WorksheetsNorth America
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?
a)
Manifest destiny
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Great Awakening
d)
Louisiana Purchase
2.
Name river number 3 (click here to see the map)
a)
Colorado River
b)
Ohio River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi River
3.
The primary goal of manifest destiny was
a)
End slavery in the new territories
b)
removal of European influence from South America
c)
expansion westward to the Pacific Ocean
d)
secession of southern states from the nation
4.
What is multiculturalism?
a)
Many different cultures in one society
b)
Only one culture represented in a society
c)
Racism
5.
What is migration?
a)
providing a service
b)
movement from one place to another
c)
having lots of different types of people
6.
Which is true of free African Americans living in both the North and the South?
a)
faced discrimination and racism
b)
lived side by side with white Americans
c)
had the same rights as everyone else
d)
preferred living only with African Americans
7.
African American contributions to American culture include all of the following EXCEPT
a)
jazz music.
b)
the banjo.
c)
the piano.
d)
bongo drums.
8.
What area of technology does this picture represent best?
a)
Communication
b)
Manufacturing
c)
Energy and Power
d)
Bio-tech
9.
________________ is the capital of Canada.
a)
Saskatchewan
b)
Nunuvat
c)
Ottawa
d)
Washington DC
10.
What are the two official languages of Canada?
a)
French and Spanish
b)
Spanish and Japanese
c)
English and French
d)
French and Korean
11.
What is Mexico's capital?
a)
Acapulco
b)
Xel-Ha Park
c)
Tultum
d)
Mexico City
12.
What was the main religion spread throughout Mexico by missionaries?
a)
Luthern
b)
Catholic
c)
Jewish
d)
Muslim
13.
The majority of people in Mexico follow which monotheistic religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Catholicism
c)
Muslim
d)
Protestant
14.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, France, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden
d)
India, France, Greece
15.
What does persecution mean?
a)
good treatment
b)
casualties
c)
to spread something
d)
mistreatment
16.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
17.
During The Great Migration, many southerners moved to big cities for what reason?
a)
to find more food
b)
because they didn't like growing cotton
c)
to find better jobs
d)
to get bigger homes
18.
Which major U.S. River boarders Texas from Mexico?
a)
Hudson
b)
Ohio
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Red River
19.
Which of the major U.S. Rivers is the longest?
a)
Missouri
b)
Mississippi
c)
Hudson
d)
Amazon
20.
The mouth of the Mississippi River forms a ______________.
a)
delta
b)
stream
c)
circle
d)
mountain
21.
Three reasons people came to the English Colonies were: religious freedom, profit, and land ownership.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
True or false: The 13 colonies were colonized by England
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Los Dias de los Muertos is a celebration to...
a)
mourn the loss of a loved ones
b)
dress as a skeleton and trick or treat
c)
attend street festivals
d)
to remember deceased loved ones
24.
When are the Days of the Dead?
a)
el 31 de octubre al primero de noviembre
b)
el 31 de octubre
c)
el 1 al 2 de noviembre
d)
el 2 de noviembre
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