Here's is the study guide for 6th grade:
Vocabulary:
Protestantism:__________________________________________________________________
plantation:____________________________________________________________________
presidio:______________________________________________________________________
mission:______________________________________________________________________
pueblo:_______________________________________________________________________
conquistador:__________________________________________________________________
circumnavigate:_________________________________________________________________
mosque:______________________________________________________________________
archaeology:___________________________________________________________________
strait:________________________________________________________________________
nomad:_______________________________________________________________________
irrigate:______________________________________________________________________
charter:______________________________________________________________________
joint-stock
company:_____________________________________________________________
headright:_____________________________________________________________________
burgess:______________________________________________________________________
persecute:_____________________________________________________________________
patroon:______________________________________________________________________
pacifist:______________________________________________________________________
indentured
servant:______________________________________________________________
triangular
trade:________________________________________________________________
cash
crop:_____________________________________________________________________
representative
government:_________________________________________________________
mercantilism:__________________________________________________________________
epidemic:_____________________________________________________________________
militia:_______________________________________________________________________
revenue:______________________________________________________________________
writ of
assistance:________________________________________________________________
boycott:______________________________________________________________________
repeal:_______________________________________________________________________
resolution:____________________________________________________________________
effigy:________________________________________________________________________
rebellion:_____________________________________________________________________
propaganda:___________________________________________________________________
committee of
correspondence:_______________________________________________________
minuteman:___________________________________________________________________
Loyalist:______________________________________________________________________
Patriot:_______________________________________________________________________
petition:______________________________________________________________________
preamble:_____________________________________________________________________
mercenary:____________________________________________________________________
inflation:_____________________________________________________________________
Hessian:______________________________________________________________________privateer:_____________________________________________________________________
ratify:________________________________________________________________________
ambush:______________________________________________________________________
federalism:____________________________________________________________________
manumission:__________________________________________________________________
proportional:___________________________________________________________________
republic:______________________________________________________________________
bicameral:_____________________________________________________________________
Executive
Branch:_______________________________________________________________
Legislative
Branch:_______________________________________________________________
Judicial
Branch:_________________________________________________________________
compromise:___________________________________________________________________
ordinance:____________________________________________________________________
checks and
balances:_____________________________________________________________
Electoral College:________________________________________________________________
depression:____________________________________________________________________
depreciate:____________________________________________________________________
amendment:___________________________________________________________________
judicial review :_________________________________________________________________
due process :___________________________________________________________________
concurrent power:_______________________________________________________________
reserved power:_________________________________________________________________
naturalization:__________________________________________________________________
implied power:_________________________________________________________________
popular sovereignty:______________________________________________________________
separation of powers:_____________________________________________________________
enumerated power:______________________________________________________________
Answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1. Name one result of the Spanish armada.
2. What is the leading theory on how human beings first came
to America?
3. Which city was the center of the Aztec empire?
4. Why were Native American customs so varied?
5. How many people did Christopher Columbus say would be
required in order to keep all the people of North America in subjection?
6. Give one reason the Iroquois Federation Constitution was
written.
7. What is the difference between a primary source and a
secondary source?
8. What is the difference between an astrolabe and a
compass?
9.Where
was the first successful colony in America?
(city and state please)
10.
Who was primarily responsible for its success?
11.
Who bred indigo, making it a viable cash crop for the South?
12.
What roadblock did the Navigation Acts put up for American colonists?
13.
Who led a famous rebellion that conquered most of Virginia, including
Jamestown?
14.
Why didn’t the colonies accept Ben Franklin’s Plan of Union?
15.
How did the British victory over the French effect the Native Americans of the
Ohio River Valley?
16.
In what cardinal direction did English settlement spread over time?
17. Did everyone in the colonies agree to becoming their own
country?
18. How were Loyalists treated?
19. Why did the Continental Army have a hard time finding
officers?
20. What was the result of the War at Sea?
21. Whom did the Native Americans want to win and why?
22. Who was the naval hero and why?
23. Why did Greene split the army in two?
24.Who was the leader of the Spanish troops and what did he
do?
25. Who used hit and run tactics?
26. What did the British rely on?
27. List two Patriot advantages.
28. Where did the British forces stay over winter?
29. How did America gain allies?
30. Why was there a lack of supplies at Valley Forge?
31. Why was the Battle of Saratoga such a turning point?
32. Why did women start to question their role in society?
33. How did France help us?
34. How did Spain help us?
35. What was the name of the treaty that called for peace
after the war?
36. Who helped the colonists win the war?
37. Where was Washington planning to attack first?
38. How did Washington prevent revolt?
39. Why were American soldiers mad at Congress?
40. What were the three Patriot forces that met up at
Yorktown?
41. How many votes did each state have in the original
Congress?
42. How many votes were required for the Constitution to be
ratified?
43. Where did the Framers of the Constitution get their
ideas from?
44. How does the Constitution limit the power of the federal
government?
45. What kind of government was created by the Articles of
Confederation?
46. What problems did the government face under the Articles
of Confederation?
47. How did leaders reshape the government?
48. What process allowed new states to join the Union?
49. What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?
50. What major compromise was reached in the new
Constitution, between the Virginia and New Jersey plans?
51. What are the two houses of the Legislative Branch?
52. How many voting members does each house have?
53. What is one of your duties as a citizen?
54. How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
55. What is the leader of the Judicial Branch called?
56. What is the leader of the Executive Branch called?
57. What is the set of the first ten amendments called?
Label the states and
spell them correctly. (You already have a practice sheet for this.)
List ten of the
grievances from the Declaration of Independence.
List the thirteen
(original) colonies.
Write the first
paragraph of the Declaration of Natural Rights.
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