How states are Made

Becoming a __________ grew more complicated as time went on.

• territory

• state

• tax

• governor

When people settled a new section of land, the land is called________.

• territory

• state

• tax

• governor

The __________were written into a state constitution.

• territory

• state

• rules

• governor

Our ________ President, came up with a plan to mark off the land in squares.

• second

• fourth

• first

• third

Each side of the square was ___ _____ long.

• 5 miles

• 6 miles

• 7 miles

• 3 miles

_________ were dividing up the land around Mississippi River.

• surveyors

• Presidents

• Native Americans

• soldiers

These boundaries are set at a line of latitude called _____________.

• 49th parallel

• latitude

• longitude

• north pole

What did a territory need to become a state?

• people

• animals

• at least 60,000 people

• 10,000 houses

Each state in our country differs in its _______and _______.

• geography

• history

• geography, history

• governor, history

It is a real or imaginary line that separates one place from another.

• geography

• history

• government

• boundary