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Illinois Passage

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the two following answers are the nicknames of Illinois?

a)

Land of Lincoln

b)

Cahokia

c)

The Prairie State

d)

The Windy City

2.

What is the capital of Illinois?

a)

Chicago

b)

Des Plaines

c)

Springfield

d)

Peoria

3.

Where is Lincoln's monument and tomb?

a)

Springfield

b)

Chicago

c)

Washington D.C.

d)

River Forest

4.

Where does Chicago rank in terms of city size in the country?

a)

The largest

b)

Second largest

c)

Third largest

d)

The smallest

5.

Which of the following is NOT an Illinois professional sports team?

a)

Blackhawks

b)

Bears

c)

White Sox

d)

Cardinals

6.

What did many Native Americans build in what was early Illinois?

a)

Mounds

b)

Banks

c)

Rivers

d)

Treehouses

7.

The two explorers who first explored Illinois were of what background?

a)

British

b)

French

c)

German

d)

Spanish

8.

What were the names of the two men who explored what would become Illinois in 1673?

a)

Price and Watson

b)

Wilson and Taft

c)

Vespucci and Cortez

d)

Marquette and Joliet

9.

Which explorer claimed Illinois for France?

a)

La Salle

b)

Marquette

c)

Joliet

d)

De Toqueville

10.

Who mainly fought over land ownership in America?

a)

France and Britain

b)

Germany and Russia

c)

Poland and Austria

d)

Chile and Brazil

11.

France lost all it's land east of the Mississippi River in what war?

a)

The Revolutionary War

b)

The Civil War

c)

The War of 1812

d)

The French and Indian War

12.

Why did many Illinois Native Americans burn the trees on its land?

a)

To cause pollution

b)

To hurt the British

c)

To make hunting easier

d)

To send smoke signals to other tribes