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US history Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What bodies of water are in the black box on this map?

a)

Great Lakes

b)

The Gulf of Mexico

c)

The Hudson Bay

d)

The Mississippi and Missouri

2.

What country directly borders the US to the south?

a)

Mexico

b)

Canada

c)

New York

d)

Cuba

3.
Which ocean is marked by the star?
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
c)
Atlantic
d)
Southern
4.
What region is this
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Highlands
c)
Basin and Range
d)
Interior Lowlands
5.
What river is located where the 1 is?
a)
Ohio River
b)
Hudson River
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Mississippi River
6.

The Pacific Ocean is located along which United States coast?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

7.

What were the three reasons for European exploration?

a)

Game, God, Glory

b)

Glory, Fame, and God

c)

God, Glory, and Gold

d)

Gifts, Greatness, Glory

8.
Who were the three main powerful countries that were involved in the Age of Exploration?
a)
Spain, Germany, and France
b)
England, Spain, & France
c)
Italy, Spain, and Portugal
d)
Portugal, Ireland, & France
9.

Which of the following eras lasted the longest in US history?

a)

The American Revolution

b)

Colonization

c)

The Civil War

d)

Early Republic

10.
1619 Virginia House of Burgesses, 1620 Mayflower Compact, 1639 Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. 
WHAT IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE TITLE FOR THE ABOVE INFORMATION?
a)
Representative Governments in the Colonies
b)
Constitutions of the United States
c)
Three Branches of Government
d)
British Common Law
11.

Which era below coincided (overlapped) with Westward Expansion

a)

Colonization

b)

Early Republic

c)

The American Revolution

d)

The Constitutional Era

12.
The part of the slave’s journey aboard the ship between Africa and the American colonies was known as the _________________  _________________
a)
Long Passage
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Northwest Passage
d)
Bermuda Triangle
13.
The word QUORUM in the passage mean?
a)
a select group of the best people
b)
the maximum number that may be admitted to a group
c)
a majority of voting members
d)
the minimum number needed to conduct official business
14.
The Constitution was drafted
a)
by Madison working at night
b)
in under 100 working days
c)
between June and July 1787
d)
by a committee of lawyers
15.
Which states had fewer than 100,000 people in 1790?
a)
New Hampshire, Georgia, Conneticut
b)
Rhode Island, Delaware, Georgia
c)
Delaware, New Jersey, South Carolina
d)
Georgia, New Jersey, Rhode Island