Gace Middle Grades Social Science (015) updated questions 2023

The end to hunting, gathering, and fishing of prehistoric people was due to - Development of agriculture The English explorer who gave England its claim to North American was - Cabot The first European to see Florida and sail along its coast was - Cabot Maps as a rule are - All subject to some sort of distortion Florida was originally settled by - Spain Which one of the following is not a reason why Europeans came to the New World? - To establish trade Of the Thirteen English colonies, it can be said that settlers came for all but the following reasons - The chance to own slaves The year 1619 was a memorable for the colony of Virginia. Three important events occurred resulting in lasting effects on US history. Which one of the following is not one of the events? - The London Company granted the colony a charter making it independent In an indirect democracy - People elect representatives to act for them Which of the following is not associated with the Revolutionary War? - Louisiana Purchase France decided in 1777 to help the American colonies in their war against Britain. This decision was based on - The defeat of the British at Saratoga The Declaration of Independence owes much to the philosophy of - John Locke Which of the following is an important idea expressed in the Declaration of Independence - People have the right to change their government The term that describes the division of government function is - Separation of Powers In the U.S., checks and balances refers to - The ability of each branch of government to "check" or limit the actions of others There is no doubt of the vast improvement of the U.S. Constitution over the weak Articles of Confederation. Which one of the four accurate statements below is a unique yet eloquent description of the constitution - The Constitution is the best representation of the results of the American genius for compromise The political document that was the first to try to organize the newly independent American colonies was the - Articles of Confederation In the United States government, the power of taxation and borrowing is - Delegated or Expressed Ushered in a time or curiosity, learning, and incredible energy sparking the desire for trade to procure these new, exotic products to find better, faster, cheaper trade routes to get to them - Renaissance was the focus during the Renaissance - Literature Science advanced considerably during this period, especially in the area of physics and astronomy - Renaissance a Mexican poet and writer, whose focus in his writings tended to the union of civil liberty and nature and its corresponding love - Octavio Paz was arrested for trying to vote for president. Was convicted and ordered to pay a fine of $1000 - Susan B. Anthony America's first woman mayor - Susanna Salter In 1887, this town, state elected America's first female mayor - Argonia, Kansas This war took more American lives than any other war - Civil War was a slave whose owner had taken him from a slave state, Missouri, then to a free state, Illinois, in the the Minnesota territory. - Dred Scott First Woman Doctor - Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell put restrictions on shipping and trade within the British Empire by requiring that they were allowed only on British ships - Navigation Acts of 1651 makes up the eastern part of the lower half of the state, bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. Rivers in this region drain into the Atlantic mainly through the Savannah River - Atlantic Coastal Plain