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WorksheetsMoving West
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Money or other resources used to create wealth.
a)
Capital
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Revealed
2.
A type of economy were people and businesses are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want, with a minimum of government intervention.
a)
Capital
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Revealed
3.
Part of a larger whole.
a)
Capital
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Revealed
4.
To Show.
a)
Capital
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Revealed
5.
The official count of a population.
a)
Census
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Turnpike
6.
A road that one must pay to use.
a)
Census
b)
Free Enterprise
c)
Elements
d)
Turnpike
7.
Who helped to blaze the Wilderness Road.
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Francis Lloyd Cabot
d)
James Madison
8.
During colonial times, Americans looked on the backcountry between the Atlantic Ocean and the Appalachian Mountains was known as?
a)
The Western Frontier.
b)
The Great Plains
c)
The Plantation Lands
d)
The Rocky mountains
9.
In the South the backcountry began at the point on rivers where water falls prevent further travel.
a)
The Fall Line
b)
The Peidmont
c)
The High Plains
d)
The Water Line
10.
What is is the broad plateau that leads to the Blue Ridge Mountains, which means "foot of the mountain?"
a)
The Fall Line
b)
The Peidmont
c)
The High Plains
d)
The Water Line
11.
What area had ample resources, primarily good water and forests.
a)
The Mountain Country
b)
The Frontcountry
c)
The Backcountry
d)
The Lake Country
12.
What was used as currency; one unit was a buckskin, “a buck.”
a)
Elephant skins
b)
Deerskins
c)
Pork skins
d)
Continentals
13.
The first log cabins in the New World were built by immigrants from where?
a)
Russia and Korea
b)
Ireland and Greenland
c)
Canada and Mexico
d)
Sweden and Finland
14.
Which group came to America from England and Scotland because of poverty, crop failure and religious persecution.
a)
The Scots-Irish
b)
People from Iceland
c)
People from Germany
d)
People from Europe
15.
What was the only snack the settlers had?
a)
Chewing gum
b)
Popcorn
c)
Beef jerkey
d)
Deer Jerkey
16.
What was it that linked the cities to one another?
a)
Roads and canals
b)
Roads and walkways
c)
Canals and riverboats
d)
Walkways and riverboats
17.
What linked Maryland and Virginia together in 1806?
a)
The National Road
b)
The National Riverway
c)
The Interstate Road
d)
The Road to Nowhere
18.
Who helped the American Government build networks of roads?
a)
Ship builders
b)
Farmers
c)
Private investors
d)
Daniel Boone
19.
What is a channel dug across land and filled with water.
a)
channel
b)
water front
c)
riverway
d)
canal
20.
How were gaps in the nation’s system of transportation filled?
a)
Canals
b)
Waterfronts
c)
Riverways
d)
Horseback
21.
What connected markets in New York and the Midwest. It was opened in 1825.
a)
Hudson River
b)
Erie Canal
c)
Boston Canal
d)
Mississippi River
22.
What were the primary supplies shipped on the Erie Canal?
a)
Coffee and cotton
b)
Wheat and barley
c)
Farm products and manufactured goods
d)
slaves and owners
23.
Who invented the steam engine?
a)
Thomas Savery
b)
James Watt
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Daniel Boone
24.
Who used the steam engine in the steam boat?
a)
Thomas Savery
b)
James Watt
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Robert Livingston
25.
What led to growth of cities like St. Louis and New Orleans.
a)
Steamboats
b)
Horse and carriage
c)
Henry Ford's automobile
d)
The Wright Brother's airplane
26.
What four states were added during 1791 and 1803?
a)
Vermont, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee
b)
Florida, Texas, Alabama, and South Carolina
c)
Alaska, California, Wyoming, and Maine
d)
Ohio, New Jersey, Vermont and Canada
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