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Total questions: 49

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Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of this continent? 
a)
Africa
b)
North America
c)
Antarctica
d)
Europe
2.
What is the largest ocean?
a)
Atlantic ocean
b)
Indian ocean
c)
Pacific ocean
d)
Southern ocean
3.
What ocean is between Africa and Australia?
a)
Pacific ocean
b)
Indian ocean
c)
Atlantic ocean
d)
Southern ocean
4.
What is the biggest continent?
a)
Asia
b)
North America
c)
Europe
d)
Antarctica
5.
What is the smallest continent?
a)
Europe
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
6.

1. All of the following were trading empires in Africa except:

a)

Mali

b)

Songhai

c)

Ghana

d)

Shanghai

7.
1.  Which city became the center of learning in Mali?
a)
Ghana
b)
Timbuktu
c)
Cairo
d)
Nigeria
8.

Which body of water did the West African empires settle around?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Niger River

c)

Nile River

d)

Red Sea

9.

How did slavery begin in Africa?

a)

People were promised a better life (lied to) and they signed up

b)

African kings sold people to the Europeans

c)

They were captured by Americans from Texas

d)

They volunteered to go to save their other family members

10.

The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

a)

Work on plantations

b)

Work on the railroad

c)

Work building houses

d)

Work building ships

11.

What is a difference between a slave and an indentured servant?

a)

Slave children were born free but not indentured servant children

b)

Slaves could be freed after a certain time but indentured servants couldnt

c)

Indentured servants were kidnapped but slaves came voluntarily

d)

Indentured servants could eventually earn their freedom

12.
·  Located along the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico ·  Broad lowland providing many excellent harbors
a)
Canadian Shield
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Coastal Range
13.
·  Located west of Coastal Plain extending from eastern Canada to western Alabama; includes the Piedmont ·  Old, eroded mountains (oldest mountain range in North America)
a)
Appalachian Highlands
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Canadian Sheild
d)
Basin and Range
14.
·  Wrapped around Hudson Bay in a horseshoe shape ·  Hills worn by erosion and hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Great Plains
d)
Canadian Sheild
15.
Located west of the Great Plains and east of the Basin and Range Rugged mountains stretching from Alaska almost to Mexico; high elevations Contains the Continental Divide, which determines the directional flow of rivers
a)
Appalachian Mountains
b)
Coastal Range
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Canadian Sheild
16.
Rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that stretch from California to Canada Contains fertile valleys
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Coastal Range
c)
Appalachian Mountains
d)
Great Plains
17.

Which region is known for shipbuilding?

a)
b)
c)
18.

Which region was known for producing cotton?

a)
b)
c)
19.

Which region is known for its livestock?

a)
b)
c)
20.

Which region has a hot and humid climate?

a)
b)
c)
21.

Which region is known for growing tobacco?

a)
b)
c)
22.

Which region is known for making tools?

a)
b)
c)
23.

Which region has very cold winters?

a)
b)
c)
24.

Diverse population helped create tolerance

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

25.

Settled by Puritans

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

26.

What did the colonies trade to Great Britain for manufactured goods?

a)

molasses

b)

raw materials

c)

slaves

d)

tools

27.

What event left Great Britain in debt?

a)

Establishment of the American Colonies

b)

French and Indian War

c)

Hundred Years' War

d)

American Revolution

28.

Who appointed the Colonial governors?

a)

Colonial Legislatures

b)

Colonists

c)

King or Proprietor

d)

Parliament

29.

What law prevented colonists from moving westward? - West of the Appalachian Mountains

a)

Proclamation of 1765

b)

Stamp Act

c)

Townsend Acts

d)

Proclamation of 1763

30.
Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?
a)
Yorktown
b)
Saratoga
c)
Lexington and Concord
d)
Bunker Hill
31.
What was the name of the British king during the American Revolution?
a)
Charles III
b)
George III
c)
William III
d)
James III
32.
Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?
a)
Benjamin Franklin
b)
John Adams
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Patrick Henry
33.
Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.
a)
Saratoga
b)
Yorktown
c)
Bunker Hill
d)
Lexington and Concord
34.
This member of the Continental Congress helped gain French support for American independence.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Patrick Henry
d)
John Adams
35.
This patriot made a daring ride to warn colonists that British soldiers were approaching.
a)
Patrick Henry
b)
Paul Revere
c)
Phillis Wheatley
d)
Samuel Adams
36.
This enslaved person wrote poems and plays supporting American independence.
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Benjamin Banneker
c)
Paul Revere
d)
Phillis Wheatley
37.

___ inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

38.

The ___ people inhabited the interior of the United States, the Great Plains.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

39.

The ___ tribe inhabited the Southwest, in what is now New Mexico and Arizona.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

40.

The ___ lived in rainy and mild climate.

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

41.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

42.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

43.

Which tribe lived in the area shaded in grey on the map?

a)

Inuit

b)

Iroquois

c)

Kwakiutl

d)

Lakota

e)

Pueblo

44.

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean

a)

peninsula

b)

basin

c)

volcano

45.

Small river that flows into a larger river

a)

volcano

b)

plateau

c)

tributary

d)

island

46.

Land mass that is completely surrounded by water

a)

glacier

b)

island

c)

gulf

47.
A ____ is a large natural elevation of the Earth’s surface that rises from the Earth’s surface.
a)
hill
b)
mountain
c)
plateau
d)
mesa
48.
These are elevated areas that are smaller than mountains. 
a)
Valleys
b)
Plateaus
c)
Moutains
d)
Hills
49.

Each of these colored areas of land is a ___________.

a)

continent

b)

country

c)

island

d)

state

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