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WorksheetsKansas History Review (Chapters 1-3)
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which of the following is NOT a physical feature you would find in the state of Kansas?
large mountain ranges
plains
rolling hills
rivers
What river forms the northeast border of the state of Kansas?
Missouri River
Kansas River
Arkansas River
Colorado River
True or False: Both Kansas and Missouri have cities called "Kansas City".
True
False
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
Kansas is east of Missouri
Nebraska is north of Kansas
Kansas is north of Oklahoma
Colorado is west of Kansas
Which of the following states DOES NOT share a border with the state of Kansas?
Colorado
Texas
Missouri
Oklahoma
A layer of rock that holds water underground is called an...
aquifer
lake
lowland
upland
About how much of Kansas is "prairie" land?
1/2
1/3
1/4
1/5
"America's Heartland" is a well-known nickname for Kansas.
True
False
Kansas is in the geographic center of the conterminous (lower 48) United States.
True
False
The flattest state in the United States is...
Florida
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
A flat, treeless landscape that receives low levels of rainfall is called...
a plain
a tundra
a forest
a valley
The shallow ocean of salt water that covered Kansas millions of years ago is called the...
Permian Sea
Paleozoic Sea
El Dorado Sea
Kansas Sea
Which of the following is NOT a resource Kansas enjoys today as a result of the Permian sea and its organic materials?
coal
oil
natural gas
gold
Which of the following is NOT a way that people have benefited from Kansas' water resources.
transportation
fishing
farming
all of these options are benefits of water resources in Kansas
Which of the following is NOT a river in Kansas?
Arkansas River
Missouri River
Kansas River
Colorado River
When the way the temperature feels is affected by the speed of the wind and amount of moisture in the air, we call it...
wind chill
wind speed
dew point
barometric pressure
Which of the following is NOT a type of weather that might be experienced in Kansas?
hurricane
blizzard
drought
flooding
Which of the following is NOT a possible effect of a drought in Kansas?
plants and crops suffer
dust storms
flooding
animals and people suffer
True or False: Prairie fires can contribute to growth and stability of the prairie.
True
False
The official state tree of Kansas is the...
Cottonwood Tree
Oak Tree
Spruce Tree
Sycamore Tree
The official state flower of Kansas is the...
sunflower
tulip
daffodil
rose
True or False: Most animal populations increased as more people began to settle in Kansas.
True
False
True or False: There was a grasshopper "invasion" in Kansas in the 1870s.
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a region of Kansas?
High Plains
Mountain Range
Flint Hills Upland
Smoky Hills
Which is NOT an example of how humans interact with the environment in Kansas?
cutting down trees impacts the environment
humans harness wind energy to create electricity
weather patterns impact people
all of these options are correct
What Native American tribe is the state of Kansas names after?
Kansa
Kansas
Wichita
The early people known as the Big Game Hunters were known to have domesticated what type of animals?
cats
dogs
buffalo
horses
A change in behavior in response to new or modified surroundings is known as...
adaptation
aquifer
emancipation
adaption
Which of the following is NOT an example of adaptation?
using an umbrella when it's raining
wearing a coat when it's cold outside
walking the same route to school every day
using a flashlight if the power goes out
Which of the following was NOT technology used by the early people of Kansas?
pottery vessels
bow and arrow
growing crops (cultivation)
steel knives
Which of the following was NOT a Plains Indian tribe that lived in Kansas?
Osage
Pawnee
Cheyenne
Lenape
Which of the following Plains Indian tribe was NOT nomadic?
Kansa
Cheyenne
Kiowa
Comanche
Which of the following Plains Indian tribe was NOT sedentary?
Kiowa-Apache
Osage
Pawnee
Wichita
The word "native" has the same meaning as the word...
indigenous
sedentary
adaptive
global
Which of the following was NOT a crop cultivated by Plains Indians?
corn
squash
pumpkins
apples
What type of home did nomadic Plains Indians live in?
tipis
grass lodges
bark long houses
long wood-framed lodges
What type of material was NOT used in homes built by sedentary Plains Indians?
brick
grass
wood
earth
Across North America there are many different types of American Indians. They are alike because they all:
travel by canoe
ride horses and live in tipis
make pottery and paint designs on it
create art that reflects their environment
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado visited the village of what Native American tribe?
Kansa
Wichita
Delaware
Osage
The description of Kansas as "The Great Desert" led Americans to think that Kansas would be...
a difficult place to settle but a good place to relocate Native American tribes
a great place to vacation
good land for a buffalo reserve
land that could be sold back to Europeans
French explorers and traders originally came to Kansas to...
convert the Native Americans to Christianity
fight Americans for control of Kansas
establish trade relationships with Native Americans
start conflict with Native Americans
The U.S. government's policy of relocation was hard on Native Americans forced to move to Kansas because...
there were many Americans that were against it
many of them had already adopted American customs
living conditions in Kansas were unfamiliar and this made their traditional way of life difficult
so many Americans had already moved here that there was not enough room
Mission schools were established to...
convert Native American children to Christianity and teach them vocational skills
help traders move their supplies from the ships
teach people how to become missionaries
teach people to build schools
The Santa Fe Trail...
helped families across the country to settle in the west
allowed explorers to travel west by boat
helped eastern Indians return to their ancestral land
was an important international trade route for moving goods
The Oregon-California Trail...
was use to relocate American Indians from the east
was used to move families to new homes in the west
was an easy path to Mexico
was part of the national interstate system of highways
Manifest Destiny was the belief that...
the United States should expand west so that the country would span from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
the United States should be a monarchy, with a king as its leader
The United States should push the American Indians east
Everyone in America should work as farmers
True or False: When the French and Spanish explorers first came to Kansas there was no one living here.
False
True
The Europeans brought new trade goods to the American Indians but they also brought them new disease.
True
False
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark seemed to like northeastern Kansas, writing that there was a variety of game and that the prairie was very beautiful.
True
False
A piece of land set aside by the U.S. government for Native Americans to live on is called a...
reservation
nomad
fort
lodge
Native American tribes forced to emigrate to Kansas were assigned to reservations.
True
False
The Indian Removal Act increased tensions between various Indian tribes relocated to Kansas.
True
False
It took immigrants 4-6 months to travel from western Missouri to the West Coast on the Oregon-California Trail.
True
False
Generally the relationship between American Indians living along the Oregon-California Trail and the immigrants moving west was one of cooperation.
True
False
What helped the Comanche dominate parts of the plains?
horses
buffalo
land
weapons
Which of the following DID NOT motivate European explorers to explore the New World?
desire to spread religious beliefs
desire to conquer new lands
desire to establish new trade routes
desire to seek the powerful leadership of others to help guide them
Which of the following was NOT a hardship experienced by people traveling the Oregon-California Trail?
unpredictable weather
few places along the way to purchase supplies
wagons broke down or got stuck
all of these options are correct
