WorksheetsChapter 3: Kansas as a Crossroads
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was a reasons for Coronado's exploration?
a)
he wanted to find the mythical land that was filled with gold, silver, and jewels
b)
He wanted to find a route to Louisiana
c)
He thought it was possible to sail East to Asia
2.
True or False: Many Native Americans did not die from diseases brought unknowingly to the Americas by the Spaniards?
a)
True
b)
False
3.
Why did the Native Americans fight with the Spaniards?
a)
Because they were forced into slavery and their land was taken
b)
Because the King ordered them to do so
c)
Because the Spaniards did not want to trade with them
4.
His expeditions to Cibola and Quivira were considered failures by the Spanish king and queen.
a)
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
b)
Juan de Onate
c)
Panfilo de Narvaez
d)
Hernando de Soto
5.
the city described to Coronado by the Turk as filled with treasure
a)
Quivira
b)
New Spain
c)
Mexico City
d)
El Paso del Norte
6.
Which of Sacagawea's skills was the main reason she was asked to join the Corps of Discovery?
a)
Her knowledge of the landscape within tribal lands
b)
Her experience making medicines out of indigenous plants
c)
Her strong swimming skills
d)
Her ability to speak the Shoshoni language
7.
How did the United States acquire the land explored by Lewis and Clark?
a)
They won it from the British in the American Revolution.
b)
They defeated Indians in many battles.
c)
They bought if from France.
d)
They took it from the Spanish.
8.
Who was Sacajawea?
a)
A young slave who Lewis and Clark met in St. Louis
b)
A Shoshone woman who helped guide the explorers
c)
A mountain man who showed the explorers how to trap wild game
d)
An Indian chief who traded goods with Lewis and Clark
9.
I bought the Louisiana Purchase from France for $15 million.
a)
Daniel Boone
b)
Lewis and Clark
c)
Thomas Jefferson
10.
The Europeans brought new trade goods to the American Indians but they also brought with them diseases.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
The Indian Removal Act increased tensions between various Indian tribes relocated to Kansas.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Attending Indian mission school was a similar experience to what school is like today.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Francisco Coronado visited the village of what Indian tribe?
a)
Kansa
b)
Wichita
c)
Delaware
d)
Osage
14.
The description of KS as "the Great Desert" led Americans to think that Kansas would be:
a)
a difficult place for Americans to settle but a good place to relocate Indian tribes.
b)
a great place to vacation.
c)
good land for a buffalo reserve.
d)
land that could be sold back to the Europeans.
15.
The U.S. government's policy of relocation was hard on the Indians forced to move to KS because:
a)
there were many Americans that were against it.
b)
many of them had already adopted the customs of Americans.
c)
living conditions in KS were unfamiliar and this made their traditional way of life difficult.
d)
so many Americans had already moved here that there was little room.
16.
Manifest Destiny was the belief that:
a)
the U.S. should expand west so that the country went from the Atlantic to Pacific.
b)
The U.S. should be a monarchy, with a king as its leader.
c)
the U.S. should push the American Indians west.
d)
everyone in America should live on a farm.
17.
This explorer was the first to create an atlas of maps of U.S. states and territories and named Kansas "the Great Desert".
a)
Lewis and Clark
b)
Stephen H. Long
c)
Zebulon Pike
18.
Why did people head west to California?
a)
to find Gold
b)
to find Silver
c)
to surf
d)
for religious reasons
19.
Where did the Oregon Trail start?
a)
Independence, MO
b)
New York
c)
Florida
d)
Houston, TX
20.
Where did the Santa Fe Trail end?
a)
Independence, MO
b)
Los Angeles
c)
Santa Fe, NM
d)
the moon
21.
What was the main purpose of people using the California Trail?
a)
People seeking farmland and gold
b)
Religious freedom
c)
People looking for better wifi
d)
People looking for a Northwest Passage
22.
What year was the California Gold Rush?
a)
1972
b)
2020
c)
1849
d)
1489
23.
Which trail does the map represent?
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Mormon Trail
c)
California Trail
d)
Santa Fe Trail
24.
Which trail does the map represent?
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Mormon Trail
c)
California Trail
d)
Santa Fe Trail
25.
Which of the following was a belief of many Americans that the US should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Abolition
c)
Secession
d)
Anarchy
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