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9th Grade
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Kimberly Leon
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11 Slides • 13 Questions
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Poll
What attracts settlement?
A. Fertile Soil
B. Plentiful Water
C. Moderate Climate
D. Harsh Polar Climate
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Open Ended
How did abundant resources encourage immigration to the United States?
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Draw
Choose ONE vocabulary word and draw it in 60 seconds. Be ready to explain it to your partner.
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Multiple Choice
Why did many early settlements form near coasts and rivers?
Access to movement and trade
Permanent protection from conflict
Absence of Indigenous peoples
Guaranteed industrial jobs
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Multiple Choice
Which statement is most accurate?
Indigenous peoples adapted to varied environments
All Native groups used identical practices
Europeeans created the first North American cultures
Geography had little effect on settlement.
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Multiple Choice
Which was a consequence of the Columbian Exchange?
Hemispheres became more connected.
Migration ended.
Diseases remained isolated.
Forced labor disappeared.
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Multiple Choice
Which factor best explains different colonial settlement patterns?
Geographic goals and resources
Identical economies
One shared government
No access to waterways
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Multiple Choice
What did the Louisiana Purchase change most directly?
European climate
US territorial size
Ocean currents
State governments
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Multiple Choice
Sectionalism means loyalty to-
every region equally
an urban neighborhood
a region over the nation
a foreign monarchy
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Multiple Choice
How did railroads change geographic interaction?
They isolated cities.
They ended western settlement.
They reduced travel time and linked markets.
They eliminated migration.
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Multiple Choice
Why did northern cities grow rapidly?
Immigration and industrial jobs.
Declining gransportation.
Fewer factories.
Closed markets.
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Reorder
Reorder the following
Colonial settlement
Independence
Louisiana Purchase
Westward movement
Industrial urban growth
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Draw
Select one force and write five connected sentences.
Review the required structure:
Claim: Identify how the force changed settlement.
Evidence: Name a specific place or region.
Process: Explain how or why people moved.
Impact: Identify one affected group.
Cost: Acknowledge a limitation or unequal consequence.
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DMAC CODE: 2306713
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What attracts settlement?
A. Fertile Soil
B. Plentiful Water
C. Moderate Climate
D. Harsh Polar Climate
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