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Chapter 17 Quiz: Westward Ho! Mr. White's Class

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the Seminole's tribes chief?

a)

Chief Osceola

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Chief Metacomet

d)

Chief Tekoomsē

2.

Mountain men met at a yearly rendezvous. What did they do at this rendezvous?

a)

Socialized with other trappers and did business with Eastern merchants

b)

Made deals with local pioneers

c)

They would gather other mountain men, and would travel through several fur trapping routes

d)

Map out different fur trapping routes

3.

Which one of these men was a famous mountain man?

a)

John Jacob Astor

b)

William James

c)

Jack Bridger

d)

Jim Bridger

4.

What land was considered Oregon Country?

a)

The land that was settled for farming by the mountain men

b)

The land the pioneers explored

c)

The land that the Seminoles lived on

d)

The land that was full of life and nature

5.

What did the Indian Removal Act do?

a)

Authorized the federal government to force the native Americans out of the Southeast

b)

The local Native Americans could no longer vote

c)

Made them all U.S. citizens

d)

The Native Americans could now live as independent nations

6.

What were the five Native American tribes?

a)

Sioux, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek

b)

Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole

c)

Apache, Chickasaw, Seminole, Ute and Navajo

d)

Cherokee, Inca, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole

7.

What tribe was ruled as a sovereign nation?

a)

Seminoles

b)

Creek

c)

Chickasaw

d)

Cherokee

8.

What were the vehicles used for the trip on the Oregon Trail?

a)

Covered wagons

b)

Prairie schooners

c)

Wagon trains

d)

Wooden wagons

9.

What was difficult about traveling on the Santa Fe Trail?

a)

Water supplies ran low, prairie fires could happen at any time, and attacks by wild Indians could happen as well

b)

The terrain was very difficult to traverse

c)

Water supplies and food supplies would run low

d)

Crossing multiple rivers; doing so would ruin all supplies

10.

What did the Adams-Onis Treaty do?

a)

Formally added Florida to the U.S

b)

Defined Spanish-American borders

c)

Formally added Nebraska to the U.S

d)

Defined French-American borders