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History Unit 2 Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The type of land that people live on is called...

a)

Forests

b)

Woodlands

c)

Geography

d)

Eastern Woodlands

2.

Anything found in nature that people can use to survive is a...

a)

Wood

b)

Natural Resource

c)

Water

d)

Occupied Territory

3.

Which one of the following is NOT a natural resource?

water

a)

Fish

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Pencil

4.

Which of the following words is NOT an example of geography?

a)

Mountains

b)

Oceans

c)

Rain

d)

Deserts

5.

These three resources were called "the three sisters" by Native Americans.

a)

Ms. K, Ms. E, and Ms. Hall

b)

Corn, trees, and hay

c)

Squash, corn, and peas

d)

Corn, beans, and squash

6.

This group of Europeans had long ships which were easy to navigate, so they were the first Europeans to reach North America.

a)

The Spaniards

b)

The French

c)

The Italians

d)

The Vikings

7.

This is the reason why most European explorers left home to explore.

a)

They wanted to make money and become famous.

b)

They had nothing to do in their home countries.

c)

They needed spices.

d)

They liked to sail.

8.

Christopher Columbus landed in Central America on his journeys, but he thought he was on this continent.

a)

Antarctica

b)

China

c)

Asia

d)

North America

9.

Ferdinand Magellan died on his journey, but his fleet of ships and crew were the first Europeans to....

a)

sail to Asia!

b)

sail around the world!

c)

start a war!

d)

make it to South America!

10.

Amerigo Vespucci's greatest accomplishment was figuring out that...

a)

Native Americans occupied these continents

b)

Central America was closer than they thought.

c)

North and South America were their own continents - they were not part of Asia!

d)

North and South America were connected!

11.

These are the two names of the Native American tribes we learned about during this unit.

a)

Algonquian and Iroquois

b)

Woodland and Eastern

c)

Iroquois and Columbus

d)

Algonquian and Eastern Woodland

12.

This was the most important natural resource for Native Americans that lived in the eastern woodlands

a)

Straw

b)

Pillow

c)

Trees

d)

Lamps

13.

These are the two names of the homes that Algonquian and Iroquois Native Americans made out of trees from the forest.

a)

Teepees and Mohegan

b)

kayaks and canoes

c)

wigwams and longhouses

d)

longhorn steakhouse

14.

These are the four ways that Algonquian and Iroquois Native Americans got their food.

a)

hunt, fish, farm, gather

b)

hunt, fish, construct, cook

c)

cooking, trading, farming, fishing

d)

get the fish boys and start a BBQ

e)

anotha one

15.

This was invented by Johannes Gutenberg in 1440 as a way to make books and signs faster than writing them by hand.

a)

stencils

b)

feather pens

c)

rap battles

d)

the printing press

16.

After the printing press was invented, people knew more about the world around them because they were able to...

a)

thank Johannes Gutenberg

b)

read books

c)

write words

d)

buy a paper

17.

This invention showed people what direction they were moving in

a)

cardinal directions

b)

the compass

c)

weast

d)

GPS

18.

This is the name of the tall fence that Iroquois Native Americans built around their villages to protect them from attacks

a)

The Great Wall

b)

A Palisade

c)

A Wigwam

d)

A Longship

19.

Because they now had a more reliable compass, more and more men decided to...

a)

explore the land and oceans far away from their homes

b)

Sail away from home and never return

c)

take land from people living in Antarctica

d)

explore the land 10 miles from where they lived

20.

This invention allowed The Vikings to be able to navigate through the ocean more easily than other Europeans at this time in history (763-1066).

a)

Palisade

b)

Wigwam

c)

Longship

d)

Canoe

21.

to change your behavior so it is easier to survive in a place or a situation

a)

contrast

b)

occupied territory

c)

geography

d)

adapt

22.

This is a person whose job it is to make maps

a)

choreographer

b)

mapologist

c)

cartographer

d)

explorer

23.

a word that means you figure out how to get to a place by traveling

a)

Sailing

b)

Evaluation

c)

Compassing

d)

Navigation

24.

This is land that someone already lives on or owns

a)

Occupied Territory

b)

Unoccupied territory

c)

Continent

d)

Property

25.

This was the name of the group that the Iroquois created to discuss war, peace and trade with the 5 tribes.

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Iroquois Confederacy

c)

The Algonquian Democracy

d)

The Iroquois treaty