Chapter 6 Test B (1 of 5)

Vocabulary: Match each term with the correct definition. 1. someone who works hard to make a change happen Which term matches this definition?

• wagon trains

• technology

• immigrants

• activist

• frontier

Vocabulary: Match each term with the correct definition. 2. people faced harsh weather, sickness, and steep mountains traveling in these Which term matches this definition?

• wagon trains

• technology

• immigrants

• activist

• frontier

Vocabulary: Match each term with the correct definition. 3. a region that forms the edge of a settled area Which term matches this definition?

• wagon trains

• technology

• immigrants

• activist

• frontier

people who move from one country to settle in a different country

• wagon trains

• technology

• immigrants

• activist

• frontier

the scientific knowledge about how things work

• wagon trains

• technology

• immigrants

• activist

• frontier

In 1860, people set up __________ to improve the way letters were carried across America.

• computers

• telephones

• the Morse code

• the Pony Express

What is John Roebling’s best-known contribution to New York City?

• the Brooklyn Bridge

• the Statue of Liberty

• the Erie Canal

• the Empire State Building

When thousands of European and Asian immigrants came to the United States in the early 1800s, where did they MOSTLY settle?

• on homesteads

• west of the Appalachian Mountains

• in the South

• in cities near the east and west coasts

Which of the following is the fastest way to send a written message today?

• telegraph

• Morse code

• e-mail

• mail truck

What tool that we have today sends and receives signals for radios, televisions, cellular phones, and computers?

• a satellite

• a digital camera

• Morse code

• a telegraph