Name:________________________ Date:________________________Class Period:_____

7th Grade World History

1st Semester Midterm Exam

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the best answer choice by
bubbling in the letter of the correct answer beside the corresponding number on
your Scantron sheet.

Indicator 7-1.1:

1. This map shows regions colonized by European powers. Which number

correctly​ identifies the region colonized by England?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
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2. What country colonized the shaded area on the map (the darker area)?

a. England
b. France
c. Portugal
d. Spain
3. What country colonized the shaded area on the map (the darker area)?

a. England
b. France
c. Portugal
d. Spain

Indicator 7-1.2:
4.) Why were European nations able to conquer and colonize much of North
America and South America?
a.) They had much more advanced technologies than Native Americans
b.) They had smaller populations than Native Americans
c.) They had better understandings of the lands than Native Americans
d.) They were better hunters than Native Americans
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5.) Which 3 pieces of technology did Europeans use to help them conquer and
colonize people all around the world?:
a.) Gunpowder, caravels, & rifles
b.) Missiles, tasers, & slingshots
c.) Nunchucks, catapults, & arrows
d.) Lasers, grenades, & swords

6.) How did Europeans use gunpowder to influence their colonization of North
America and South America?
a.) They used it to create fireworks that inspired less advanced cultures to
join their empires.
b.) They used it to make less advanced cultures believe in the existence of
God.
c.) They used it to make alliances with other European nations.
d.) They used it to create superior weapons that allowed them to dominate
other cultures.

Indicator 7-1.3
7.) What economic system involved trade between a mother country and its
colonies?
a.) Feudalism
b.) Capitalism
c.) Mercantilism
d.) Socialism

8.) Why did mercantilism develop in Europe in the 17​th​ century?

a.) European nations were creating new military techniques
b.) European nations were trying to decrease their influence
c.) European nations were attempting to build wealth and control trade
d.) European nations were trying to increase scientific studies

Indicator 7-1.4:
9.) What is one of the core elements of capitalism.
a.) federal control of businesses
b.) private ownership of businesses
c.) government control of wealth
d.) public redistribution of wealth
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Indicator 7-1.5:
10.) What were the Europeans called who travelled to different countries to
convert people to Christianity?
a.) Emperors
b.) Missionaries
c.) Doctors
d.) Soldiers

11.) Why did China and Japan resort to isolationism in the 1600’s and
1700’s?
a. to increase trade with Europe
b. to form alliances with Spain
c. to protect their cultures from the spread of Christianity
d. to prevent competition for cheap goods

12.) Why did European Empires like Portugal travel to west Africa?
a.) To acquire slave labor for plantations in the Americas
b.) To acquire slave labor for plantations in Europe
c.) To acquire slave labor for plantations in the China
d.) To acquire slave labor for plantations in the Africa

13.) How did the slave trade weaken African nations?

a.) Africans engaged in frequent warfare with other tribes
b.) The economy of Africans became economically dependent on the slave
trade
c.) Africa lost a large portion of their young and healthy population
d.) All of the above

14.) Which of the following was set up in the Americas to provide cash crops
to European nations?
a.) Settler colonies
b.) Trading post colonies
c.) Religious colonies
d.) Plantation colonies
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Indicator 7-2.1:
15.) What is one characteristic of unlimited government?
a.) A single ruler makes all the decisions.
b.) Individual rights are protected by law.
c.) The government allows people to act without laws.
d.) People are allowed to participate in government decisions.

16.) According to the theory of divine right, how did absolute monarchs
receive power?
a.) They were elected by the citizens.
b.) It was based on wealth and territory.
c.) They were chosen by Church leaders.
d.) They claimed it came directly from God.

17.) What type of government has “separation of powers”?

a.) Limited
b.) Tyranny
c.) Unlimited
d.) Absolutism

Indicator 7-2.2
18.) Who are some of the major European scientist during the Scientific
Revolution?
a.) Einstein, Tyson, & Banneker.
b.) Copernicus, Galileo, & Newton.
c.) Carver, Fuller, & Kirkpatrick.
d.) Jenkins, Powell, & McFadden.

19.) How did the Scientific Revolution of the 1600’s challenge the authority
of the Catholic Church?
a.) It renewed interest in the Catholic Church.
b.) It questioned several teachings of the Catholic Church.
c.) It increased funding for the Catholic Church.
d.) It supported the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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20.) How did the Scientific Revolution of the 1600’s change many scientists’
views of the solar system?
a.) They began to believe that the earth was the center of the solar system.
b.) They began to believe that the earth revolved around the sun.
c.) They began to believe that the moon revolved around the sun.
d.) They began to believe that the moon was the center of the solar system.

Indicator 7-2.3
21.) The ideas of natural rights in the ​Declaration of Independence​ were
influenced by which Enlightenment philosopher?
a.) Voltaire
b.) Rousseau
c.) John Locke
d.) Thomas Hobbes

22.) Which Enlightenment philosopher would most likely have said, “The
powers of government should be separated into three branches so each
branch can check the powers of the other two branches”?
a.) John Locke
b.) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
c.) Baron de Montesquieu
d.) Thomas Hobbes

23.) Which statement ​best​ defines the Enlightenment idea of the ​social
contract​?
a.) an agreement between people in society and their government
b.) A document you sign after you get married
c.) an agreement between people to abolish their government
d.) the laws government imposes on society

Indicator 7-2.4
24.) What is the significance of the Magna Carta?
a.) It established elections for monarchs.
b.) It established the idea that the monarch is not above the law.
c.) It abolished the monarchy in England.
d.) It gave greater power to the monarchy.
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25.) How did King Charles I respond to Parliament wanting to meet and
make laws?
a.) He sent the army to have members of parliament killed.
b.) He locked parliament out of their meeting place.
c.) He met with parliament members and agreed to let them meet.
d.) He was not concerned with what parliament did.

26.) Who led the supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War?
a.) King James II
b.) William of Orange
c.) King Charles I
d.) Oliver Cromwell

27.) What were William & Mary of Orange forced to sign before taking the
English throne?
a.) English Bill of Rights
b.) Declaration of Independence
c.) U.S. Constitution
d.) Magna Carta

Indicator 7-2.5:
28.) What inspired the American and French Revolutions?
a.) European Enlightenment Ideas
b.) Harlem Renaissance Ideas
c.) Industrial revolution
d.) Haitian Revolution

29.) What did John Locke believe about government?

a.) Government that fails to protect rights of the people should be maintained.
b.) Government that fails to protect rights of the people should be overthrown.
c.) The government is not required to protect the rights of its citizens
d.) All governments should control means of production and distribution of
wealth
30.) What U.S. documents were inspired by European Enlightenment
philosophers?
a.) Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution
b.) Magna Carta & English Bill of Rights
c.) Emancipation Proclamation & Treaty of Versailles
d.) Treaty of Tordesillas & Universal Declaration of Human Rights