WorksheetsU.S. Geograpy
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many barriers are there in North America?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
1
2.
You have begun your travels from the Atlantic Ocean. What is the first barrier you will encounter?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Appalachian Mountains
d)
Gulf of Mexico
3.
Name the third barrier in North America
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Mississippi River
4.
What is the name of the second barrier in United States stretching from Canada to Gulf of Mexico.
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
c)
Canada
d)
Mississippi River
5.
How can a barrier cause problems for colonists?
a)
makes it easier
makes it easier
makes it easier
b)
blocks their path
c)
must go nor
must go north
must go north
d)
must go south
6.
Name the western-most barrier in the United States
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Great Lakes
7.
Lakes located in the North
a)
Lake Travis
b)
Lake Ontario
c)
The Great Lakes
d)
Lake Erie
8.
Name the barrier in this picture
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Mississippi River
9.
Name the barrier in this picture
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Mississippi River
10.
Name the barrier in this picture
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Mississippi River
11.
Name the barrier that is the last in the west
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Sierra Nevada Mountains
d)
Cascade Mountains
12.
Which country is to the North of the United States?
a)
Mexico
b)
El Salvador
c)
England
d)
Canada
13.
What country is to the South of United States?
a)
Mexico
b)
England
c)
Canada
d)
Pakistan
14.
What country conquered Mexico?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
15.
What country conquered the East Coast of North America?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
16.
What country conquered the Great Plains of North America?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
17.
What country conquered most of the western coast of North America?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
18.
What country conquered most of the western coast of North America?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
19.
What country first conquered what is today known as New York?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
20.
What country first conquered what is today known as Florida?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
21.
What country conquered what is today known as Florida?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
22.
What country became business partners with the Native Americans?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
23.
What country created the first permanent settlement and named it Jamestown?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
24.
Who is Mexico's mother country?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
25.
Who is United States' mother country?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
26.
Which country first settled New Orleans?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
Netherlands
27.
Who is the explorer celebrated for finding the Americas?
a)
Vikings
b)
Amerigo Vespucci
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Hernán Cortés
28.
Another name for Netherlands
a)
Amsterdam
b)
England
c)
France
d)
New Amsterdam
29.
Who will invade New Amsterdam and name it New York?
a)
Roger Williams
b)
Duke of York
c)
George Washington
d)
Jane Adams
30.
Original name of what today is New York
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
New Netherlands
c)
New England
d)
New London
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