Unit 5, USA

What country is the unit about?

• USA

• Canada

• Egypt

• China

Who were the first farmers of North America?

• Men

• Women

They discovered which wild plants could be used as food for the family. They planted the seeds, tended the garden, harvested the crops, and prepared food for meals. They also learned which leaves, bark, roots, stems, and berries could be used for medicines. Their efforts helped to ensure the survival of human settlement in North America and the part of the land that became the United States.

• Women

• Men

Which is NOT one of the first foods grown in North America?

• Corn

• Beans

• Squash

• Onion

USA occupies _________ of North America

• 2/3

• 1/4

• 2/5

• 3/16

How do historians believe the first people came to what we know as the United States?

• Bering Strait

• Panama Canal

• Hudson Bay

• Hudson River

These people were the first to arrive and they searched the present day Southeast and Southwest for gold and other treasures.

• English

• Spanish

• French

• Portuguese

These were the first people to bring horses and hogs to America

• Spanish

• Portugues

• English

• French

This country was interested in fisheries and the fur trade. In the early 1600s, the __________ settled along the northern Atlantic Coast and in Canada

• English

• Portugues

• French

• Spanish

Britain’s 13 colonies started to resent the rule that they were under from Britain and won their independence in the _____________

• American Revolution

• 7 years war

• Spanish American War

• Russo-Japanese War