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WorksheetsEstablishing Kentucky
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 18mins
What is a Primary Source?
a textbook
a newspaper
a letter
a fictional novel
Why did explorers travel through the Cumberland Gap?
because this was the shortest route
it is the only way to get through the mountains
it was a detour they had to take
a sign led them that way
Who was hired to cross the Cumberland Gap and explore the wilderness on the other side?
Colonel Andrew Lewis
James Harrod
Richard Henderson
Daniel Boone
Why was the Proclamation of 1763 written?
England did not want to to fight any more Indian wars
think of later
Which was NOT the name of the group of Native Americans that lived in Kentucky?
Cherokees
Chickasaw
Navajo
Shawnee
What does 'Kentucky' mean?
place of meadows
home of chicken
land of tomorrow
Heaven is a Kentucky kind of place
Why was the French and Indian War important?
They didn't get along
The Indians stole something from the French
The British were mistreating the Indians
They both wanted to be the greatest power in the new world
What is Fort Boonesborough?
The first settlement in Kentucky
A war battle ground
A place of land settled by Daniel Boone
The largest settlement in Kentucky
What do artifacts tell us about people who lived in Kentucky?
They are painting they made
They are tools they used
They tell us about their way of life
Why did the early explorers that settled in Kentucky settle where they did?
They settled near a river to have a water source
They settled on good farming land
They settled where there were animals to hunt
