Social Studies Chapter 3 Test

Who is An English Explorer that discovered a huge river in present day New York in 1609?

• Robert de la Salle

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• John Adams

Which river did Robert De La Salle explore in the early 1600’s?

• The Rahway River

• The Mississippi River

• The Hudson River

• The Pacific Ocean

What is the capital of the United States?

• Georgia

• Quebec

• Washington City

• Washington D.C.

Native Americans who lived in the Pacific Northwest became fishermen because?

• because they loved to eat fish

• because they were near the Pacific Ocean

• because that was the best work for them

• because that was the only job available to them

______________was formed after the Spanish gained control of the Florida coast and after a hurricane wrecked a fleet of French ships.

• St. Lawrence

• St. Augustine

• Florida

• St. Aggy

The French set up St. Louis in 1760 because ...

• because they wanted a new life

• because they had more food there

• because they wanted to trade fur

• because they wanted to move and get away

The United States Constitution was so important because...

• because it laid out a plan for new government.

• because it helped keep people free

• because it was an important time for the United States

• because it was unfair back then

A special way of doing something.

• tradition

• custom

• to enjoy something

• culture

An American Indian home that was longer than it was wide.

• adobe building

• house

• longhouse

• clay house

A system of ruling people.

• revolution

• the courts system

• government

• king and queen system