Unit 1: Native American Test

1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a landform?

• Mountain
• Hill
• River
• Plain

2. Which of the following geographic features are found in the Eastern and Western United States?

• mesas
• glaciers
• prairies
• mountains

3. The Mississippi and Missouri rivers

• are tributaries of the Hudson River.
• form the most important river system in the United States
• form a political boundary between the United States and Mexico.
• form a political boundary between the United States and Canada.

4. In the Southwest, the Rio Grande forms a political boundary between the United States and

• Mexico
• Canada
• China
• Australia

5. In the Northeast, the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River form a political boundary between the United States and

• Mexico
• Canada
• China

6. Political maps are designed to

• show information about past events happen.
• display the boundaries of states, countries and counties
• show of the geographic features of an area.
• display information about the climate of an area.

7. Physical maps are designed to

• show information about past events.
• display the boundaries of states, countries and counties
• show the geographic features of an area.

8. The Iroquois and Algonquians are names that would most likely appear in an essay discussing

• Native Americans
• American Inventors
• European Explorers
• Colonial Regions

9. This map illustrates the

• Columbian Exchange of plants and animals
• movement of early Native Americans from Asia.
• settlement of Europeans in the Americas

10. The most widely accepted theory of the earliest human migration to the Americas is that people

• crossed the polar ice cap from Norway to northern Canada.
• walked across a land bridge from Asia to Alaska.
• used seagoing vessels to sail from Africa to Central America
• traveled in rafts and small boats from Pacific Islands to South America.