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U.S. Chapter Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these is not a body of water that borders the United States?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Pacific Ocean

2.

Which of these is NOT one of the 5 Great Lakes

a)

Lake Michigan

b)

Lake Texhoma

c)

Lake Ontario

d)

Lake Erie

3.

What connects the 5 Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

(a)  

4.

What is the longest river in the United States?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Rio Grande River

c)

Colorado River

d)

San Antonio River

5.

What term means a smaller river that flows into a larger river?

a)

Levee

b)

Tributary

c)

Cordillera

d)

Timberline

6.

What term means an imaginary line through the Rocky Mountains that separates rivers that flow west to the Pacific from rivers that flow east to the Mississippi River?

a)

Cordillera

b)

Levee

c)

Tributary

d)

Continental Divide

7.

What landform area do you find along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico?

a)

Coastal Plains

b)

Great Plains

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Central Lowlands

8.

What are the oldest mountains in the United States?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Sierra Nevadas

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Andes Mountains

9.

What term means the elevation above which it is too cold for trees to grow.

a)

Cordillera

b)

Timberline

c)

Levee

d)

Tributary

10.

What is the name of the tallest mountain in the United States?

(a)  

11.

Which term means a people who are believed to be the first people to settle in an area?

a)

Nomadic

b)

Colonist

c)

Indigenous

d)

Constitution

12.

How long ago do scientist believe the first Native Americans arrived in North America

a)

15 years ago

b)

200,000 years ago

c)

365 years ago

d)

15,000 years ago

13.

What term means to describe a way of life in which a person or group lives by moving from place to place?

a)

Settled

b)

Nomadic

c)

Indigenous

d)

Tributary

14.

Which Europeans were the first to arrive in the United States?

a)

English

b)

Spanish

c)

French

d)

Germans

15.

What is the name of the oldest European settlement in the United States?

(a)  

16.

What river did the French claim for France?

a)

Rio Grande River

b)

Colorado River

c)

Amazon River

d)

Mississippi River

17.

In what year did the 13 colonies declare independence from England?

a)

1776

b)

1975

c)

1803

d)

2020

18.

In what year did the British surrender, ending the Revolutionary War?

a)

1776

b)

1783

c)

1803

d)

1860

19.

What was the name of the original set of rules for the United States?

(a)  

20.

Which of these is NOT one of the three branches of the United States government?

a)

Executive Branch

b)

Judicial Branch

c)

Legislative Branch

d)

Special Branch

21.

Who was the first president of the United States?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Bush

c)

George Washington

d)

Alexander Hamilton

22.

In what year did the United States annex Texas?

a)

1845

b)

1836

c)

1860

d)

1955

23.

What term means to withdraw from a group or country?

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Secede

c)

Annex

d)

Industry

24.

In what year did World War I begin?

a)

1914

b)

1917

c)

1939

d)

1945

25.

What was the name of the battle for world supremacy after World War II between the United States and the U.S.S.R.?

(a)  

26.

How many people live in the United States?

a)

330 Billion

b)

330 Million

c)

330 Thousand

d)

330 Gazillion

27.

If you are born in the United States you are automatically a U.S. Citizen.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

If you are not born in the U.S. and neither of your parents are U.S. citizens, you can still become a U.S. citizen through Naturalization.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Which one of these is NOT a duty of a U.S. Citizen?

a)

Paying Taxes

b)

Obeying the Law

c)

Voting

d)

Defending the Country

30.

Which Branch of the U.S. government has all of the courts in the country?

a)

Executive

b)

Legislative

c)

Judicial

d)

Cordial

31.

What type of economy does the United States have?

(a)  

32.

What term means "includes the buildings, land, machines, money, and other items to create wealth"?

a)

Citizen

b)

Capital

c)

Free Enterprise Economy

d)

Metropolitan Area

33.

Which one of these is NOT an example of a Metropolitan Area?

a)

San Antonio, TX

b)

New York City, NY

c)

Los Angeles, CA

d)

A desert

34.

Which one of these is NOT one of the top 4 ethnic groups found in the U.S.

a)

Caucasian

b)

Latino American

c)

Russian American

d)

African American

35.

Which one of these countries is NOT part of NAFTA?

a)

Russia

b)

Canada

c)

United States

d)

Mexico