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WorksheetsMS Studies Term 3 Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?
a)
Loyalists
b)
Indians
c)
Slaves
2.
When the French landed in Mississippi in 1699, what was the location of that landing?
a)
Ship Island
b)
Cat Island
c)
Horn Island
3.
What attracted English settlers to the Spanish Natchez District?
a)
liberal land grants
b)
no slavery allowed
c)
low tariffs
4.
As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following:
a)
Missouri and Tombigbee
b)
Arkansas and Colorado
c)
Mississippi and Arkansas
5.
What did Hernando de Soto do?
a)
explored the Mississippi River
b)
discovered the modern day lands of Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi
c)
discovered the Louisiana Province
6.
What did Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle do?
a)
explored the Mississippi River
b)
discovered the Louisiana Province
c)
created a special school for seaman and explorers in France
7.
What did Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet do?
a)
discovered the Mississippi River
b)
discovered the modern day lands of Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi
c)
discovered the Louisiana Province
8.
Who was sent by the Continental Congress to convince the citizens to support the rebels in the American Revolution?
a)
James Williams
b)
James Willing
c)
James Wilson
9.
This was created so that new settlers could not come to Mississippi after the French and Indian War.
a)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
10.
This ended the French and Indian War.
a)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
b)
Proclamation of 1763
c)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
11.
This allowed American use of the Mississippi River.
a)
Treaty of Paris of 1763
b)
Treaty of San Lorenzo (Pinckney’s Treaty)
c)
Treaty of Paris of 1783
12.
These were special laws for African-Americans in the Louisiana Province.
a)
Black Cones
b)
Black Crows
c)
Code Noir
13.
Which of the following nations did NOT control the Natchez District during the time period of 1540-1798?
a)
France
b)
Canada
c)
United States of America
14.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Black Codes under Bienville?
a)
prohibited the separation of husbands and wives
b)
slaves must work every day of the week
c)
Children under fourteen years old could not be separated from their mothers
15.
In what year did Hernando de Soto reach the Mississippi River?
a)
1541
b)
1562
c)
1699
16.
In what year did Marquette and Joliet explore the Mississippi River?
a)
1650
b)
1673
c)
1682
17.
In what year did La Salle reach the mouth of the Mississippi River?
a)
1625
b)
1673
c)
1682
18.
In what year did Iberville land at Ship Island, found the Mississippi Coast, and build Fort Maurepas?
a)
1673
b)
1682
c)
1699
19.
This land mass was used by Native Americans to migrate to North America
a)
Bering Land Bridge
b)
European Land Bridge
c)
Alaskan Land Bridge
20.
Indians called stickball this name.
a)
The Little Brother of Battle
b)
Chunkey
c)
The Little Brother of War
21.
This treaty gave the United States government over 6 million acres of land.
a)
Treaty of Pontotoc
b)
Treaty of Paris
c)
Treaty of Pontiac
22.
These two tribes sent men into battle on the Confederate side during the Civil War.
a)
Choctaw and Chickasaw
b)
Pascagoula and Biloxi
c)
Natchez and Koroa
23.
In 1918, the Bureau of Indian Affairs created this tribe Indian Agency.
a)
Chickasaw
b)
Natchez
c)
Choctaw
24.
This tribe is as known as the “red crawfish people”.
a)
Grigra
b)
Ibitoupa
c)
Chakchiuma
25.
After the Vice President, the Speaker of the House becomes the President.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
A Corset girl was a young woman that was brought to the French colonies to marry single men.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
A comparison between the chancery clerk and the circuit clerk is they both serve four year terms with no term limits.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Mississippi is in the 5th circuit for the U.S. Court of Appeals.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three branches of government?
a)
Executive
b)
Congressional
c)
Judicial
30.
Which one of three was NOT a district in the Louisiana Province which later became territory in the state of Mississippi?
a)
Biloxi
b)
Yazoo
c)
Pascagoula
31.
What branch of government in the county structure do the Board of Supervisors belong to?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
32.
A contrast between the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives is _______ .
a)
the terms in office.
b)
the House make the laws and the Senate enforces the laws.
c)
to be a Senator, one has to have previous political experience such as a governor or mayor but one does not need have it to be a Representative
33.
What was the name of war that France ceded (gave up) all of its land in the present day United States?
a)
American Revolution
b)
War of 1812
c)
French and Indian War
34.
Which of the following present day states did Hernando de Soto himself did NOT travel through in his expedition?
a)
North Carolina
b)
Alabama
c)
Texas
35.
Who was the governor that was respected by and had cooperation with his people and had big and exciting parties at his mansion?
a)
Manuel Gayoso de Lemos
b)
Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville
c)
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne,Sieur de Bienville
36.
When a person creates something new they are asked to file it in what office?
a)
Trade
b)
Patent and Trademark
c)
Commerce
37.
Which of the following Presidents of the United States has been impeached?
a)
Bill Clinton
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Ronald Reagan
38.
This was the first permanent settlement on the Mississippi River.
a)
Biloxi
b)
New Orleans
c)
Natchez
39.
The Choctaw Indians were proud warriors and hunters and allied themselves with the British during the European settlement period of Mississippi.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
The French created this fort to protect the city of Natchez.
a)
Fort Rosalie
b)
Fort Grace
c)
Fort Maurepas
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