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People on the Move (10.1)

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On what side of the Appalachian mountains did the first Europeans who came to North America (United States) settle?

a)

They settled east of the Appalachians, along the Atlantic coast

b)

They settled west of the Appalachians

2.

What did Daniel Boone do to help settlers find land on the west side of the Appalachian mountains?

a)

He advertised land for sale in the Ohio River Valley

b)

He had a business selling supplies to settlers

c)

He showed they way by making a road over the Appalachian mountains

d)

He wrote a book about how to be a good settler

3.

Where was the frontier at the end of the 1700's?

a)

It was along the Atlantic coast

b)

On the great plains

c)

In the rocky mountains

d)

On the west side of the Appalachian mountains in the Ohio river valley

4.

What river is located just west of the Appalachian mountains?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Ohio river

c)

Missouri River

d)

Colorado river

5.

True or false. The indigenous people did not believe in OWNING land. For them, land could not be bought or sold.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

How did most people travel to the frontier in the early 1800's?

a)

Walking or by flatboat

b)

They would take a bus

c)

By train and steamboat

d)

Subway

7.

To go and live on the frontier meant...

a)

That you would probably never see the family you left behind

b)

You would have to work hard to get food and shelter

c)

You would be living on Indian lands

d)

All of these answers are true