WorksheetsUS1 Final Assessment
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins
Which word is a land-related geographic feature?
gulf
tributary
peninsula
bay
Inland port cities grew in the Midwest along the—
Great Lakes
Great Dismal Swamp
Appalachian Mountains
along the shores of Lake Placid
The lowest point in North America, in the Basin and Range region, is—
Death Valley
the Cascades
the Great Plains
Low Point Ridge
The Eastern Woodlands is home to the—
Kwakiutl
Lakota
Pueblo
Iroquois
Which Native American tribe lived in the area shaded?
Lakota
Kwakiutl
Inuit
Pueblo
The Inuit homeland is located in present-day—
Arizona and New Mexico
Virginia and North Carolina
California and Washington
Alaska and northern Canada
Which two states were part of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War?
Virginia
Kansas
Alabama
Ohio
Which of the following states did NOT secede from the Union?
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Oregon
If a soldier was at the first major battle of the Civil War, where was he?
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Manassas, Virginia
Richmond, Virginia
What did scientists find at Cactus Hill?
Dinosaur bones from 20,000 years ago
Proof that Columbus was the first European explorer in North America
Ancient sea creatures which proved the land was once under water
Artifacts that proved humans lived there 18,000 years ago
Which of the following was NOT an obstacle to European exploration?
Disease and starvation
Fear of the unknown
claimed new territory
Poor maps and navigational tools
Which European country conquered and enslaved American Indians in North and South America?
England
Spain
France
Portugal
What European explorer established the settlement of Québec?
Coronado
Champlain
LaSalle
Cabot
Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services is called—
interdependence
specialization
resources
economics
The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group of people?
Puritans
Debtors
Quakers
Pilgrims
Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the—
Mid-Atlantic
South
New England
Southwest
The Proclamation of 1763 restricted –
colonists from moving back to Great Britain
the western movement of settlers
the control of colonial legislatures
the amount of tea imported from Europe
Why did Great Britain impose taxes such as the Stamp Act?
To stop colonial representation in Parliament
To raise money to pay for the French and Indian War
To stop British citizens from moving to colonial America
To raise money to buy more land from the American Indians
What are the “certain unalienable rights” stated in the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness
Voting, representation, elections
Bear arms, free speech, trial by jury
Education, slavery, taxation
What battle marked the turning point of the Revolutionary War towards America’s victory?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Boston Massacre
Battle of Quebec
Battle of Saratoga
What part of the Constitution provides a written guarantee of individual rights?
The Bill of Rights
The Preamble
Articles I-III
Declaration of Independence
How many states had to vote in favor of the Constitution in order for it to become law?
All thirteen
One of the thirteen
Nine of the thirteen
Seven of the thirteen
The first five presidents of the United States were all Virginians EXCEPT—
Adams
Monroe
Washington
Jefferson
Manifest Destiny is the belief in the idea that—
expansion was for the good of the country and the right of the country
a person’s destiny is determined by how much land can be farmed
keeping America small and contained would lead to success
African Americans were destined to remain slaves
What did the supporters of the suffrage movement believe?
Men should not allow women to vote.
Women were deprived of basic rights.
New western territories should be slave states.
European immigrants deserved equal rights.
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase and the Oregon territory from the—
Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean to the James River
Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
Ohio River to the Great Lakes
What invention increased the need for slave labor to keep up with harvest demands?
Cotton Gin
Reaper
Tractor
Steamboat
The forced march of the Cherokee nation and other tribes from lands east of the Mississippi River to what is present-day Oklahoma is known as the—
Long March
Trail of Sorrow
March of Madness
Trail of Tears
Which abolitionist leader led hundreds of enslaved African Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad?
Jo Anderson
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Susan B. Anthony
Why did Southerners oppose tariffs?
Tariffs would increase manufacturing in the South.
Farmers and plantation owners could not afford to pay them
Great Britain might stop buying cotton from the South if prices increased
Tariffs would cause the price of southern goods to drop too low.
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?
The people living in each new state would decide the slavery issue for themselves
There would always be a balance in the number of free and slave states.
All new states to be added to the United States were to be free states.
All new states to be added to the United States were to be slave states.
Most Southerners believed that states had freely created and joined the Union so—
they could freely leave the Union if they chose
the Union could not be separated or divided
new states should not be formed
there should only be one country on the North American continent
Immediately following Lincoln's election, many southern states—
seceded from the Union
joined the Union
abolished slavery
enacted stricter fugitive slave laws
Jefferson Davis was—
a great Southern general
president of the Confederate States
Union naval captain
president of the United States
In the past, how did American Indians gather their food?
They fished, hunted, and harvested crops.
They traded goods with European settlers for food.
They used money to purchase food
They traded animal skins and bows for crops and meat.
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
Interdependence existed among the colonies because of—
harbors
occupations
politics
specialization
Colonists opposed taxes from Great Britain because the—
colonies had no representation in Parliament
taxes were not high enough
British people had no representation in Parliament
colonists wanted American Indians and the French to pay all the taxes
What did the Great Compromise decide?
How many years legislative representatives could serve in government
How many votes each state had in the Senate and House of Representatives
Who would be the first president of the United States
The rights that would be established in the Bill of Rights
Which of the following was NOT an economic factor of the move west?
California Gold Rush
Lack of western farm land
Logging and farming
Freedom for runaway slaves
