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Geography

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

Chisholm Trail

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Mojave Desert

d)

Salton Sea

2.
a)

Kitty Hawk, AR

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Montgomery, AL

d)

Pearl Harbor, HI

3.
a)

Kitty Hawk, NC

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Pearl Harbor, HI

d)

Montgomery, AL

4.
a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Pittsburgh, PA

c)

Montgomery, AL

d)

Kitty Hawk, NC

5.

Where did the Bus Boycott take place?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Montgomery, AL

6.

Where did the Wright Brothers invent aviation?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Montgomery, AL

7.

Where did Japan attack that lead the US to joining WWII?

a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Montgomery, AL

8.
a)

Pearl Harbor, HI

b)

Kitty Hawk, NC

c)

Pittsburgh, PA

d)

Montgomery, AL

9.
Texas cattle ranchers would move cattle along this route from Texas to Abilene, Kansas. 
a)
Kitty Hawk, NC
b)
Chisholm Trail
c)
Pearl Harbor, HI
d)
Chicago, IL
10.
The naval base where Japanese planes attacked in December 1941, bringing America into World War II.
a)
Pittsburgh, PA
b)
Montgomery, AL 
c)
Pearl Harbor, HI
d)
Chisholm Trali
11.
Where the Wright Brothers made the first airplane flight.
a)
Montgomery, AL
b)
Pittsburgh, PA
c)
Chicago, IL
d)
Kitty Hawk, NC
12.
This city was built where three major rivers(the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio) come together in a Y shape and became the center of steel production in the US.  
a)
Kitty Hawk, NC
b)
Pearl Harbor, HI
c)
Pittsburgh, PA
d)
Chicago, IL
13.
In 1960's, Rosa Parks was famous for being arrested here for not giving up her seat on a bus and later became the center for the Civil Rights Movement
a)
Montgomery, AL 
b)
Chicago, IL 
c)
Pearl Harbor, HI
d)
Kitty Hawk, NC
14.
President T. Roosevelt wanted to improve U.S. interests by making travel and trade more efficient. How did he do this?
a)
He paid more money to improve the size and speed of the shipping industry
b)
he encouraged people to travel by ship to other countries to purchase goods
c)
By connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with the Panama Canal.
d)
he chose to stop importing and exporting across the Pacific to Asia, and only focused on importing and exporting across the Atlantic to Europe and Africa.
15.
a)

Chicago, Illinois

b)

Montgomery, Alabama

c)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

d)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

16.

Which historic event occurred here?

a)

first flight

b)

bus boycott

c)

cattle trails started

d)

Pearl Harbor Attacked

17.

Which historic event occurred here?

a)

first flight

b)

bus boycott

c)

Peal Harbor attack

d)

cattle trails started

18.

On which Hawaiian island is Pearl Harbor located?

a)

Honolulu

b)

Maui

c)

Kauai

d)

Oahu

19.

Placed between the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, this city became a major transportation hub during the late 1800s?

a)

Chicago, Illinois

b)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

c)

Montgomery, Alabama

d)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

20.

This is a map of train routes in the late 1800s. Which industrial city became a major train shipping hub as America became an industrialized nation?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

c)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

d)

Chicago, Illinois

21.

Which natural geographic feature contributes the most to the growth of major cities?

a)

mountains

b)

canyons

c)

waterways

d)

deserts

22.

What do Chicago and Pittsburgh have in common as it relates to their rapid growth in the late 1800s?

a)

they both produced a lot of steel

b)

they both were major transportation hubs due to trains

c)

they were both located near major rivers and waterways

d)

they were both involved in the Civil Rights movement

23.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen

a)

African-American military pilots

b)

Navy seals

c)

Brave foot soldiers

d)

Silent and Sneaky snipers

24.
In April 1896, GWC was offered an opportunity from  Booker T. Washington to
a)
teach at Tuskegee University in Alabama.
b)
move to California.
c)
move back to Missouri.
d)
join the Army.