WorksheetsUnit 1
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 2hrs 42mins
A group of Native Americans who settled by the Mississippi River built one of the first cities in North America called____.
St. Louis
Ozette
Cahokia
Pueblo
Five different Native American groups formed a government called the ______.
First Americans
Iroquois League
Eastern Woodlands Clan
Native American United Council
What artifact could you find in a Pueblo village?
clay bowls for grinding corn
wood shingles for longhouses
weapons for hunting buffalo
baskets and fishing hats
The use of skills, ideas, and tools to meet people's needs is called_____.
prehistory
technology
hunter-gatherer
artifact
The ____was left by the Pueblo people long ago.
artifact
technology
prehistory
resource
A natural supply or material is called a _______.
prehistory
hunter-gatherer
resource
artifact
_____got most of their food by hunting wild animals and gathering nuts, berries, and plants.
prehistory
hunter-gatherer
technology
artifact
The time BEFORE written history is called.
prehistory
resource
technology
artifact
The first explorer to reach the new world was______.
Francisco Coronado
King James
Robert de la Salle
Christopher Columbus
French trappers offered Native Americans weapons in exchange for_____.
lessons with missionaries
hats and coats
furs
gold
How did the colony of New Amsterdam become New York?
The Dutch settled on the Hudson River.
Governor Peter Minuit bought Manhattan Island
The English took control and renamed it.
The English started colonies in New England.
Jamestown was the permanent settlement of the Virginia _______.
Northwest Passage
colony
mission
The French hoped to find ______, a water route across North America.
Northwest Passage
colony
mission
Spanish priests started settlements called_____to talk about their religion
Northwest Passage
colony
missions
Why did the colonist throw tea into the Boston Harbor?
to fight a tax
to start a war
to stop town meetings
to anger British soldiers
The______began in 1775 when British soldiers fought with local soldiers.
French and Indian War
Boston Massacre
Declaration of Independence
American Revolution
The Patriots won independence_______.
with a declaration
with the Constitution
when the British surrendered
when the Spanish assisted
A ______is the overthrow of a government.
tax
revolution
independent
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson wrote the ______that says "all men are created equal."
tax
Declaration of Independence
revolution
independent
The 13 colonies became a nation when the British surrendered and they became ______.
tax
revolution
Declaration of Independence
independent
A____is money paid to the government.
tax
Declaration of Independence
revolution
independent
The land north of the Ohio River was named the______.
Northwest Territory
Fallen Timberland
Louisiana Purchase
Western Frontier
The Louisiana Purchase was land that the United States_______.
discovered in 1800
won in a war with Spain
bought from France
wanted to take from Mexico
When Texas became part of the United States______.
it gained independence
gold was discovered there
Mexicans settled there
war broke out with Mexico
A ______is a water road that is dug by people to get water to farms or for transportation.
Canal
territory
frontier
expedition
Lewis and Clark led an________to explore the West.
Louisiana Purchase
canal
territory
expedition
Land at the edge of a settled area is called a ________.
Louisiana Purchase
territory
frontier
canal
A_______is land owned by a country.
Canal
territory
Louisiana Purchase
expedition
The French sold a large territory called the _____to Thomas Jefferson.
Louisiana Purchase
canal
territory
frontier
Southern states broke from the union because______.
Abraham Lincoln lost the election
they depended on slave labor and the North was against slavery
the factories wanted to pay less for cotton
the Union army attacked the Confederate States.
President Johnson's plan to rebuild was called______.
Reconstruction
abolition
the Emancipation Proclamation
Jim Crow laws
The South's biggest strength in the Civil War_______
was the cotton industry
were its soldiers
were the many factories
were the supplies brought in by train.
An______is a person who comes to a new country to live.
Civil War
immigrant
invention
Reconstruction
The time of______was a time to put the nation back together again.
immigrant
Civil War
reconstruction
Emancipation Proclamation
The telephone was an_____that made it easier for Americans to communicate.
Civil War
immigrant
invention
Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued a document to end slavery called the__________________________.
Civil War
immigrant
Emancipation Proclamation
invention
The______is also known as the war between the Union and the Confederacy.
Civil War
immigrant
invention
reconstruction
Labor unions organize to________
improve life for the poor people
fire workers who complain
give free educaiton
get better wages for workers
World War 1 began in_________.
Europe
Japan
the United States
Mexico
Which event helped lead to the Great Depression?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
the suffrage movement in the early 1900s
the stock market crash in 1929
the Allies winning World War 2 in 1945
The World War 2, Germany, Italy, and Japan were known as the _______.
suffrage
Axis
dictator
Allies
The______were a group of nations, including the United States, who fought together in World War 2.
suffrage
Axis
Allies
Dictator
The right to vote is known as__________.
dictator
suffrage
Axis
Allies
A______is a person who rules a country without sharing power.
suffrage
Axis
Allies
Dictator
The civil rights movement organized protests________.
to fight the Civil Rights Act
to end the Cold War
against discrimination
to support communism
In the 1950's, many people feared that if North Korea defeated South Korea, ________.
communism would spread to South Korea
the United Nations would fail
North Korea would attack China
North Korea would attack South Vietnam
The department of Homeland Security was created______.
before the Vietnam War
when North Korea attacked South Korea
after American troops were sent to Iraq
after terrorist attacked the United States
Under_____, a government owns and controls everything.
communism
terrorism
discrimination
civil rights
President George W. Bush declared war on ________.
communism
terrorism
civil rights
discrimination
_______are the rights of all citizens to be treated equally under the law.
communism
terrorism
discrimination
civil rights
An unfair difference in the way people are treated is called________.
communism
terrorism
discrimination
civil rights
