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Common Assessment (SOL's 2-5)

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group of people?

a)

Puritan

b)

Quaker

c)

Debtor

d)

Pilgrim

2.

Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services is called—

a)

interdependence

b)

specialization

c)

resources

d)

economics

3.

Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the—

a)

Mid-Atlantic

b)

South

c)

New England

d)

Southwest

4.

What colony was settled by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England?

a)

Roanoke Island

b)

Plymouth

c)

Georgia

d)

Pennsylvania

5.

Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans leave England to settle in Massachusetts?

a)

As an economic venture

b)

To escape debtors’ prisons

c)

They needed slave labor

d)

To avoid religious persecution

6.

Which colony was settled by the separatists from the Church of England?

a)

Virginia Colony

b)

Plymouth Colony

c)

Pennsylvania Colony

d)

Massachusetts Colony

7.

Which early European explorer claimed land in the Americas for Spain?

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

Ferdinand Magellan

c)

Robert La Salle

d)

Christopher Columbus

8.

What was an obstacle to European exploration in the New World?

a)

Native American trade routes

b)

New farming techniques

c)

Lack of adequate supplies

d)

Supplies of natural resources

9.

Ghana, Mali, and Songhai become powerful by—

a)

selling Africans to Portuguese slave traders

b)

controlling trade in West Africa

c)

claiming large chunks of land in North America

d)

selling improved navigational tools

10.

The Inuit homeland is located in present-day—

a)

Arizona and New Mexico

b)

Virginia and North Carolina

c)

California and Washington

d)

Alaska and northern Canada

11.

One of the oldest archaeological sites in North America is located in –

a)

Roanoke

b)

Cactus Hill

c)

Richmond

d)

Falls Church

12.

In what type of climate did the Kwakiutl live?

a)

Rainy and mild

b)

Arctic temperatures

c)

Hot and dry

d)

Humid and hot

13.

What do archaeologists study?

a)

Human behavior and culture by finding and studying artifacts

b)

Animal migration patterns and habitats

c)

North American weather patterns to predict tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes

d)

Population growth patterns and cultural changes that will occur in the future

14.

Fishermen, Hunters, & Farmers: What would be the best title for this list?

a)

Natural Resources

b)

Human Resources

c)

Capital Resources

d)

Economic Resources

15.

The Coastal Range includes the—

a)

Blue Ridge Mountains

b)

Gulf of Mexico

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

Continental Divide

16.

The Rio Grande provides part of the United States border with—

a)

Canada

b)

South America

c)

Alaska

d)

Mexico

17.

The Earth's largest ocean and an early exploration destination as a route to Asia was the—

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

18.

The oldest mountain range in North America is the—

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Sierra Nevada

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Cascades

19.

The flow of water from rivers into either the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean is determined by the—

a)

ocean currents

b)

Fall Line

c)

Continental Divide

d)

tributaries

20.

What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Columbia River

b)

York River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

St. Lawrence River

21.

The body of water that surrounds Antarctica is the—

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

22.

The lowest point in North America, in the Basin and Range region, is—

a)

Death Valley

b)

the Cascades

c)

the Great Plains

d)

Low Point Ridge

23.

California's coastline was created by the—

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

24.

Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the—

a)

Great Lakes

b)

Great Dismal Swamp

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

Shores of Lake Placid

25.

Which word is a land-related geographic feature?

a)

Bay

b)

Tributary

c)

Plateau

d)

Lake