Skills Quiz 6 (11/8)

One of the events that led to the American Revolution was the Boston Massacre, when British soldiers fired into a crowd of _______.

• civilians

• soldiers

• leaders

• rebels

Some historians say that the soldiers were _______ into firing by the insults and taunts of the crowd.

• withdrawn

• provoked

• accomplished

• concealed

It soon became _______ to the British—even those who preferred not to see it—that the American colonies would settle for nothing less than full independence.

• vast

• keen

• apparent

• civilian

The leaders of the French Revolution were inspired by the American Revolution and hoped to _______ its success.

• duplicate

• provoke

• withdraw

• spurt

The Revolution in France led to the death of King Louis and the _______ of the old order.

• apparent

• undoing

• provoke

• vast

With an area of 25,000 square miles, the Mojave Desert covers a(n) _______ portion of southern California.

• apparent

• vast

• keen

• duplicate

During the daytime, some animals, such as the kangaroo rat, _______ from the hot desert floor to cooler underground burrows.

• duplicate

• provoke

• withdraw

• spurt

Though the desert roadrunner is a poor flier, it can run in quick _______ to capture its prey.

• provocations

• concealments

• spurts

• undoings

In his _______ as commander in chief, Abraham Lincoln played an important part in choosing the generals of the Union armies.

• undoing

• civilian

• capacity

• spurt

General Ulysses S. Grant _______ what no other Union general before him had been able to do—force the surrender of Robert E. Lee.

• accomplished

• provoked

• concealed

• withdrew