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Ch 4 SS Study guide

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a natural resource?

a)

anything from nature that God created for people to use

b)

a group of people who try to solve problems

c)

a long trip to explore an unknown area

d)

anything man-made that people can use

2.

What do you call a natural resource that can be made again naturally?

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

justice

d)

voluntary society

3.

What is a nonrenewable resource?

a)

a natural resource that no longer forms today

b)

a natural resource that can be made again naturally

c)

anything from nature that God created for people to use

d)

a long trip to explore an unknown area

4.

Who went on an expedition together to discover new plants and animals out West?

a)

William Clark

b)

Meriwether Lewis

c)

York

d)

John Marshall

5.

What do you call a group of people who try to solve problems?

a)

a voluntary society

b)

the chief justice

c)

teachers

d)

presidents

6.

Which is the correct definition of democracy?

a)

rule by the people

b)

rule by the president

c)

rules by the pets

d)

rule by the government

7.

What do you call the top judge in the Supreme Court?

a)

the chief justice

b)

the top judge

c)

the president

d)

the lawyer

8.

A judicial review is when the Supreme Court...

a)

oversees all laws

b)

thinks about the judges

c)

chooses a chief justice

d)

reviews for a test

9.

What are all of the judges in the Supreme Court called?

a)

justices

b)

lawyers

c)

meanies

d)

rulers

10.

Which of these people were chief justices of the U.S. Supreme Court?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Mrs. Barrett

11.

Of this expedition group, who was good at making maps and measuring land?

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Sacagawea

d)

York

12.

Of this expedition group, who was good at helping the others communicate with the Native Americans?

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Sacagawea

d)

York

13.

Of this expedition group, who was good hunting and scouting?

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Sacagawea

d)

York

14.

Of this expedition group, who knew the Native American ways of life and living in the woods?

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Sacagawea

d)

York

15.

What was the important precedent set with the election of 1800?

a)

the change in political parties was not peaceful

b)

the change in political parties was peaceful

16.

Who did the U.S. buy the Louisiana Territory from?

a)

France

b)

the Barbary pirates

17.

What was the benefit/s of buying New Orleans and the Louisiana Territory?

a)

Trade from the Mississippi River would not be cut off

b)

The extra land gave room for farmers

18.

What was the purpose/s of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

a)

to find out more about the Louisiana Territory

b)

to explore what was past the Louisiana Territory

19.

What was the result/s of democracy?

a)

Christianity did not grow

b)

Men had a greater part in government

20.

What is the name of the river that separated the U.S. (orange) from the Louisiana Territory (Pink)?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Jordan River

c)

Potomac River

d)

Chattahoochee River

21.

What is the name of the city in which Thomas Jefferson wanted access to for trading?

a)

New Orleans

b)

Washington D.C.

c)

New York City

d)

Louisiana

22.

What is the name of the territory that Thomas Jefferson bought from France in 1803?

a)

Louisiana Territory

b)

United States Territory

c)

New Territory

d)

Mississippi Territory