Early America and European Colonization

Two of the largest rivers in the United States are the:

• Rio Grande River and the Red River

• Hudson River and the Missouri River

• Columbia River and the St. Lawrence River

• Ohio River and the Mississippi River

The Gulf of Mexico is located to the _____of the United States?

• North

• South

• East

• West

The low grasslands between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains is called____

• Mountains and Basins

• Gulf Coastal Plains

• Great Plains

• Sierra Nevadas

Canada is located to the _____ of the United States.

• North

• South

• East

• West

Mexico is located to the _____ of the United States

• North

• South

• East

• West

The Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains run which direction in the United States?

• North and South

• East and West

• West and South

• East and North

Depending on the climate, different tribes would dress differently is an example of Native Americans adapting to the geography in which they lived?

• True

• False

True or False: All Native Americans lived in tipis, wore feathers in their hair, and hunted buffalo.

• True

• False

_______________ was one of the reasons explorers were able to travel long distances in the 1400's.

• The crusades

• innovations in seafaring technologies

• A land bridge

• the steam engine

Columbus' first voyage across the Atlantic in 1492 was to

• Find a western route to Asia/India

• locate the fountain of youth

• Find El Dorado, the city of gold

• to escape religious persecution