuss the Henry Hudson, John Cabot, Samuel de Champlain, and Jacques Cartier.
21. What
event led England to begin directing its resources toward colonization of the
Americas?
Chapters 3 & 4-
22. What was a significant factor in the failure of the colony at Roanoke?
23. Why were joint-stock companies a good way of financing new colonies in North America?
24. What
action did Lord De La Warr take at Jamestown in order to end the "starving
time"?
25. What
was the outcome of Bacon¹s Rebellion?
26. How
did the development of a high-grade tobacco plant influence Jamestown¹s
survival?
27. What
was the purpose behind the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut?
28. What
impact did the arrival of the English in New England in the 1600s have on the
Native Americans?
29. What
colony guaranteed religious freedom?
30. What was an unusual attribute of life in Pennsylvania?
31. For
what purpose did the English government want to use the Georgia colony?
32. Why
did New England's farmers practice subsistence farming?
33. Describe
the Plantation economy.
34. How
did enslaved people resist their slavery?
35. What
was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
36. What
factors led to the decline of the Puritan religion in New England?
37. What factors allowed large coastal cities to develop in the Middle Colonies?
38. What
were the major industries that made the New England Colonies prosperous?
39. What
key factor caused the decline of the Puritan religion?
Chapters 5 & 6-
40. How did women and young people contribute to the colonial economy?
41. What document was the first to limit the power of England's king?
42. How
did the fur trade contribute to the French and Indian War?
43. How did King George III enforce the Proclamation of 1763?
44. What was the significance of the Stamp Act Congress?
45. What role did the Sons of Liberty play in the fight for liberty in the colonies?
46. Which
Revolutionary event became a symbol of British tyranny?
47. What
prompted the Boston Tea Party?
48. Describe
the midnight ride of Paul Revere and the events at Lexington & Concord.
49. Thomas Paine published a pamphlet called Common Sense in order to do what?
50. Who
was on the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Chapter 7 & 8-
51. Why
didn't most Americans support the Revolution when it began?
52. Describe the Battle of Trenton.
53. When/where
was the turning point of the American Revolution?
54. List
several difficulties faced by General Washington and the Continental Army.
55. What
resulted from the battles near Saratoga, New York?
56. Describe
John Paul Jones¹ famous naval battle.
57. Describe
the losses of Savannah and Charles Town.
58. Give
three reasons for Cornwallis¹ defeat at Yorktown.
59. As a
result of the war, what idea developed about how people should be governed?
60. How
did Shay¹s Rebellion spark leaders to organize the Philadelphia Convention?
61. What
were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
62. Why is James Madison known as the "Father of the Constitution"?
63. Why did Anti-federalists dislike the proposed Constitution?
64. Why
did Americans fear a strong national government?
65. What
is the important difference between the Article of Confederation and the
Constitution is that the Constitution?
66. At the
Constitutional Convention, what is the major reason the Framers from the
northern states agreed to allow the slave trade to continue?
67. What
group must approve the President¹s nominations to the Supreme Court?
68. What
is the highest court to which an individual citizen can appeal?
69. What
was the Anti-Federalist¹s primary objection to the Constitution?
70. In
order to get enough support for the ratification of the Constitution, what did
the Federalists agreed to add to the Constitution?
71. Why
did political parties develop?
72. What
is the term for a US President? For a US Senator? For a justice of the US
Supreme Court?
73. What
is the term for a US Representative in the House of Representatives?
74. How
many electoral votes does Alaska have in the Electoral College?
75. If the
President vetoes a bill, what percent is needed in Congress to override that
veto and pass the bill into a law?
76. Who is
the only government official who is a member of more than one branch of the
government?
77. What
year was the Constitutional Convention held and where was it held?
Define/explain
the following terms:
78. African Diaspora 96.
Hernando Cortés 114.
Salutary neglect
79. Albany Plan of
Union 97.
Indentured servant 115.
Separation of Powers
80. The Backcountry 98.
John Locke 116.
Stono Rebellion
81. Battle of Quebec
of 1759 99.
John Peter Zenger 117.
Taino people
82. Benedict Arnold 100.
John Smith 118.
3/5th Compromise
83. Benjamin Franklin 101.
Jonathan Edwards 119.
The Triangular Trade
84. Checks and
balances 102.
Loyalists 120.
Treaty of Greenville
85. Columbian Exchange 103.
Mercantilism 121.
Treaty of Tordesillas
86. Committees of
Correspondence 104.
Middle passage
87. Crusades 105.
Montezuma
88. Culture 106.
Mound Builders
89. Domestication 107.
Necessary and Proper Clause
90. Enlightenment 108.
New Jersey Plan
91. Federalism 109.
Patriots
92. French and Indian
War 110.
Pontiac's Uprising
93. Great Awakening 111.
Popular sovereignty
94. Great Compromise 112.
Proclamation of 1763
95. Great Migration 113.
Reformation
The
following information must be memorized. NOTES CANNOT BE USED ON THE TIMELINE
PORTION OF THE FINAL EXAM.
Know the following events and their dates. Be able
to place them on a timeline:
1) The
Europeans begin Crusades to capture the Holy land from Muslims
2) The
Magna Carta is signed
3) Gutenberg
invents the printing press
4) Columbus
reaches the West Indies
5) The
Reformation begins as Martin Luther nails the 95 theses to the church door in
Wittenburg
6) English
navy defeats the Spanish Armada
7) Jamestown
is established
8) Pilgrims
land at Plymouth & signing of the Mayflower Compact
9) King
Philip¹s War begins
10) Salem
Witch Trials
11) Lexington
& Concord battles
12) Declaration
of Independence
13) Treaty
of Paris ending the Revolutionary War
14) The
Constitutional Convention
15) Washington's
presidency begins
16) Lewis
and Clark's expedition begins
17) Missouri
Compromise
18) Nat
Turner Slave Rebellion