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The United State's and Canada's Culture and Settings

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was meant by "Manifest Destiny"?

a)

A. Americans wanted manifest their own destiny and be left alone.

b)

B. It was a growing sentiment among all Americans to own all of the land and expand from Atlantic Coast to Pacific Coast.

c)

C. It was the beginning anger rising between the French and the Americans.

d)

D. It was the uprising of the Industrial Revolution.

2.

What was the "Louisiana Purchase" about?

a)

A. The United States makes a commitment to buy new land from Spain and France.

b)

B. The USA buys Louisiana who was now under the control of the Spanish.

c)

C. The USA buys a big amount of land including Louisiana in 1803 from France.

d)

D. The Spanish try to purchase Louisiana

3.

Name one of the Major Rivers in the United States...

a)

The Amazon River

b)

Rio De Janeiro

c)

The Nile

d)

The Mississippi River.

4.

Good health and long life is considered to be which of the following in the United states

a)

Standards of Living

b)

Economic developments

c)

Economic factors

d)

None of the above

5.

Which of the following is not an economical factor?

a)

A. Having strong natural resources like oil, water, minerals, etc.

b)

B. Rebuilding some of the Old historical buildings.

c)

C. Upgrading your Museum's exhibits and adding technology to the place.

d)

D. Avoiding to go to college or a higher educational institute.

6.

In which event, did the United States take a large piece of land from Mexico.

a)

A. The Louisiana Purchase

b)

B. Mexican Cession

c)

C. The Transatlantic Slave Trade

d)

D. Civil War

7.

Which Amendment abolished Slavery?

a)

A. Amendment 1

b)

B. Amendment 10

c)

C. Amendment 13

d)

D. Amendment 15

8.

In which time period did the Civil war occur?

a)

A. 1861-1865

b)

B. 1774-1776

c)

C. 1802-1803

d)

D. 1910-1920

9.

Which of the following lists is correct? America's first favorite sports included the following:

a)

A. Football, Baseball, and Hockey

b)

B. Football, Baseball, and Tennis

c)

C. Football, La'Crosse, Baseball

d)

D. La'Crosse, Hockey, and Football

10.

What are our unalienable rights?

a)

A. Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

b)

B. Life, freedom of speech, and the media

c)

C. Life, liberty, and hot dogs.

d)

D. Working at Chucky Cheese

11.

Which group defended big government?

a)

A. The Federalists

b)

B. The Anti-Federalists

c)

C. The Loyalists

d)

D. The Patriots

12.

Which Group wanted smaller government and more rights for the people?

a)

A. The Federalists

b)

B. The Anti-Federalists

c)

C. The Loyalists

d)

D. The Patriots

13.

Which Country was interested in claiming land in the New World to profit from Fur trading?

a)

A. Spain

b)

B. England

c)

C. France

d)

D. Portugal

e)

E. Italy

14.

Which Country is credited for the birth of the United States?

a)

A. Spain

b)

B. England

c)

C. France

d)

D. Portugal

e)

E. Italy

15.

Why do we have Spanish as a secondary language in the United States?

a)

A. Because of the southern states that used to belong to Spain and Mexico.

b)

B. Because if all the immigrants that moved into America after Americans proclaimed the Statue of Liberty's call, "Give me your tired..."

c)

C. Because there had been a strong trade with Mexico before we became the 50 states.

d)

D. Answer not found

16.

What is the capital of the United States?

a)

A. New York

b)

B. Hollywood

c)

C. Washington D. C.

d)

D. Houston

17.

What is the capital of Canada?

a)

A. Ottawa

b)

B. Quebec

c)

C. Vancouver

d)

D. La'Crosse

18.

Which language is spoken mostly in Canada besides English?

a)

A. Spanish

b)

B. Italian

c)

C. Portugese

d)

D. French

19.

Which religion is practiced as a majority in the United States?

a)

A. Christianity

b)

B. Catholicism

c)

C. Hinduism

d)

D. Islam

e)

E. Buddhism

20.

The Industrial Revolution is mainly known for what?

a)

A. The French were revolting against the Americans.

b)

B. An explosion of manufacturing and high industry for the New World.

c)

C. The Spanish and Americans began to quarrel.

d)

D. The Americans began to have an increase in slave trade.