7th grade Social Studies practice sheet
New York State Learning Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
What is a natural resource?
- Something from nature people use, like trees or fish
- A computer
- A teacher's skill
- A factory machine
Something from nature people use, like trees or fish
Hint: It comes from the earth.
Question 2
"No taxation without representation" meant colonists…
- Wanted to stop trading
- Wanted to pay more taxes
- Should not be taxed by Parliament, where they had no elected members
- Wanted a king of their own
Should not be taxed by Parliament, where they had no elected members
Hint: Who voted for these taxes?
Question 3
About how many Black soldiers served on the Patriot side?
- About 5 million
- About 5000
- None
- Exactly 13
About 5000
Hint: Some fought hoping for freedom.
Question 4
The Great Compromise settled a fight between large and small states by…
- Giving equal votes in the Senate and votes by population in the House
- Making one state the boss
- Letting only large states vote
- Getting rid of Congress
Giving equal votes in the Senate and votes by population in the House
Hint: Both sides got something.
Question 5
The idea that government gets its power from the people is called…
- Feudalism
- Popular sovereignty
- Divine right
- Mercantilism
Popular sovereignty
Hint: "We the People."
Question 6
Due process means…
- The government must follow fair procedures before taking away life, liberty or property
- Trials happen in secret
- Police can do anything
- Laws can't change
The government must follow fair procedures before taking away life, liberty or property
Hint: Fair steps.
Question 7
"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written during the War of 1812 by…
- Francis Scott Key
- Paul Revere
- Andrew Jackson
- Thomas Jefferson
Francis Scott Key
Hint: He watched the attack on Fort McHenry.
Question 8
The Lowell mills in Massachusetts hired many…
- soldiers
- young women from farms
- sailors from Spain
- kings
young women from farms
Hint: They were called mill girls.
Question 9
Why did many Native communities lose people quickly after Europeans arrived?
- diseases such as smallpox, to which they had no immunity
- the climate suddenly changed
- there were too many crops
- they all moved to Europe
diseases such as smallpox, to which they had no immunity
Hint: New diseases spread fast.
Question 10
Some enslaved Africans in New Netherland were granted "half-freedom," which meant…
- they owned the colony
- they were free every other day
- they were freed but owed yearly payments and labor to the company
- they could vote
they were freed but owed yearly payments and labor to the company
Hint: A limited kind of freedom.
Answer key
- 1. Something from nature people use, like trees or fish (Colonial Trade & Work)
- 2. Should not be taxed by Parliament, where they had no elected members (Road to Revolution)
- 3. About 5000 (The American Revolution)
- 4. Giving equal votes in the Senate and votes by population in the House (Building a Government)
- 5. Popular sovereignty (Founding Ideals)
- 6. The government must follow fair procedures before taking away life, liberty or property (Rights & Amendments)
- 7. Francis Scott Key (A New Nation)
- 8. young women from farms (Factories & Reformers)
- 9. diseases such as smallpox, to which they had no immunity (Native Nations of New York)
- 10. they were freed but owed yearly payments and labor to the company (New Netherland to New York)
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