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North America

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What continent is this?

a)

Europe

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

2.

What word means: the original people of an area?

a)

pilgrims

b)

indigenous people

c)

people

d)

men

3.
Name river number 3 (click here to see the map)
a)
Colorado River
b)
Ohio River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi River
4.
What is multiculturalism?
a)
Many different cultures in one society
b)
Only one culture represented in a society
c)
Racism
5.
________________ is the capital of Canada.
a)
Saskatchewan
b)
Nunuvat
c)
Ottawa
d)
Washington DC
6.
What are the two official languages of Canada?
a)
French and Spanish
b)
Spanish and Japanese
c)
English and French
d)
French and Korean
7.
What is Mexico's capital?
a)
Acapulco 
b)
Xel-Ha Park 
c)
Tultum
d)
Mexico City
8.
What was the main religion spread throughout Mexico by missionaries?
a)
Luthern
b)
Catholic
c)
Jewish
d)
Muslim
9.
Who were the major players in European exploration?
a)
England, France, Spain
b)
England, Italy, Egypt
c)
Portugal, Spain, Sweden 
d)
India, France, Greece
10.
What does persecution mean?
a)
good treatment
b)
casualties
c)
to spread something
d)
mistreatment
11.
Which was NOT a European motive for exploration?
a)
wealth
b)
religious conversion
c)
spread disease
d)
economic opportunity
12.

Three reasons people came to the English Colonies were: religious freedom, profit, and land ownership (god, gold, and glory).

a)

True

b)

False

13.
The Spanish colonists came to the New World in search of ____.
a)
tobacco
b)
gold
c)
spices
d)
rich soil
14.
How did the French make money in the colonies?
a)
By selling fish in England
b)
By selling cash crops in Quebec
c)
By building ships
d)
By selling beaver fur in Europe
15.
What cash crop did the English grow in Jamestown?
a)
tobacco
b)
rice
c)
cotton
d)
indigo
16.
Which country settled in North America along the Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Spain
b)
England
c)
France
d)
Portugal
17.
For what reason did the colonists settle in Plymouth?
a)
To trade with Native Americans
b)
To make a profit
c)
To seek religious freedom
d)
To drive the French out of the area
18.

What is Mexico's type of government?

a)

Communist

b)

Constitutional Monarchy

c)

Constitutional Federal Republic

d)

Dictatorship

19.

What is Canada's government?

a)

Parliamentary System

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Republic

d)

Communist

20.

What is the first barrier colonists would face when expanding westward?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

The Grand Canyon

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Appalachian Mountains

21.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

A list of King George's offenses as king

b)

1st 10 amendments that protect the rights and liberties of citizens

c)

Separation of powers

d)

No taxation without representation

22.

What is federalism?

a)

Power divided between the national (federal) and state governments

b)

Power held by state government

c)

President has the most power

d)

National government has total control of the people

23.
Which body of water is on the southern part of the US, between Florida and Texas? 
a)
Pacific 
b)
Atlantic 
c)
gulf of Mexico 
24.

Flat area of land in the middle of North America good for farming

a)

Dry Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Canadian shield

d)

Mississippi river

25.
Which Mountain range is on the east side of the US?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachians
c)
Red lodge mountains
d)
Seirra Nevadas
26.
Which mountain range is in the western US?
a)
Rockies
b)
Appalachians
c)
Andes 
27.
Where does the Mississippi river drain into?
a)
Atlantic Ocean 
b)
Pacific Ocean 
c)
Gulf of Mexico 
28.
A settlement far from the country that rules it
a)
Colony
b)
Missionaries
c)
Columbian Exchange
29.
They wanted to convert Natives to Christianity 
a)
Puritans
b)
Pilgrams
c)
Missionaries
30.
For what reason did the colonists settle in Plymouth?
a)
To trade with Native Americans
b)
To make a profit
c)
To seek religious freedom
d)
To drive the French out of the area
31.
What is Globalization?
a)
The idea that American ideals will prevail around the world
b)
The word used when a country refuses to take part in international trade
c)
The interconnectedness of the world; the spread of ideas, technologies, media, etc
d)
When an American company builds a company abroad to capitalize on cheap labor
32.
"I govern because the people elect me. Power is in the hands of the people."
a)
dictatorship
b)
oligarchy
c)
monarch
d)
democracy
33.
"I rule because my father was king and now I am queen."
a)
dictatorship
b)
oligarchy
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
34.
"I took power by force and everyone must obey my laws."
a)
dictatorship
b)
oligarchy
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
35.
"I rule because I am the religious leader."
a)
dictatorship
b)
oligarchy
c)
theocracy
d)
monarchy
36.

Which economic system struggles because workers have little incentive to work hard or produce quality goods?

a)

traditional

b)

Free enterprise

c)

Communist

37.

Which economic system keeps prices low through competition but has an unequal distribution of wealth?

a)

traditional

b)

Free enterprise

c)

Communist

38.
The United States is an example of all of the following EXCEPT...
a)
presidential democracy
b)
confederate system
c)
federal system
d)
market economy
39.

Population density is

a)

the pattern or arrangement of where people live

b)

the number of people living in a space per square mile

c)

a graph that shows the percentage of males and females by age group

d)

the statistical study of populations

40.

Population distribution is

a)

the number of people living in a space per square mile

b)

a graph that shows the percentage of males and females by age group

c)

the statistical study of populations

d)

the pattern or arrangement of where people live

41.

Push factors are

a)

the number of people living in a place

b)

the patterns or arrangements of where people live

c)

the reasons people move into a place

d)

the reasons people move from a place

42.

Pull factors are

a)

reasons people move into a place

b)

the patterns or arrangements of where people live

c)

reasons people move away from a place

d)

the number of people living in a place

43.

Immigrants are

a)

people who move from place to place

b)

people who return home after living away

c)

people who move away from a place

d)

people who move into a place

44.

Infant mortality rate is

a)

the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1000 live births.

b)

the number of births per 1000 people in an area each year.

c)

the number of infants under one year old who die in a year.

d)

the number of deaths per 1000 people in an area each year

45.

The birth rate is

a)

the number of deaths per 1000 people in an area each year

b)

the number of people who die in an area each year.

c)

the number of people born in an area each year.

d)

the number of births per 1000 people in an area each year.

46.

Which of these tools provides information about distances on a map?

a)

scale

b)

legend

c)

compas rose

d)

projection

47.

location based on longitude and latitude lines

a)

relative location

b)

absolute location

c)

hypothetical location

d)

imaginary location

48.

lines drawn on the globe in an east-west direction

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

topography

d)

elevation lines

49.

Lines drawn on the globe in a north-south direction

a)

latitude

b)

topography

c)

elevation lines

d)

longitude

50.

Urbanization is the...

a)

Increase in the population of cities

b)

Decrease in the population of cities

c)

The decrease in agriculture areas

d)

The increase in agriculture areas

51.
A population pyramid is a graphic device that represents a population's
a)
age and gender composition
b)
total fertility rate
c)
arithmetic population growth
d)
demographic momentum
52.
The average number of years an individual is predicted to live is called
a)
carrying capacity
b)
life expectancy
c)
growth rate
d)
demography
53.

Which of these is not a negative outcome of rapid urbanization?

a)

Crime Rate increases

b)

Increased Pollution

c)

People moving away from cities

d)

Poverty becomes a problem for the city