History Test II Quarter

What is the most prominent landform in the Eastern United States? Name its seven chief ranges.

• Appalachian Mountains

• Green Mountains, White mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Cumberland Mountains.

• The largest known underground cave system in the world.

• Piedmont Plateau

What is Mammoth Cave’s main distinction?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Green Mountains, White mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Cumberland Mountains.

• The largest known underground cave system in the world.

• Piedmont Plateau

What plateau lies between the Appalachians and the coastal plain?

• Appalachian Mountains

• Green Mountains, White mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge Mountains, and Cumberland Mountains.

• The largest known underground cave system in the world.

• Piedmont Plateau

West of the Chesapeake Bay, what is the name of the area whose rivers and streams are affected by the Atlantic’s tides?

• Tide Water Region

• Atlantic Ocean

• Second largest body of water on earth, the saltiest ocean, most important ocean for commerce, more closely studied by man than any other ocean, contains mayor fishing grounds, near the bottom the temperature is freezing most of the time.

• Because of restrictions due heavily fished for many years.

What is wampum? How was it used?

• Tide Water Region

• Beads maked from shells of the quahog (hard shell clam).

  Strung together and used as gift, tokens of frienship, or money.

• Second largest body of water on earth, the saltiest ocean, most important ocean for commerce, more closely studied by man than any other ocean, contains mayor fishing grounds, near the bottom the temperature is freezing most of the time.

• Because of restrictions due heavily fished for many years.

How did the American Indians use the black bear?

• Tide Water Region

• Beads maked from shells of the quahog (hard shell clam).

  Strung together and used as gift, tokens of frienship, or money.

• Eat the meat and use the skins for robes or blankets. Some tribe's members used bear grease to make their hair shine more.

• Because of restrictions due heavily fished for many years.

Which Native American chief helped to translate parts of the Bible into the Mohawk

language?

• Joseph Brant

• Tecumseh

• Sequoya

• pictographs

Who was the Shawnee chief who fought to keep European settlers out of Indian territory?

• Joseph Brant

• Tecumseh

• Sequoya

• pictographs or syllabary

Who invented a written language for the Cherokee?

• Joseph Brant

• Tecumseh

• Sequoya

• pictographs or syllabary

What was his system of syllable symbols called?

• Joseph Brant

• Tecumseh

• Sequoya

• pictographs or syllabary