WorksheetsWestward Expansion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
What are the great plains?
a)
Land west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains
b)
A section of Canada
c)
Land east of the Mississippi and west of the Appalachian Mountains
d)
Land from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains
2.
What is barbed wire?
a)
A way to keep livestock in
b)
A way to keep large predators out
c)
An easier solution than a wooden fence
d)
All of these answers
3.
What is a steel plow?
a)
A way to break up hard soil without it getting stuck
b)
A 80s rock band
c)
Another name for irrigation
d)
A type of crop
4.
Why would people use dry farming?
a)
Because they were lazy
b)
Because there was too much rain
c)
Because it required less moisture
d)
Because they couldn't grow crops
5.
What two reasons were windmills used on the great plains?
a)
to find gold and pump water
b)
to pump water and grind grains
c)
to sail ships and pump water
d)
to grind grain and rotate crops
6.
Railroads helped
a)
transport people out west
b)
transport supplies out west
c)
transport products back east
d)
all of the above
7.
The great plains had all of these issues but
a)
little rainfall
b)
land erosion
c)
monsoon season
d)
frequent dust storms
8.
Pioneers built their houses out of _________ on the great plains
a)
brick
b)
wood
c)
sod
d)
concrete
9.
Why was cattle raising a very good product for the great plains?
a)
There was a lot of room for the cattle to live
b)
There weren't big cities yet
c)
People wanted beef back east
d)
All of these reasons
10.
What type of people would want to move out west?
a)
brave people
b)
adventurous people
c)
people who were willing to take risks
d)
all of these people
11.
What are Native American Reservations?
a)
Land that the US gave to tribes and said that they had to stay on
b)
Land that other settlers didn't want
c)
A way for the government to take Native American land
d)
All of these are correct
12.
What does assimilate mean?
a)
To make part of something else
b)
To run away from
c)
To buy from a company
d)
To make an agreement with someone
13.
Often Native Americans were assimilated by
a)
making them give up their entire culture
b)
offering them money
c)
Providing more buffalo
d)
Teaching them how to ride horses
14.
Treaties are
a)
agreements between two sides
b)
desserts
c)
wars
d)
threats
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