US History Ch 1 Quiz 1 Review

Who were the Scots-Irish?

• Scotish
• Germans
• Scotish and German
• English
• French

What was the Great Wagon Road?

• the avenue to the wilderness
• a river for traveling
• the road to Alaska
• headed to the ocean

Why did the people migrate southwest and west?

• starvation
• hungry for land
• to go to the wilderness
• for water

Where did the Scots-Irish live?

• lowlands
• river area
• back country
• lived in wagons

Who were the Pennsylvania Dutch?

• Dutch people
• Germans
• English
• French

How was the colonial population during this time?

• growing
• dying
• stayed the same

Why were women marrying earlier?

• more men
• more women
• long lives

Who were the helping hands for the farming?

• women
• children
• slaves
• indentured servants

Why was the infant mortality rate in America going down compared to Europe?

• They were spread out and there was barely no famine
• famine was regular in the new world
• diseases spread rapidly in America
• This was wrong because the rates were the same

What contributed to the spread of disease in cities?

• overcrowding
• bad food
• stories of sea monsters
• this did not even happen