Semester 1 Exam

Form VIII Humanities

December 2014
Vocabulary completing the sentence
25 of the following 35 words will appear on the exam.
churlish
laggard

collaborate

discordant

preclude
revert
detriment

servile

enterprising frugal

invalidate

comply
longevity

devoid

myriad

perspective

willful

annul

peruse
recourse

excerpt
banter
wanton

incapacitate
prodigious
blas

porous

instigate
relevant

frivolous
prone

audacious

vie

obsess
qualm

Short Answer/Multiple Choice/True False

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Theories of how human beings first came to the Americas?

Why do scientists think people first migrated to the Americas?
What city was the capital of the Aztec Empire?
Key features of the Inca Empire?
Commonalities of the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures, and the

Hohokam and Ancient Puebloans?

6. West Africans decided to become Muslim after trading with people from what
region(s)?
7. How did Vasco de Gama fulfill Portugals goal of a sea route to Asia?
8. What were the results from the defeat of the armada sent by Spain?
9. What did Joliet and Marquette do?
10.What is a charter? A document issued by the English government that
allowed certain people/groups to create settlements in the New World
11.What crop was important in making Jamestown and early Virginia an
economic success? Tobacco
12.Why did Roger Williams clash with the Massachusetts Puritans?
13.In which type of colony does a person or persons own all the land and control
the colonys government?
14.Proprietary colony vs royal colony

15.Who were the indentured servants? People who wanted to travel to the New
World, but couldnt afford to. Rich people would pay these peoples ways to
the colonies, but they would have to work to pay the masters back
16.What exactly did Eliza Lucas do? Indigo crop (dyed clothes with it)

Extended Response:
Romeo and Juliet - Juliet says that Fortune is fickle. Is what has happened between
Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo something that was written in the stars so that
nothing could have been done about it? How could this tragic situation have been
prevented in some way?
The Sacrifice Two will be on the exam. Choose one.
Why did Sarah Phelps claim that Abigail and Dorothy were witches? What part of her
testimony was based on fact and what part was not?
Why didnt Abigail want to go along with her mothers plan to get her daughters
out of prison? Why did she do the right thing in the end?
Near the end of the story, what character emerges as someone who could help end
the madness in Andover? Although Hannah is still in prison when the story ends,
what are the chances that she would win her freedom? Why or why not?
Spectral evidence or unseen evidence was permissible during Puritan times. How
would you, if you were on trial, scientifically prove that spectral evidence was not
real.
Roanoke - Who was John White and what was his role in the Roanoke mystery?
Essays: The number in parentheses indicates the chapter in Discovering Our Past.
Four of the following topics will appear on the test and you will complete a 4 [] + 3
+ C + V for one and write the other.
Write an essay exploring how the quest for food and the way it was obtained helped
shape and define various Native American civilizations. Use examples from class to
support your argument. (1)
Geography played an important part in the development of North Americas Native
American cultures. Write an essay in which you explain how factors of geography
helped shape cultures. Use specific examples from class in making your argument.
(1)
Write a letter to a friend from the perspective of a Native American living in the
lands that the French had recently settled. How has life changed for you and your
people since the wolf arrived? What are they doing to your people? What appears to
be their purpose? (2)

Choose one of the following topics and identify one new idea and one way in which
it caused a change for people living at the time. Explain whether it was a positive or
a negative change, and why. Use examples from class to support your opinion.
Topics: the Renaissance, the trading empires of Africa, the Age of Exploration, Spain
in the Americas, the Protestant Reformation, or the colonization of the New World by
France or the Netherlands. (2)
Write an essay in which you answer this question: How did geography, religion, and
government affect how people in the English colonies? (3)