Ch 3 Lesson 1: Being an American

True or False: Native Americans, who were the first settlers in what is now the United States, spoke hundreds of different languages.

• True

• False

True or False: By 1807, approximately 500,000 Africans had been brought to the United States unwillingly and forced into slavery.

• True

• False

True or False: White-collar workers are employed in factories.

• True

• False

True or False: According to most scholars, the very first people to arrive in North America probably came from Asia about 20,000 years ago.

• True

• False

True or False: Today, more than half of all the people in the United States who were born in another country come from Asia.

• True

• False

The French came to North America beginning in the 1600s and mostly settled in what is now

• California

• Canada

• Florida

• Texas

In the 1600s, the thirteen original colonies of the United States were created mostly by

• English immigrants

• French immigrants

• Native Americans

• Spanish immigrants

The ​ (a)   started the first farms and a town in what is now New York City.

• Dutch
• Irish
• Spanish
• Germans

The discovery of gold in 1848 drew many immigrants to

• California

• Delaware

• Florida

• New York

​ (a)   are the key practices, relationships, and organizations in a society.

• Institutions
• Ethnic groups
• Immigrants
• Values