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WorksheetsCommon Assessment (SOL's 2-5)
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 50mins
The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group of people?
Puritan
Quaker
Debtor
Pilgrim
Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services is called—
interdependence
specialization
resources
economics
Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the—
Mid-Atlantic
South
New England
Southwest
What colony was settled by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England?
Roanoke Island
Plymouth
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans leave England to settle in Massachusetts?
As an economic venture
To escape debtors’ prisons
They needed slave labor
To avoid religious persecution
Which colony was settled by the separatists from the Church of England?
Virginia Colony
Plymouth Colony
Pennsylvania Colony
Massachusetts Colony
Which early European explorer claimed land in the Americas for Spain?
Francisco Coronado
Ferdinand Magellan
Robert La Salle
Christopher Columbus
What was an obstacle to European exploration in the New World?
Native American trade routes
New farming techniques
Lack of adequate supplies
Supplies of natural resources
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai become powerful by—
selling Africans to Portuguese slave traders
controlling trade in West Africa
claiming large chunks of land in North America
selling improved navigational tools
The Inuit homeland is located in present-day—
Arizona and New Mexico
Virginia and North Carolina
California and Washington
Alaska and northern Canada
One of the oldest archaeological sites in North America is located in –
Roanoke
Cactus Hill
Richmond
Falls Church
In what type of climate did the Kwakiutl live?
Rainy and mild
Arctic temperatures
Hot and dry
Humid and hot
What do archaeologists study?
Human behavior and culture by finding and studying artifacts
Animal migration patterns and habitats
North American weather patterns to predict tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes
Population growth patterns and cultural changes that will occur in the future
Fishermen, Hunters, & Farmers: What would be the best title for this list?
Natural Resources
Human Resources
Capital Resources
Economic Resources
The Coastal Range includes the—
Blue Ridge Mountains
Gulf of Mexico
Sierra Nevada
Continental Divide
The Rio Grande provides part of the United States border with—
Canada
South America
Alaska
Mexico
The Earth's largest ocean and an early exploration destination as a route to Asia was the—
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The oldest mountain range in North America is the—
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Appalachian Mountains
Cascades
The flow of water from rivers into either the Pacific Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean is determined by the—
ocean currents
Fall Line
Continental Divide
tributaries
What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
Columbia River
York River
Mississippi River
St. Lawrence River
The body of water that surrounds Antarctica is the—
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The lowest point in North America, in the Basin and Range region, is—
Death Valley
the Cascades
the Great Plains
Low Point Ridge
California's coastline was created by the—
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the—
Great Lakes
Great Dismal Swamp
Appalachian Mountains
Shores of Lake Placid
Which word is a land-related geographic feature?
Bay
Tributary
Plateau
Lake
