Module 5 Quizizz Review

Who was appointed governor of the Southwest Territory and was important to Tennessee becoming a state?

• JOHN SEVIER

• JOHN DONELSON

• WILLIAM BLOUNT

• BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE THAT ALLOWED SETTLERS TO MOVE WEST OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS?

• CUMBERLAND GAP

• WILDERNESS ROAD

• FORT WATAUGA

• CUMBERLAND RIVER

What was the group of American Indians who lived along the Cumberland River; Tecumseh was one of the tribe's most famous chiefs.

• CHEROKEE

• WOODLAND

• SHAWNEE

• CHICKASAW

Who was the first governor of the state of TN?

• William Blount

• John Sevier

• James Seymour

• John Blount

Which of the following prohibited settlers from developing land west of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Proclamation of 1776

• Declaration of 1763

• Declaration of Independence

• Proclamation of 1763

Which agreement by a land company allowed for the purchase 20 million acres of land in exchange for $50,000 of goods?

• Transylvania Purchase

• Kentucky Treaty

• Pennsylvania Purchase

• Tennessee Treaty

Which indigenous group of people lived near river that now forms the western border of the state of Tennessee?

• Wooodland

• Paleo

• Archaic

• Mississippian

What is the term for a system of laws that settlers developed to govern themselves in early Tennessee settlements?

• compact

• lawyers

• legal system

• judiciary

Which fort did Donelson and Robertson help establish?

• Fort Henry

• Forts Robertson and Donelson

• Fort Nashborough

• Fort Knox

Which group of Indians were descendants of the Woodland indigenous people and lived in the mountains of Appalachia?

• Archaic

• Mississippian

• Woodland

• Cherokee