2023 STAAR Social Studies

Spanish soldiers were called ____.

• militia

• conquistadors

• military

• aviators

This person actually sailed to America before Columbus according to artifacts found.

• King Ferdinand

• Amerigo Vespucci

• Leif Erikson

• Ferdinand Magellan

Name 2 other countries that colonized the New Land other than Spain.

• Germany and Ireland

• England and Poland

• France and Mexico

• France and England

What were the natives of the new land called?

• Indians

• Americans

• Cherokee

• Natives

What was a Plantation?

• a field where people worked

• homes where people lived

• land and property owned by white people that owned slaves

• slaves

The 13 colonies declared their independence from who?

• France

• Great Britain

• Spain

• Africa

What word do we use for “taking care of natural resources and not wasting them?”

• Reservation

• Conservation

• Observation

• Chlorination

What was the primary purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• To find gold

• To explore the Louisiana Purchase

• To establish trade with Native Americans

• To map the East Coast

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

• 13th Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 15th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Who was the first President of the United States?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• George Washington

• James Madison