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1st Quarter Review

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The lowest point in North America, in the Basin and Range, is ...

a)

Death Valley

b)

Cascades

c)

Great Plains

d)

Low Point Ridge

2.

What region wraps around Hudson Bay with hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Coastal Range

c)

Canadian Shield

d)

Great Plains

3.

Which geographic region is shaded?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Appalachian Highlands

d)

Interior Lowlands

4.

Which region is shaded?

a)

Appalachian Highlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Interior Lowlands

5.

Which region is shaded?

a)

Basin and Range

b)

Coastal Range

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Appalachian Mountains

6.

Which region is shaded?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Interior Lowlands

d)

Rocky Mountains

7.

What region of the US has broad lowlands and many excellent harbors?

a)

Interior Lowlands

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Coastal Range

8.

Which region is shaded?

a)

Great Plains

b)

Rocky Mountains

c)

Canadian Shield

d)

Basin and Range

9.

Which region contains the Continental Divide, which decides which way rivers flow?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Coastal Range

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Interior Lowlands

10.

Which region contains mountains and fertile valleys?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Great Plains

11.
Young jagged mountains; contains the Continental Divide
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Coastal Range
d)
Basin and Range
12.
Flat lands that gradually increase in elevation to the west; large grasslands
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Great Plains
d)
Interior Lowlands
13.
Oldest mountain range in North America; rounded, eroded mountains
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Great Plains
d)
Interior Lowlands
14.
·  Located west of the Appalachian Mountains and east of the Great Plains Rolling flatlands with many rivers, broad river valleys, and grassy hills
a)
Interior Lowlands
b)
Great Plains
15.

What region is highlighted on the map?

a)

Coastal Range

b)

Basin and Range

c)

Canadian Shield

d)

Coastal Plain

16.

What region is pictured here?

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Interior Lowlands

c)

Great Plains

d)

Coastal Range

17.

What region is pictured here?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Interior Lowlands

c)

Basin and Range

d)

Appalachian Mountains

18.
Which feature is a natural stream of fresh water that empty into a larger body of water?
a)
Lake
b)
River
c)
Tributary
d)
Ocean
19.
Which river was the "gateway to the West?"
a)
Mississippi River
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Ohio River
d)
Atlantic Ocean
20.
Which waterway was a HIGHWAY for explorers?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Gulf of Mexico
d)
Mississippi River
21.
Which waterway was explored by the Spanish and French?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Great Lakes
d)
St. Lawrence River
22.

Which waterway forms part of the US border with Canada?

a)

Lake Anna

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

St. Lawrence River

d)

Colorado River

23.
Which waterway forms the border with Mexico?
a)
St. Lawrence River
b)
Gulf of Mexico
c)
Pacific Ocean
d)
Rio Grande
24.
Which waterway was used by Lewis and Clark?
a)
Colorado River
b)
Columbia River
c)
St. Lawrence River
d)
Mississippi River
25.
Which waterway was used to transport farm and industrial products?
a)
Columbia River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Ohio River
26.

Which waterway had a lot of inland port cities around it?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Ohio River

d)

Pacific Ocean

27.
Which waterway was explored by the Spanish?
a)
Columbia River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Colorado River
28.

Which two rivers were used to transport farm and industrial products to other parts of the US?

a)

Missouri

b)

Colorado

c)

Ohio

d)

Mississippi

29.

Which waterway is number 6?

a)

Missouri

b)

Ohio

c)

Mississippi

d)

Columbia

30.

What river is number 11?

a)

Columbia

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

Ohio

d)

Missouri

31.

What river is number 4?

a)

Missouri

b)

Columbia

c)

Ohio

d)

Colorado

32.
Geography is the study of...
a)
laws and government
b)
land, climate, water and animals
c)
people and their activities
d)
money and budgets
33.

Which Native American tribe uses natural resources such as whales, ice, seals and polar bears.

a)

Pueblo

b)

Iroqouis

c)

Inuit

d)

Lakota

34.

Pueblo Indians were known for building adobes from clay, constructing dwellings built into the sides of cliffs and ...

a)

using all parts of the buffalo for survival

b)

using poison darts to harpoon whales

c)

using irrigation to help with agriculture

d)

having ceremonial potlatches

35.

Why did tribes from the Pacific Northwest use totem poles?

a)

to teach their religion

b)

to scare spirits away

c)

to use for tribal games

d)

to tell stories about their families

36.

The ___________ were nomads, always chasing the buffalo.

a)

Lakota

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Pueblo

37.

A longhouse is a home shared by many families of the ______ tribe.

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Iroquois

c)

Inuit

d)

Lakota

38.

Which geographic region did the Lakota Indians live in?

a)

The Coastal Range

b)

The Canadian Shield

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Great Plains

39.

A _____ is a cone-shaped tent made from animal hides and wooden poles.

a)

tepee

b)

wigwam

c)

plank house

d)

long house

40.

A(n) ___________ is someone who studies artifacts to learn how people lived in the past.

a)

Physicist

b)

Opthamologist

c)

Archaeologist

d)

Astrologist

41.

_________ is the beliefs, traditions and language of a group of people.

a)

Kachina

b)

Potlatch

c)

Culture

d)

Diversity

42.

The Pueblo people lived in the Pacific Northwest.

a)

True

b)

False

43.

The Inuits lived in Alaska and in Northern Canada.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

People working to produce goods and services are

a)

human resources

b)

capital resources

c)

natural resources

45.

Which of the following is an example of a capital resource?

a)

bow and arrow

b)

farmer

c)

clay

46.

What river is Cactus Hill located on?

a)

The James River

b)

The Rio Grande River

c)

The Nottoway River

d)

The St. Lawrence River

47.

Geography and ______________ affected how various Native American groups met their most basic needs.

a)

archaeology

b)

climate

c)

psychology

d)

culture

48.
I am an Italian explorer who was hired by the King of England to go out exploring after Columbus.  I landed on what is today Newfoundland, but I thought I was in Asia.
a)
Vespucci
b)
Cabot
c)
Erickson
d)
Balboa
49.

Country that John Cabot sailed from

a)

United States

b)

France

c)

England

50.
Who explored the Mississippi River Valley?
a)
Cabot
b)
Champlain
c)
Coronado
d)
LaSalle
51.
Who established Quebec?
a)
Cabot
b)
Champlain
c)
Coronado
d)
LaSalle
52.
Which was not a motivation for the explorers?
a)
Religion
b)
Economic
c)
Medicine
d)
Glory
53.
Which was not an obstacle for the explorers?
a)
Lack of supplies
b)
Poor maps
c)
disease
d)
leaky boats
54.
Which was not an accomplishment for the explorers?
a)
improved maps
b)
claimed land
c)
improved medicine
d)
exchanged goods and ideas
55.
What did West African societies trade with Portugal?
a)
Gold
b)
Sand
c)
cloths
d)
manufactured goods
56.
What did Portugal trade for gold with the West African societies?
a)
gold
b)
cloths, metals and manufactured goods
c)
raw materials
d)
salt
57.
Which is not a West African Society that Portugal traded with?
a)
Ghana
b)
Mali
c)
Cairo
d)
Songhai
58.

Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange?

a)

the exchange of beads and trinkets for gold and silver in the New World

b)

the exchange of plants, animals, and disease in the New World

c)

the exchange of goods for slaves in the New World

d)

the exchange of guns forfgood in the New World

59.

A conquistador is

a)

A European explorer

b)

A Spanish soldier who was a conqueror

c)

An organized journey

d)

A settlement far from the country that rules it

60.
Coronado would have had contact with which Indian group?
a)
Inuit
b)
Iroquois
c)
Iroquois
d)
Peublo
61.
Robert La Salle was from which country?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
62.
La Salle explored which region?
a)
East Canada
b)
Mississippi River Valley
c)
Pacific Northwest
d)
Canadian Shield
63.
The French set up _____________________ to cooperate with the Native Americans?
a)
settlements
b)
trading posts
c)
churches
d)
7-11's
64.
Samuel De Champlain founded the settlement of ___________________?
a)
New York
b)
New 
New Orleans
c)
Cleaveland
d)
Quebec
65.

The English had conflicts with Native Americans because they wanted to...?

a)

own the land

b)

destroy the land

c)

force Chrisitanity on the Native Americans

d)

rent the land

66.
Where did the Portuguese explore?
a)
Western Africa
b)
Western Usa
c)
West Coast
d)
Spain
67.
What did the Portuguese trade for in West Africa?
a)
Gold and Salt
b)
oil
c)
wood
d)
Diamond and Silver
68.
What statement best describes how the Spanish interacted with Native Americans?
a)
They traded with them.
b)
They conquered and enslaved them
c)
They learned farming from them
d)
They made settlements and traded with them

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