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WorksheetsOutliers Chapter 6 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
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Class
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1.
The Appalachians snake down from Canada to northern Alabama. Some of the states included are. .
a)
New Mexico, Texas, & Arizona
b)
New York, West Virginia, Tennesee
c)
Tennessee, Virginia & Nevada
d)
Ohio, Florida & Virginia
2.
Tennessee, Virginia & Kentucky are part of the Cumberland Gap.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Was this from the video?
3.
All of the ridges, gorges & valleys came to be known as. .
a)
The Cumberland Gap
b)
The Great Smoky Mountains
c)
Appalachia
d)
The Pennsylvania Turnpike
4.
The main group Gladwell references came from . . .
a)
England & Scotland
b)
England & Wales
c)
Ireland & France
d)
Ireland & Scotland
5.
The Scotch Irish left England because they were suffering from. . .
a)
a lack of land for their herds.
b)
constant warring from differing clans in Europe.
c)
high rents, religious persecution & bad crops
d)
persecution by the king of Scotland and bad crops
6.
The 1st migration had the Scots moving into Ireland. The 2nd migration had the Scotch Irish moving to . .
a)
Scotland
b)
The New World-America
c)
Australia
d)
China
7.
The traditional skills the Scotch Irish brought with them were. . .
a)
Whiskey making, quilting, pottery & metal work.
b)
Moonshine rustling, sewing, embroidery of appliques
c)
Playing music & dancing
d)
Shooting guns & making trouble
8.
The Scotch Irish built barns, while the Germans built vodka stills and the English built cities.
a)
True
b)
I don't remember any of this!
c)
I don't understand anything about this book despite the offer of tutoring.
d)
False
9.
The Scotch Irish favorite thing was playing the . . . and making . . .
a)
fiddle . . . dance routines
b)
guitar . . . singing Irish folk songs
c)
fiddle. . . music
d)
tambourine . . . noise from the moonshine
10.
Most of the mountaineers, were fiercely committed to
a)
keeping out of any fights between the Americans and British.
b)
overthrowing British rule.
c)
packing up and returning to England.
d)
helping the Indians and the French.
11.
Harlan, Kansas was the name of the town discussed in Chapter Six.
a)
Maybe
b)
I think so.
c)
Definitely true
d)
False. I'm smarter than that!
12.
The Appalachian Mountains are part of the Cumberland Gap.
a)
Yes, duh!
b)
No, I mean, I don't know.
c)
No. Why you trying to trick me?
d)
You never went over this. . . right?
13.
These were two of the families involved in fighting in Appalachia.
a)
Pembroke & Fenkell
b)
Howard & Turner
c)
Hatfield & McNabb
d)
Seven Mile Posse
14.
Being formerly accused of a crime. .
a)
Indicted
b)
Subpoened
c)
Depositories
d)
Plaintiff
15.
Confederate in this chapter is used to signify a. . .
a)
Person sympathetic to Southern causes
b)
A southern state
c)
Peer, individual similar in age
d)
Member of the Klu Klux Klan
16.
To subpoena a(n)
a)
individual is accused of a crime.
b)
judge calls for a testimony.
c)
witness is sworn in for a court case.
d)
witness is summoned to testify.
17.
The culture of honor entails. . .
a)
an individual's livelihood & self worth
b)
an individual's opinions and beliefs
c)
an individual's personal actions to defend his crops from thieves
d)
an individual's use of violence
18.
Why was Appalachia the way it was?
a)
Due to the Civil War of 1812.
b)
It was because of the fights between the British and the Scotch Irish.
c)
Due to the colonists fights against the British.
d)
Due to the place, Scotland & Ireland, from where they came.
19.
Clannish means. . .
a)
Has to do with the Klu Klux Klan.
b)
It deals with mandarin oranges.
c)
Family blood & loyalty were foremost over all.
d)
Its sorta like being "mannish."
20.
The two psychologists at University of Michigan found that the trigger word to anger the Southern men was. . .
a)
Applesauce
b)
Mother-father!!!!
c)
Son of a Beach!!!
d)
I know this one!!! A**HOLE!!!!
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