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Kansas History Chapter 3

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
_________ is flexible armor made of joined metal links (worn by the Spanish Conquistadors).
a)
Plate armor
b)
Chain mail
2.
The idea that America was meant to expand from coast to coast and was blessed by a higher power.
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
manifest destiny
c)
industrialization
d)
eminent domain
3.
Who was Francisco Vasquez de Coronado?
a)
French explorer and trader
b)
Spanish explorer and trader
c)
American explorer who placed the name "Kansas" on the map
d)
Father of the Santa Fe Trail
4.
How did Lewis and Clark describe Kansas?
a)
It was beautiful and full of game.
b)
It was like a desert, sandy and dry, like Africa.
c)
Called Kansas "The Great Desert" and said it was unfit for cultivation
d)
Said it was to cold to live their.
5.
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.
6.
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. 
7.
Francisco Coronado visited the village of what Indian tribe?
a)
Kansa
b)
Wichita
c)
Delaware
d)
Osage
8.
President Thomas Jefferson sent these men to explore the Louisiana Territory for scientific purposes.
a)
Zebulon Pike
b)
Stephen H. Long
c)
Lewis and Clark
9.
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
10.

Mission schools were established to:

a)

convert Indian children to Christianity and teach them vocational skills.

b)

help traders move their supplies from the ships.

c)

teach people how to become missionaries.

d)

teach people how to build schools.

11.
Who was President at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abe Lincoln
d)
John Adams
12.

Member of the Delaware tribe who operated a ferry boat on the KS River

a)

Long

b)

Grinter

c)

Becknell

13.

Trader from Missouri who helped start the Santa Fe Trail

a)

Long

b)

Grinter

c)

Becknell

14.

Explorers that came to Kansas to establish trade relations with the Indians

a)

French

b)

Spanish

c)

Germans

d)

Russians

15.

Route used to move new families to the west

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Oregon-California Trail

16.

Who was the first American explorer to travel over land in Kansas who became lost in the territory claimed by Spain?

a)

Zebulone Pike

b)

Stephen Long

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

William Becknell

17.

Who was a French explorer that set up relations with the Kansa and set up a fort on the Missouri River?

a)

Zebulon Pike

b)

Claude Charles Du Tisne

c)

Etiennes Veniard De Bourgmont

d)

Francisco de Coronado

18.

Who traded goods and ammunition with the Osage and Pawnee? Hint: he was a French explorer

a)

Stephen Long

b)

William Becknell

c)

Etiennes De Bourmont

d)

Claude Charles Du Tisne

19.

Which trail was an important international trade route for moving freight?

a)

Santa Fe Trail

b)

Oregon-California Trail

c)

Clarks Trail

d)

Manifest Destiny

20.

What was a result of population growth in the United States?

a)

the Native Americans took over more land

b)

the population of Native Americans increased

c)

Americans desire for land grew

d)

the population of buffalo increased

21.

The Indian Removal Act....

a)

lead to thousands of U.S. soldiers being killed

b)

was passed by Thomas Jefferson

c)

increased tensions between various Indian tribes relocated to Kansas

d)

all of the above

22.

How long it took for immigrants to travel from Missouri to the West Coast on the Oregon-California Trail

a)

2-4 months

b)

4-6 months

c)

1-2 months

d)

9-12 months

23.

Missionary schools were established for all of the following reasons EXCEPT....

a)

to convert the Indian children to Christianity

b)

To teach the Indian children Vocational skills

c)

To make Indian children rebel against their parents

d)

to assimilate Indian children by teaching them English

24.

Travelers on the Santa Fe Trail

a)

had to walk a majority of the way

b)

experienced disease, death, and poor sanitation

c)

passed by Pawnee Rock in Kansas

d)

all of the above

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