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Are you as smart as a 2nd grader: History & Geography

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Land where only plants and animals live:

a)

Ohio River

b)

Frontier

c)

Wilderness

d)

Texas

2.

Daniel Boone found the _________ in the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

Cumberland Gap

b)

town of Boonesborough

c)

Ohio River

d)

city of Paris

3.

The land given in the Treaty of Paris included which three states?

a)

Vermont

b)

Mississippi

c)

Louisiana

d)

Tennessee

e)

Kentucky

4.

The Louisiana Territory covered how many acres?

a)

800

b)

8,000

c)

80,000

d)

800,000

5.

The United States bought the Louisiana territory from __________

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Great Britain

6.

Which tribe was Sacagawea from?

a)

Shoshone

b)

Nez Perce

c)

Hidatsa

d)

Ozark

7.

The gold rush caused the population of California to grow to ___________

a)

100,000

b)

10,000

c)

1,000

d)

100

e)

39,510,000

8.

Pioneers on the prairie built homes out of __________

a)

wood

b)

sod

c)

bricks

d)

stone

9.

Beaver fur was used to make ___hats

a)

straw

b)

felt

c)

fur

d)

leather

10.

Pioneers on the Oregon Trail traveled by_________

a)

Train

b)

Horse

c)

Car

d)

Wagon

11.

Someone who leaves one land and moves to another is called a(n) ____________

a)

Fur Trader

b)

Emigrant

c)

Traveler

d)

Gold Seeker

12.

The Homestead Act of 1862...

a)

gave citizens 160 acres of land in the west

b)

gave citizens a wagon and all the supplies they needed to move west

c)

gave citizens fully functioning farms in the west

d)

gave citizens $1,000 to move west for expansion