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Bellringer 12/9

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you remember from this week?

a)

Lots of stuff

b)

Some stuff

c)

I forgot most of it!

d)

I haven't been here!

2.

Reorder the following

a)

Revolutionary War (1775-83)

b)

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

c)

California Gold Rush (1849)

d)

Civil War (1860's)

e)

Spanish American War (1898)

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
3.
What would be the most likely CAUSE of someone laughing?
a)
eating ice cream
b)
someone telling a joke
c)
drinking water
d)
sorting laundry
4.
What would be a possible EFFECT of a student not studying for a test?
a)
The student doing very well on the test
b)
The student doing very badly on the test
c)
The student doesn't have to take the test
d)
The teacher smiles
5.

What do Historians look for that help to explain how and why events happened.

a)

history

b)

things

c)

causes and effects

6.

What is a primary source?

a)

A primary source is something written or created by a person who did not saw a historical event.

b)

A primary source is something written or created by a person who saw a historical event.

7.

Match the following...

a)

The Constitution

1.

The outline for our government

b)

Gettysburg Address

2.

The Civil War

c)

The California Gold Rush

3.

Sutter's Mill

d)

Westward Expansion

4.

Pioneers

8.

Secondary sources

a)

are written after a historical event by people who witness the event.

b)

are written after a historical event by people who did not witness the event.

9.

Which Native American groups lived in the Eastern Woodlands?

a)

Sioux

b)

Powhatan

c)

Cherokee

d)

Pueblo

e)

Wampanoag

10.

What type of shelter did the Plains Indians live in?

a)

longhouses

b)

teepees

c)

wigwams

d)

adobe homes

11.

Before the Americas were settled, European empires sent ​ (a)   . Later, ​ (b)   were set up. Soon, they grew, prospered, and became independent ​ (c)  

Choose from the below words
explorers
colonies
nations
clowns
dogs
rivers
noodles
trading posts
parks
planets
12.

America's founding document, The ​ (a)   of Independence, encourages freedom. However, ​ (b)   did not end till the ​ (c)   . This is an example of ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Declaration
slavery
Civil War
historical irony