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WorksheetsHistory of the US West of the Mississippi
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Many of the Native Americans in the western US were...
Very much alike
Had diverse ways of life
Nomads were...
people who moved place to place.
people who farmed.
people who lived in the far north.
people who banked.
the pueblos were what the Spanish called...
farms
corn
buffalo
towns
The Spanish were first to the region. They built settlements called...
pueblos
missions
nomads
reservations
In the 1680s, France claimed the land drained by the ____ river.
Colorado
Missouri
Ohio
Mississippi
The United States expanded west onto land that was mostly unsettled. This was called the...
pueblos
missions
reservations
frontier
By the 1830s, Americans saw the expansion west as their right, called...
Mexican Cession
Texas Annexation
Louisiana Purchase
Manifest Destiny
By the late 1800s, many animals became extinct, and Native American nations were forced to live on...
pueblos
reservations
missions
plateaus
The land in the western US was good for...
farming and ranching
forestry (growing trees for wood)
Fishing in the lakes and rivers
These industries were major economic activities in the western US:
sewing / making clothing
making buttons and shoes
mining, canning Pacific Ocean fish, extracting oil
spinning straw into gold
