ILTS Content Test Elementary Ed (305)-Part 4/6 Questions with Complete Solutions 100% Verified Colonial Period (1607-1763) - Correct Answers when several european countries attempted to settle and colonize americas to expand their territories *many native americans killed or displaced by disease and territorial expansion *main focus of colonial period: 13 english colonies on each coast; reason of colonization is bc it is a response to England's policy of mercantilism and colonists' desire to be free from religious persecution *mercantilism: requires colonies to provide raw materials to england to continue to grow and support the mother country while limiting trade with other nations.describe and list 13 colonies - Correct Answers * group of english colonies that were overly similar in their political and religious beliefs
New england colonies:
*new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut
Chesapeake Bay colonies:
*virginia, maryland
Middle colonies:
*new york, Pennsylvania, new jersey, deleware
southern colonies:
*north carolina, south carolina, georgia urbanization - Correct Answers An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements. 1 / 4
general economic, environmental and health effects of urbanization - Correct Answers *economically: can drastically raise expenses, frequently excluding local working class citizens *environmentally: urban heat islands raise temperatures and lower reabsorption of CO2 emission and soil moisture *changes are projected to strain food resources, sanitation and health care systems in the near future general positive and negative health effects on humans from urbanizations - Correct Answers *mortality from non communicable lifestyle-related diseases has increased through urbanization
*mixed: relieve some problems while exacerbating others
*high risk of being overweight *low risk of being malnourished or undernourished some census statistics on urban populations in Illinois that reflect: 1) the rates at which urbanization has progressed by decade from 1870-2010 and 2) the eight cities in Illinois with the largest populations as of 2010 - Correct Answers 1) in 1870=23.5%; in 1880=30.6%; in 1890=44.9%;
1900=54.3%; 1910=61.7%; 1920=67.9%; 1930=73.9% ;1940=73.6% ;1950=77.6% ; 1960=80.7%;
1970=83.2% ; 1980=83.3% ; 1990=86.4% ; 2000=87.8%; 2010= 88.5%
2) chicago, aurora, rockford, joliet, naperville, springfield, peoria, elgin some facts about several natural distasters in Illinois during the 20th and 21st century and their effects - Correct Answers 1967: chicago blizzard hit northeast illinois and northwest indiana with record 23 inches of snow(history's worst blizzard)
1995: chicago's heat wave with record temperature in july up to 106ºF
April&May 2011:Mississippi River floods caused by record rainfall were the biggest and most destructive on that river in 100 years affecting illinois and 6 other states 2 / 4
several years when earthquakes occurred in illinois. report some major snow, ice, rainstorms and floods affecting illinois during the 20th and 21st century and some of their significant impacts on human life - Correct Answers years with earthquakes: 1838, 1891, 1909, 1917, 1968, 1972, 1987,
2004, 2008, 2010, 2013
*chicago blizzard of january 13-14, 1979 set a new chiucago one day snow record(16.5 inches) *mississippi river flooding: affected towns of Valmeyer and Fults near Columbia, IL where levees broke *1957: hurricane audrey caused record rainfall, flooding and ten deaths in Paris, IL the French and Indian War - Correct Answers *a war over territory between the English colonies and the French colonies *rising competition between the English and French empires brought more British military support into the colonies, which created a stronger feeling of unity between the colonies and England than ever before *Treaty of Paris: 1763, brought an end to the war, as France relinquished some of its Eastern territory to England *aftermath of war: tensions rose between the colonies and England became of unequal investment in the war Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) - Correct Answers 1774 *Names given by colonists to the Quebec Act (1774) and to a series of acts by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party *Closed the Port of Boston to all trade until citizens paid for the lost tea *Increased the power of Massachusetts' Royal governor at the expense of the legislature *Allowed Royal officials accused of crimes in Massachusetts to be tried elsewhere events leading up to the American Revolution - Correct Answers * Sons of Liberty
- Boston Massacre (1770) 3 / 4
- Committees of Correspondence
- The Boston Tea Party (1773)
- First Continental Congress (1774)
- Shot Heard Around the World (1775)
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Sons of Liberty - Correct Answers protest group headed by Samuel Adams that incited the Revolution boston massacre - Correct Answers incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed 5 American colonists committees of correspondence - Correct Answers Organizations in each of the American colonies created to keep colonists abreast of developments with the British; served as powerful molders of public opinion against the British the boston tea party - Correct Answers A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.first continental congress - Correct Answers September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts the shot heard round the world - Correct Answers In April, 1775, English soldiers, on their way to confiscate arms in Concord, passed through Lexington, Massachusetts and met the colonial militia called the Minutemen. A fight ensued. In Concord, a larger group of Minutemen forced the British to retreat.major turning points of the revolution - Correct Answers -the actions of the Second Continental Congress - rhea body established the Continental Army and chose George Washington as its commanding general, they allowed printing of money and created government offices -"Common Sense" - published in 1776 by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet calling for independence was widely distributed -The Declaration of Independence - written by Thomas Jefferson, it was signed on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia -Alliance with France - Benjamin Franklin negotiated an agreement with France to fight with the Americans in 1778