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Unit 3 Warmup Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What body of water was known as the watery highway?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Mississippi River

2.

What was the oldest mountain range in North America?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Death Valley

d)

Andes

3.

What was one of the motivations of early European explorers?

a)

Gold

b)

God

c)

Glory

d)

Guts

4.

What did social life center around in New England?

a)

Church

b)

Market towns

c)

Plantations

d)

Ships

5.

What was the economy of the Southern colonies?

a)

Farming

b)

Fishing

c)

Farming and Fishing

d)

Raising livestock

6.

What is the lowest point in North America?

a)

Continental Divide

b)

Canadian Shield

c)

Death Valley

d)

Cactus Hill

7.

What Native American tribe lived in the northeast US?

a)

Pueblo

b)

Kwakiutl

c)

Iroquois

d)

Lakota

8.

What Native American tribe used buffalo as their primary resource?

a)

Lakota

b)

Pueblo

c)

Inuit

d)

Iroquois

9.

What type of resource is a farmer?

a)

Human

b)

Natural

c)

Capital

10.

What type of resource is an axe made by blacksmith?

a)

Human

b)

Natural

c)

Capital

11.

The economy of the New England colonies depended on what?

a)

Farming and fishing

b)

Farming cash crops

c)

Fishing and shipbuilding

d)

Trading in market towns

12.

A mild or moderate climate describes what colonial region?

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

13.

What social class was wealthy and lived mainly in the Southern colonies?

a)

Artisans

b)

African American slaves

c)

Craftsmen

d)

Large landowners

14.

What body of water was known as the gateway to the west?

a)

Ohio River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rio Grande

d)

St. Lawrence River

15.

Blacksmith, cooper, baker, carpenters, and tailors would all be examples of what social class?

a)

Artisans

b)

Craftsmen

c)

Large landowners

d)

Merchants

16.

English explorer John Cabot explored which area?

a)

Eastern Canada

b)

Quebec

c)

Mississippi River Valley

d)

Southwest US

17.

Which colonial region had the right climate and geography for long growing season/ability to grow

lots of crops?

a)

New England

b)

Mid-Atlantic

c)

Southern

18.

What settlement was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

a)

Roanoke Island

b)

Plymouth

c)

Georgia

d)

Jamestown

19.

Which was settled for religious reasons?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Georgia

c)

Jamestown

d)

Roanoke Island

20.

Which was settled for economic reasons?

a)

Plymouth

b)

Georgia

c)

Massachusetts Bay

d)

Pennsylvania