CKLA Unit 8 Mini Reader Chapter 7

What materials did Native Americans use to make jewelry?

• Plastic and glass

• Stone, shell beads, and sometimes copper

• Gold and silver

• Iron and steel

Who owned most of the land in Europe during the late 1400s?

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Nobility

• Soldiers

Where did many new immigrants look for opportunities?

• The frontier

• The cities

• The coast

• The mountains

What did the American West seem like to those escaping the troubles of the Old World?

• A desert

• A haven

• A battlefield

• A mystery

What did pioneers risk everything for?

• To find gold

• To settle and build new lives

• To become famous

• To travel the world

Which resource was sometimes found just sitting on the ground?

• Silver nuggets

• Gold nuggets

• Iron nuggets

• Copper nuggets

What did the resources not do like gold or silver?

• Shine

• Melt

• Float

• Burn

What did the resources prove to be over time?

• Less valuable

• More valuable

• Useless

• Dangerous

What was the Homestead Act of 1862?

• A law to build schools

• A law to provide land to new settlers

• A law to create new cities

• A law to protect Native American lands

What did the United States expansion affect according to the text?

• Native American land

• European settlers

• Wildlife

• Climate