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Worksheets4th Grade SS Who's Who
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This explorer sailed to the west Indies and thought he was in India.
a)
Balboa
b)
Columbus
c)
DeSoto
d)
Cortes
2.
I was the first governor of the state of Franklin (which is now Tennessee).
a)
John Sevier
b)
Daniel Boone
c)
Davy Crockett
d)
William Penn
3.
I helped build the Wilderness Trail that goes through the Cumberland Gap.
a)
John Sevier
b)
Daniel Boone
c)
Davy Crockett
d)
William Penn
4.
This person was a US Representative who voted against the Indian Removal Act, fought for Texas's independence from Mexico, and died in the Battle of the Alamo.
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
Davy Crockett
c)
William Penn
d)
John Sevier
5.
A Native American who created an alphabet of writing for their tribe.
a)
Sequoyah
b)
Nancy Ward
c)
Lewis & Clark
d)
Pochahontas
6.
Who did NOT explore the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
Lewis
b)
Clark
c)
Corps of Discovery
d)
Cortes
7.
These are the colonists who fought against the British in the American Revolution.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
8.
Patriots who fought unfair taxes by organizing boycotts and protests.
a)
Sam Adams
b)
Andrew Jackson
c)
Sons & Daughters of Liberty
d)
Loyalists
9.
These colonists were called "Tories", and they fought on England's side in the Revolutionary War.
a)
Patriots
b)
Loyalists
10.
I was the leader of the Quakers.
a)
Sam Houston
b)
William Bean
c)
James Robertson
d)
William Penn
11.
This group of people left England because they believed that all Christians should be free to worship in their own way. William Penn led this group.
a)
49ers
b)
Aztecs
c)
Quakers
12.
These people moved to California to mine for gold in 1849.
a)
49ers
b)
Quakers
c)
Aztecs
13.
These two people were the founders of the Watauga Association, which was the 1st permanent settlement in Tennessee.
a)
Cortes & DeSoto
b)
Lewis & Clark
c)
William Bean & James Robertson
d)
Sam Houston & Andrew Jackson
14.
A Cherokee woman who brought peace between the settlers and Indians who feuded (fought) over land.
a)
Nancy Ward
b)
Sequoyah
15.
I was the first explorer to reach the Mississippi river after going through Florida and exploring the southeastern US.
a)
Balboa
b)
Columbus
c)
Cortes
d)
DeSoto
16.
I was a TN president who signed the Indian Removal Act which required Native Americans to leave the south and move west of the Mississippi River.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
James Polk
c)
Sam Houston
d)
Thomas Jefferson
17.
All of these are presidents who were from Tennessee except:
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
James Polk
c)
Sam Houston
18.
I was the president who was in office during the Louisiana Purchase and picked Lewis & Clark for this journey.
a)
James Polk
b)
Andrew Johnson
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Thomas Jefferson
19.
I was a governor of Tennessee who became the President of Texas.
a)
Sam Houston
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
William Bean
d)
Nancy Ward
20.
This was a vast Indian civilization that lived in present day Mexico.
a)
Aztecs
b)
Shawnee
c)
Creek
d)
Chickasaw
21.
A document that created the first democratic government in the colonies
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Constitution
d)
Mayflower Compact
22.
The is the first part of the Constitution. It lists the rights of all Americans.
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Constitution
d)
Mayflower Compact
23.
I was the first person to circumnavigate the globe (sail around the world).
a)
DeSoto
b)
Columbus
c)
Magellan
d)
Hudson
24.
This English was determined to find the Northwest Passage via the Arctic Circle.
a)
Hudson
b)
Columbus
c)
Magellan
d)
DeSoto
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