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Study Guide- North America

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were the three European countries that colonized North America?

a)

United States

b)

England

c)

France

d)

Mexico

e)

Spain

2.

What was the first permanent English settlement established in 1607?

a)

Roanoke

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Jamestown

d)

Plymouth

3.

The agreement that the Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas, is known as the

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

New England Charter

c)

The First Constitution

d)

The Legal Grant

4.

How many English colonies were in the Americas in 1776?

a)

13

b)

14

c)

15

d)

24

5.

Which document was written in 1776 and was a list of complaints about King George III and British parliament?

a)

Mayflower Compact

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Constitution

d)

Mayflower Compact

6.

Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Abraham Lincoln

7.

Which country did the United States defeat in the American Revolution?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

8.

The type of government established in the United States.

a)

Representative Democracy (Limited)

b)

Theocracy (Unlimited)

c)

Constitutional Monarchy (Limited)

d)

Direct Democracy (Limited)

9.

The largest land acquisition in American history was land purchased by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon in France. It included New Orleans and a vast amount of land west of the Mississippi River.

a)

Florida Cession

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Original 13 Colonies

d)

Louisiana Purchase

10.

The belief that the United States should stretch from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Manifest Destiny

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Constitution

11.

A natural landform that blocks the way making transportation and movement from one place to another difficult.

a)

Transportation

Division

b)

Transportation Corridor

c)

Transportation Barrier

d)

Transportation Easement

12.

A natural landform that connects one place to another making transportation and movement easier.

a)

Transportation

Division

b)

Transportation Corridor

c)

Transportation Barrier

d)

Transportation Easement

13.
What is federalism?
a)
The people vote for their leaders who then represent them. 
b)
The people have individual rights. 
c)
There are three branches of government. 
d)

The state and federal government share power. 

14.

Which piece of land did Thomas Jefferson purchase from France in 1803?

a)

M

b)

N

c)

O

d)

P

15.

Who wrote the following words:

"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

a)

James Madison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

George Washington

d)

Albert Einstein

16.

What principle of the Constitution is shown in the image?

a)

Federalism

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Checks and Balances

17.

The Constitution of the United States says the government gets the power from the people. Which principle is this?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Republicanism

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Socialism

18.

Which founding father wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Madison Monroe

c)

John Adams

d)

George Washington

19.

Who were the first indigenous people encountered by the Pilgrims?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Navajo

c)

English

d)

Iriqouis

20.

Choose ALL of the correct answers. Which of the following are principles of the Constitution?

a)

Federalism

b)

Limited Government

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Popular Sovereignty

e)

Socialism

21.

What is this geographic feature?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Moutnains

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Missouri River

22.

What is this physical feature?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

Appalachian Mountains

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Missouri River

23.

What is this physical feature?

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Bay of Biscane

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Northern Sea

24.

What is the physical feature east of Mexico?

a)

Hudson Bay

b)

Bay of Biscane

c)

Gulf of Mexico

d)

Northern Sea

25.

Which country is A?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Greenland

26.

Which country is B?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Greenland

27.

Which country is C?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Greenland

28.

Which country is D?

a)

Mexico

b)

United States

c)

Canada

d)

Greenland

29.

Which physical feature is D?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Rocky Mtns

d)

Appalachian Mtns

30.

Which physical feature is C?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Missouri River

c)

Rocky Mtns

d)

Appalachian Mtns

31.

The U.S. Constitution states that the government gets its power from the people.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 Principles of the Constitution?

a)

Checks and Balances

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Individual Rights

d)

Limited Government

e)

Political Parties

33.

Which of the following are reasons colonists left England and moved to the "New World"?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Gold

c)

Land

d)

Better Education

e)

Serve in the Militia

34.

Which of the following are part of the Great Lakes?

a)

Superior

b)

Huron

c)

Michigan

d)

Erie

e)

Mississippi

35.

Which of the following would you expect to find on a POLITICAL MAP? Select ALL that apply.

a)

deserts

b)

major cities

c)

rivers

d)

country borders

36.
What is the following North American Physical Feature?
a)
Hudson River
b)
Lake Huron
c)
Lake Erie
d)
Hudson Bay
37.

This type of map shows landforms and bodies of water.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

38.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Appalachian Mtns.

Rocky Mtns.

The Great Plains

Rio Grande River

Mississippi River

Cascade Mtns.

Sonoran Desert

Barrier
Corridor
39.

Match the following

a)

United States

1.

Washington D.C.

b)

Canada

2.

Ottawa

c)

Mexico

3.

Mexico City

d)

Greenland

4.

Nuuk

40.

This principle guarantees that citizens possess basic rights and liberties the government is to protect.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Republicanism

41.

A form of government where voters choose representatives to exercise the power voters give to them, on their behalf.

a)

Individual Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Republicanism

42.

The government is not all-powerful, there are limits to what it can do! The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land and ALL government officials are subject to the law.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Federalism

43.

This principle of the U.S. Constitution divides the powers of the government into three separate groups to ensure no one becomes too powerful.

a)

Limited Government

b)

Separation of Powers

c)

Checks and Balances

d)

Federalism

44.

When the President disagrees with a law Congress is trying to pass, they can veto the law. This action is an example of...

a)

limited government

b)

checks and balances

45.

What is the name of the land in green?

a)
Texas Annexation
b)
Mexican Cession 
c)
Louisiana Purchase 
d)
Florida Cession
46.
What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the Mexican War of 1846 have in common?
a)
They brought about a war with Spain.
b)
They increased the territory of the United States.
c)
Each resulted in territory annexed by the United States.
d)
Each involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
47.
What is Manifest Destiny?
a)
The belief that it was America's destiny to control and civilize all of North America
b)
The belief that their destiny was to manifest
c)
A religious term used to explain how to be saved