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Unit 1

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A group of Native Americans who settled by the Mississippi River built one of the first cities in North America called____.

a)

St. Louis

b)

Ozette

c)

Cahokia

d)

Pueblo

2.

Five different Native American groups formed a government called the ______.

a)

First Americans

b)

Iroquois League

c)

Eastern Woodlands Clan

d)

Native American United Council

3.

What artifact could you find in a Pueblo village?

a)

clay bowls for grinding corn

b)

wood shingles for longhouses

c)

weapons for hunting buffalo

d)

baskets and fishing hats

4.

The use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs is called_____.

a)

prehistory

b)

technology

c)

hunter-gatherer

d)

artifact

5.

The ____was left by the Pueblo people long ago.

a)

artifact

b)

technology

c)

prehistory

d)

resource

6.

A natural supply or material is called a _______.

a)

prehistory

b)

hunter-gatherer

c)

resource

d)

artifact

7.

_____got most of their food by hunting wild animals and gathering nuts, berries, and plants.

a)

prehistory

b)

hunter-gatherer

c)

technology

d)

artifact

8.

The time BEFORE written history is called.

a)

prehistory

b)

resource

c)

technology

d)

artifact

9.

The first explorer to reach the new world was______.

a)

Francisco Coronado

b)

King James

c)

Robert de la Salle

d)

Christopher Columbus

10.

French trappers offered Native Americans weapons in exchange for_____.

a)

lessons with missionaries

b)

hats and coats

c)

furs

d)

gold

11.

How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?

a)

The Dutch settled on the Hudson River.

b)

Governor Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island

c)

The English took control and renamed it.

d)

The English started colonies in New England.

12.

Jamestown was the permanent settlement of the Virginia _______.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

colony

c)

mission

13.

The French hoped to find ______, a water route across North America.

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

colony

c)

mission

14.

Spanish priests started settlements called_____to talk about their religion

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

colony

c)

missions

15.

Why did the colonist throw tea into the Boston Harbor?

a)

to fight a tax

b)

to start a war

c)

to stop town meetings

d)

to anger British soldiers

16.

The______began in 1775 when British soldiers fought with local soldiers.

a)

French and Indian War

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

American Revolution

17.

The Patriots won independence_______.

a)

with a declaration

b)

with the Constitution

c)

when the British surrendered

d)

when the Spanish assisted

18.

A ______is the overthrow of a government.

a)

tax

b)

revolution

c)

independent

d)

Declaration of Independence

19.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the ______that says "all men are created equal."

a)

tax

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

revolution

d)

independent

20.

The 13 colonies became a nation when the British surrendered and they became ______.

a)

tax

b)

revolution

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

independent

21.

A____is money paid to the government.

a)

tax

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

revolution

d)

independent

22.

The land north of the Ohio River was named the______.

a)

Northwest Territory

b)

Fallen Timberland

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Western Frontier

23.

The Louisiana Purchase was land that the United States_______.

a)

discovered in 1800

b)

won in a war with Spain

c)

bought from France

d)

wanted to take from Mexico

24.

When Texas became part of the United States______.

a)

it gained independence

b)

gold was discovered there

c)

Mexicans settled there

d)

war broke out with Mexico

25.

A ______is a water road that is dug by people to get water to farms or for transportation.

a)

Canal

b)

territory

c)

frontier

d)

expedition

26.

Lewis and Clark led an________to explore the West.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

canal

c)

territory

d)

expedition

27.

Land at the edge of a settled area is called a ________.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

territory

c)

frontier

d)

canal

28.

A_______is land owned by a country.

a)

Canal

b)

territory

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

expedition

29.

The French sold a large territory called the _____to Thomas Jefferson.

a)

Louisiana Purchase

b)

canal

c)

territory

d)

frontier

30.

Southern states broke from the union because______.

a)

Abraham Lincoln lost the election

b)

they depended on slave labor and the North was against slavery

c)

the factories wanted to pay less for cotton

d)

the Union army attacked the Confederate States.

31.

President Johnson's plan to rebuild was called______.

a)

Reconstruction

b)

abolition

c)

the Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Jim Crow laws

32.

The South's biggest strength in the Civil War_______

a)

was the cotton industry

b)

were its soldiers

c)

were the many factories

d)

were the supplies brought in by train.

33.

An______is a person who comes to a new country to live.

a)

Civil War

b)

immigrant

c)

invention

d)

Reconstruction

34.

The time of______was a time to put the nation back together again.

a)

immigrant

b)

Civil War

c)

reconstruction

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

35.

The telephone was an_____that made it easier for Americans to communicate.

a)

Civil War

b)

immigrant

c)

invention

d)

Emancipation Proclamation

36.

Abraham Lincoln issued a document to end slavery called the__________________________.

a)

Civil War

b)

immigrant

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

invention

37.

The______is also known as the war between the Union and the Confederacy.

a)

Civil War

b)

immigrant

c)

invention

d)

reconstruction

38.

Labor unions organize to________

a)

improve life for the poor people

b)

fire workers who complain

c)

give free educaiton

d)

get better wages for workers

39.

World War 1 began in_________.

a)

Europe

b)

Japan

c)

the United States

d)

Mexico

40.

Which event helped lead to the Great Depression?

a)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

b)

the suffrage movement in the early 1900s

c)

the stock market crash in 1929

d)

the Allies winning World War 2 in 1945

41.

The World War 2, Germany, Italy, and Japan were known as the _______.

a)

suffrage

b)

Axis

c)

dictator

d)

Allies

42.

The______were a group of nations, including the United States, who fought together in World War 2.

a)

suffrage

b)

Axis

c)

Allies

d)

Dictator

43.

The right to vote is known as__________.

a)

dictator

b)

suffrage

c)

Axis

d)

Allies

44.

A______is a person who rules a country without sharing power.

a)

suffrage

b)

Axis

c)

Allies

d)

Dictator

45.

The civil rights movement organized protests________.

a)

to fight the Civil Rights Act

b)

to end the Cold War

c)

against discrimination

d)

to support communism

46.

In the 1950's, many people feared that if North Korea defeated South Korea, ________.

a)

communism would spread to South Korea

b)

the United Nations would fail

c)

North Korea would attack China

d)

North Korea would attack South Vietnam

47.

The department of Homeland Security was created______.

a)

before the Vietnam War

b)

when North Korea attacked South Korea

c)

after American troops were sent to Iraq

d)

after terrorist attacked the United States

48.

Under_____, a government owns and controls everything.

a)

communism

b)

terrorism

c)

discrimination

d)

civil rights

49.

President George W. Bush declared war on ________.

a)

communism

b)

terrorism

c)

civil rights

d)

discrimination

50.

_______are the rights of all citizens to be treated equally under the law.

a)

communism

b)

terrorism

c)

discrimination

d)

civil rights

51.

An unfair difference in the way people are treated is called________.

a)

communism

b)

terrorism

c)

discrimination

d)

civil rights