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Thursday 12/15 Morning Work

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the _______

a)

Equator

b)

North Pole

c)

South Pole

d)

Prime Meridian

2.

How many oceans are on the Earth?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

5

d)

6

3.

This red line is the ______

a)

North Pole

b)

Equator

c)

A scar

d)

Prime Meridian

4.

The red line is the ______

a)

Earths Belt

b)

Equator

c)

A Rubber Band

d)

Edge of the World

5.

The equator is a _______ line.

a)

Horizontal

b)

Slanted

c)

Vertical

d)

Adjacent

6.

The equator DIVIDES the Earth into _____ and ______ HEMISPHERES.

a)

Northern, Southern

b)

Eastern, Western

c)

Front, Back

d)

Top, Bottom

7.

North America is in which Hemisphere?

a)

South Western Hemisphere

b)

North Western Hemisphere

c)

South Eastern Hemisphere

d)

The Moon

8.

How many continents are on our planet?

a)

2

b)

6

c)

7

d)

9

9.

The Prime Meridian goes from _____ to ______?

a)

East. West

b)

Left, Right

c)

North, South

d)

Front, Back

10.

What is the BIGGEST continent on our planet?

a)

Asia

b)

Australia

c)

Africa

d)

North America

11.

What is the LARGEST ocean in the world?

a)

Asia

b)

Northern

c)

Pacific

d)

Indian

12.

What is the SMALLEST ocean on Earth?

a)

My backyard pool

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic

d)

Arctic Ocean

13.

North, East, South, West are what kind of directions?

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

14.

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest are what kind of directions

a)

Cardinal Directions

b)

Intermediate Directions

15.

Use the compass rose. What letter is North?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

Use the compass rose. What letter is East?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

Use the map. If you fly from Australia to South America what direction did you fly?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

18.

Use the compass rose. Where would you find Southwest?

a)

Between A and B

b)

Between C and B

c)

Between C and D

d)

Between A and D

19.

Use the compass rose. Where would you find Northwest?

a)

Between A and B

b)

Between C and B

c)

Between C and D

d)

Between A and D

20.

One half of the earth is called a...

a)

Quartersphere

b)

Sphere

c)

Half

d)

Hemisphere

21.

How many hemispheres does earth have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

What line divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

23.

What line divides the earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

24.

Use the map. What two hemispheres is Australia in?

a)

Southern & Eastern

b)

Southern & Western

c)

Northern & Southern

d)

Eastern & Western

25.

Use the map. What hemispheres is North America in?

a)

Northern & Southern

b)

Northern & Western

c)

Southern

d)

Eastern & Western

26.

Use the Map. What hemispheres is the Pacific Ocean in?

a)

Northern

b)

Northern & Eastern

c)

Northern & Eastern & Southern

d)

All 4 Hemispheres

27.

This region is east of the Mississippi River. The regions name came from forests that covered the land.

a)

Arctic

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Southwest

d)

The plains

28.

The Native Americans of this region hunted Buffalo on the open fields of grass

a)

The Northwest

b)

The Eastern Woodlands

c)

The Southwest

d)

The Plains

29.

There were not a lot of animals in the desert, so the people of the ______________ relied mainly on farming for food.

a)

Eastern Woodlands

b)

Arctic

c)

Southwest

d)

Plains

30.

The ______ is the region near the North Pole.

a)

Arctic

b)

Southwest

c)

Eastern Woodlands

31.

The people of this region ate fish, shellfish, seals, and whales

a)

The Plains

b)

The Southwest

c)

The Northwest

32.

Igloos were build by the people in the ______.

a)

Southwest

b)

Eastern Woodlands

c)

Arctic

33.

a person who travels in search of new places and information

a)

exploration

b)

explorer

c)

expedition

d)

executive

34.

used by sailors to find longitude and kept very accurate time

a)

astrolabe

b)

compass

c)

chronometer

d)

artifact

35.

an object made by humans in the past

a)

artifact

b)

expedition

c)

compass

d)

compass

36.

A new age of learning, science, and art in Europe during the 1400's was called the ______.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Expedition

c)

Reckoning

d)

Experience

37.

European explorers were looking for a quicker water route to ______.

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

South America

d)

Antarctica

38.

What device helped Europeans navigate at sea by using a magnetized needle that points to a coordinate direction?

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Compass

c)

Astrolabe

d)

Rudder

39.

What do you call people who come to live in a colony?

a)

colonists

b)

residents

c)

traders

d)

indentured servants

40.

A small community of people living in a new place is called a ________________.

a)

caravan

b)

navigation

c)

expedition

d)

settlement

41.

A cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay.

a)

slavery

b)

revolt

c)

convert

d)

conquistador

42.

What were the name of the three boats Christopher Columbus took with him when he left for Spain?

a)

Nana, Pinto, Santa Clause

b)

Mayflower, Charles, Henry

c)

Santa Maria, Pinta, Nina

d)

Ferdinand, Isabella, Christopher

43.

Christopher Columbus represented the country of Spain on a voyage trying to find ______________________.

a)

the fastest and safest way to get to China by water

b)

a new continent

c)

food

d)

the Silk Road

44.

Vasco Balboa was the first explorer to see what?

a)

the Atlantic Ocean

b)

the Pacifiic Ocean

c)

the Silk Road

d)

the Mississippi River

45.

What is Ferdinand Magellan most known for?

a)

being the first to successfully cross the Atlantic

b)

being the first to see the Pacific Ocean

c)

realizing he was on a new continent

d)

leading the first expeditition around the world

46.

When Ponce de Leon found Florida, what was he actually looking for?

a)

Fountain of Youth

b)

7 Cities of Gold

c)

Aztec Empire

d)

Gulf of Mexico

47.

Cortes was a Spanish Conquistador. What was the main reason for Cortes's expedition?

a)

to find people that looked like him

b)

to find gold

c)

to work for Spanish King

d)

to start a new colony

48.

Why do many people celebrate Columbus Day?

a)

To honor Christopher Columbus as an explorer

b)

To celebrate American Independence

c)

To celebrate Mexico's conquest

d)

To celebrate and remember Columbus discovering America

49.
A person who agrees to work without pay for a certain length of time.
a)
indentured servant
b)
slave
c)
royal colony
d)
legislature
50.
A resource that can be used to make a product.
a)
stock
b)
profit
c)
raw material
d)
cash crop
51.
A crop that people grow to sell.
a)
raw material
b)
cash crop
c)
profit
d)
stock
52.
When John White returned to Roanoke Colony, he found the settlers waiting for him to bring supplies.
a)
True
b)
False
53.
Jamestown was a good choice for a settlement because the land was excellent for farming.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
John Smith made a rule that said anyone who did not work would not be able to eat.
a)
True
b)
False
55.
Growing cash crops like tobacco was a key to helping Jamestown grow.
a)
True
b)
False
56.

What are people called who agree to work on a plantation or farm for 4-7 years in exchange for a paid trip to the New World?

a)

Indentured Servants

b)

Slaves

c)

Farming Immigrants

d)

Tobacco con Sopa y Tamales

57.

_________________ was the most profitable agricultural product in Jamestown.

a)

corn

b)

Tobacco

c)

silver

d)

squash

58.

Which of the following was the colony that England tried three different times to set up before it "disappeared"?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Boston

c)

Roanoke

d)

Plymouth

59.

Which important colonist was the leader of the Jamestown Colony?

a)

William Penn

b)

John Smith

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

60.

Why was colony of Roanoke called the lost colony?

a)

The people went back to England

b)

They were gone when the other colonists came back.

c)

They moved to Jamestown.

d)

The people got lost trying to find it.

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