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People Everywhere Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is industrialization?

a)

developing new industries

b)

developing new housing sectors

c)

new inventions and tools

d)

learning about new medicines

2.

What state, farthest west, did westward expansion reach?

a)

California

b)

New York

c)

Oregon

d)

Iowa

3.

Which of the following was a major advancement in medicine?

a)

Refrigerator

b)

Steam Engine

c)

Railroads

d)

Microscope

4.

What was the "manifest destiny"?

a)

White man's god given right to move west

b)

White man's burden

c)

converting people to catholicism

d)

Central city, colorado

5.

What was Detroit's major reason for growth?

a)

coal production

b)

steel production

c)

automotive industry

d)

railroad industry

6.

What was the "Great Migration"?

a)

Mass movement of Irish into the Americas

b)

Mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North

c)

Mass movement of Europeans to the Americas

d)

Mass Movement of Native Americans across the continent

7.

What is "Redlining"?

a)

Outlining your paper in red ink

b)

Sectioning housing to benefit one race over another

c)

Redrawing district lines to help in elections

d)

Redrawing housing lines based on income

8.

What is a "Sundown Town"?

a)

Its a town where its always sunny

b)

The sun is always set

c)

When the sun goes down, you go inside

d)

Its a city that is segregated

9.

What is urbanization?

a)

introducing new businesses to an area

b)

the process of making an area more urban

c)

bringing in more jobs

d)

creating more interesting scenery in an ugly neighborhood

10.

What is segregation?

a)

separating people based on ability

b)

separating people based on race

c)

separating people based on gender

d)

separating people based on age

11.

What does "MoTown" mean?

a)

milk town

b)

moo town

c)

moving up town

d)

motor town

12.

Where did Christopher Columbus sail from?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Poland

13.

Who funded Columbus' trip to the Americas?

a)

King Henry VIII

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

d)

King Henry IV

14.

What ocean did the Slave Trade use to travel?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

15.

If Industrialization started in Britain in 1760, when did it start in the US?

a)

1780

b)

1750

c)

1790

d)

1740

16.

What was the 2,000 mile route to travel west?

a)

The Trail of Tears

b)

California Gold Rush

c)

The Oregon Trail

d)

Westward Migration

17.

What was the Trail of Tears?

a)

movement Westward in the US

b)

forced relocation of Native Americans

c)

imperialism

d)

2,000 mile route from Georgia to Oregon

18.

Which of these were major medical advancements?

a)

Pasteurization

b)

Smallpox vaccine

c)

invention of the microscope

d)

refrigerator

19.

Should Christopher Columbus be celebrated for "discovering" the Americas?

a)

Yes

b)

No

20.

What is colonialism?

a)

Setting up colonies in new lands

b)

Setting up governments

c)

moving westward

d)

improvements in medicine