Expense of Expansion

Expense of Expansion

7th Grade

16 Qs

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Expense of Expansion

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Social Studies

7th Grade

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Created by

Jane Layton

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Farmers, whose days were regulated by the sun, created new time zones as they moved west.

True

False

Sometimes

I'm not sure

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the sodbusters’ practice of farming the Plains called?

Lode farming

Ore farming

Till farming

Dry farming

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

For most of their history, how did the Plains Native Americans meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?

farming

fishing and mining

hunting buffalo

raising cattle and horses

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, where did the two sets of tracks meet?

Twin Falls, Idaho

Salt Lake City, Utah

Promontory Summit, Utah

Fort Collins, Colorado

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When “booms” were followed by “busts,” what did boomtowns become?

ghost towns

bust towns

dead towns

dusty towns

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

As railroad systems became more efficient over the years, what happened to the cost of shipping freight?

The shipping cost remained the same.

The shipping cost decreased.

The shipping cost varied greatly.

The shipping cost increased.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Allowed farmers to keep cattle from nearby ranches off their fields and away from their crops.

steel plow

barbed wire

windmill

sod house

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