WorksheetsBilly!! #01
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 18mins
What was the main form of transportation on the Butterfield Overland Trail?
Mules
Railroad Train
Stagecoach
Horseback
On foot
What was one of the biggest businesses in the New Mexico Territory after the Civil War?
Being a soldier
Working for the church
Sheep and cattle ranching
Mapping new trails
Building railroads
Why were Harvey Houses built along the Santa Fe Railroad line?
To give men the chance to have jobs
To give children the chance to have jobs
To make the railroad safe to travel on again
It was a place for people to meet up for business lunches
So travelers on the train would have a quality place to eat and sleep
Who was was the first railroad company to build tracks into New Mexico?
Southern Pacific Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Mountain Branch
Santa Fe Trail Railroad
Which sheriff was Billy the Kid accused of shooting and killing?
Pat Garrett
Rutherford B. Hayes
John Henry Tunstall
Lew Wallace
William Brady
What was built in 1885 in the NM Territory that helped lawlessness to decline?
first schools
first churches
first business
first homes
first prison
What does "Bias" mean?
It is a one-sided point of view
It tries to figure out what happened and why
It means Primary Sources and Secondary Sources
It means understanding events and people based on the accepted ideas and values of the time period being studied
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What does Secondary Source mean?
It is a one-sided point of view
It is a summary of an event based on the study of one or more primary sources
Firsthand (eyewitness) accounts or original objects and documents from the past
Understanding events and people based on the accepted ideas and values of the time period being studied
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The study of the earth’s land, water, people, plants, and animals
(The study of the surface of the Earth)
Regions
Provinces
Malpais
Geography
Which lines measure distances from the Equator?
Longitude
Latitude
Latitude AND Longitude
Prime Meridian
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Also called a biome, it is the ecosystem of plants and animals that live in an area
Regions
Life Zones
Place
Location
Province
What is the color of an emerald?
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Purple
Which ocean is off the California coast?
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Southern
Arctic
Who was the 16th president of the United States?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt
Barack Obama
Which is the largest continent?
Europe
Africa
Australia (Mate!)
South America
Asia
Which state was the 50th state to join the union?
Alaska
Hawaii
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Which is the proper spelling?
athlete
athalete
athleete
atleet
athilete
Which is the proper spelling?
rescipe
ressepey
recipe
reccipee
rescepe
Which is the proper spelling?
resteraunt
resterant
restaraunt
restauraunt
restaurant
What color is Cinderella’s dress?
Gold
White
Red
Green
Blue
