SAT World History: North and South America

This is an MCQ-quiz for SAT World History, which include questions on North and South America.

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Which of these groups were the first to settle the Hudson River Valley?

The Spanish The French The Portuguese The English The Dutch

Prior to the arrival of Columbus in the fifteenth century, which of these groups is believed to have arrived in North America?

The Chinese The Celts The Vikings The French The Gauls

Where were the first European colonies in the New World established?

Hispaniola Brazil Virginia Honduras Florida

According to the Monroe Doctrine, the United States

Had a divine right and mandate to expand across the whole of the North American continent. Would aid France in any future conflict with another European power. Would intervene if any European power tried to establish new colonies in the American hemisphere. Would aid Britain in any future conflict with another European power. Could establish imperial colonies in the South Pacific.

Manifest Destiny states that __________.

the British will one day return to claim their former American colonies the United States should avoid getting involved in European conflicts there is fluidity and mobility in the American social and economic system the United States is fated to spread across the whole North American continent the United States should police the involvement of European nations in Central and South America

The Declaration of Independence was written by __________.

George Washington John Adams Benjamin Franklin Alexander Hamilton Thomas Jefferson

The Revolutionary War emerged over issues regarding __________.

the British government's refusal to honor freedom of religious practice in the American colonies economic stagnation in the American colonies following the French and Indian War the overthrow of the Puritan government at the end of the British Civil War the quartering of British troops in the homes of aristocrats in the American colonies the right of the British government to tax the American colonists

The ideas of which philosophers influenced the American Revolution?

Abbe Sieyes' belief in the importance of working people being represented by their government Karl Marx's belief in the importance of worker-run industry John Locke's belief in a government that responded to the needs of the people Thomas Hobbes' belief in the need for absolute monarchy John Stuart Mill's belief in utilitarianism and the promotion of happiness

A direct cause of the Spanish American Wars of Independence in the early nineteenth century was

military intervention by the Spanish government in colonial affairs. slave revolts. Native American revolts. the Napoleonic invasions of Spain. new taxes on colonial products.

The Triple Alliance was the association of city-states that in the fifteenth century ruled

the Amazon River basin. Mid-Atlantic colonies. the highlands of Peru. Central Mexico. the Yucatan Peninsula.
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Title: SAT World History: North and South America
Questions: 10
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