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Worksheets4th Grade Ch 6 Exploring the Southeast
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What term best describes the geography of the Florida Everglades?
a)
plain
b)
desert
c)
mountain
d)
wetland
2.
Who planned and negotiated the Missouri Compromise in Congress?
a)
Sequoyah
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Henry Clay
d)
George Washington
3.
Which of the following best describes a piedmont?
a)
a huge farm where cash crops are grown
b)
land that is almost completely covered by water
c)
an area of lowland that is partially covered with water
d)
an area of high land near the foot of mountains
4.
Who helped clear a path through the Cumberland Gap?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Danirl Boone
c)
Sequoyah
d)
Henry Clay
5.
Which Native American tribe lived in the Appalachian region of the Southeast in the 1500s?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Navajo
c)
Powhatan
d)
Shawnee
6.
Who led the Confederate army during the Civil War?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Tecumseh Sherman
7.
When did the Wilderness Road open?
a)
1607
b)
1775
c)
1819
d)
1865
8.
Who led the Union army during the Civil War?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Daniel Boone
c)
George Washington
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
9.
What was the purpose of most plantations in the Southeast?
a)
to raise livestock
b)
to grow cash crops
c)
to mine coal
d)
to serve as ports
10.
Who developed the Cherokee writing system?
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Powhatan
d)
Sequoyah
11.
In 1820, what kept the balance between free and slave states?
a)
the Union
b)
the Confederacy
c)
the Missouri Compromise
d)
the Civil War
12.
Which of these cities grew around a port along the Gulf of Mexico?
a)
Baltimore, Maryland
b)
Charleston, South Carolina
c)
Miami, Florida
d)
New Orleans, Louisiana
13.
Which body of water forms the eastern edge of the Southeast region?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
Gulf of Mexico
14.
Horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle that are raised on a farm.
a)
fall line
b)
pioneer
c)
livestock
d)
barrier island
15.
Part of the year when temperatures are warm enough for crops to grow.
a)
growing season
b)
plantation
c)
livestock
d)
key
16.
A line of waterfalls
a)
plantation
b)
piedmont
c)
fall line
d)
livestock
17.
Civil Rights for everyone means that all people _____.
a)
deserve equal treatment
b)
must follow segregation
c)
can boycott
d)
should vote
18.
What was the name of the war that ended when the South surrendered to the North?
a)
World War II
b)
Civil War
c)
Korean War
d)
Gulf War
19.
Sequoyah's invention helped the Cherokee people_________.
a)
keep their land
b)
communicate with colonies
c)
communicate with other tribes
d)
record their history and culture
20.
The longest river in North America is located in the SE is
a)
Ohio
b)
Missouri
c)
Colorado
d)
Mississippi
21.
Abraham Lincoln signed the _________ to free the slaves in the south.
a)
Constitution
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
my report card
d)
The Pledge of Allegiance
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