Westward Expansion Test Review

Westward Expansion Test Review

8th Grade

30 Qs

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8th Grade

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Settlers made homes from the top layer of soil and grass, because of the lack of timber (trees)

What was this adaptation to life on the Great Plains called?

Brick house

Log house

Sod house

Skyscraper

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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This invention was used to fence in land and kept cattle from straying into farmers land.

Railroad

Sod house

Windmill

Barbed wire

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

This invention made crossing the continent and connect the East to West much easier and safer?

Transcontinental railroad

Sod house

Windmill

Barbed wire

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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This invention pumped water needed for human consumption, animals needs, and steam powered trains.

Transcontinental railroad

Sod house

Windmill

Barbed wire

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

This invention was used to break through the tough, dry soil of the Great Plains

Transcontinental railroad

Steel plow

Windmill

Barbed wire

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Technique used in areas with little rainfall.

Farmers used steel plows to plow deep into the soil to reach moist soil and allow moisture to get deeper into the soil. (Planting seed deeper helped as well)

Dry farming

Sod house

Beef Cattle

Windmill

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Some southern areas in the Great Plains were ideal for raising ________________

Polar Bears

Tobacco

Beef Cattle

Sheep

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