WorksheetsSocial Studies - 3rd Six Weeks Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How did Sequoyah help the Cherokee community meet its needs?
He served in the United States government.
He helped establish the Iroquois Confederacy.
He celebrated Thanksgiving with English colonists.
He invented a writing system for the Cherokee language.
Which of the following is an example of the Iroquois people adapting to their physical environment?
Using rivers for fishing and traveling
Establishing the Iroquois Confederacy
Performing traditional songs and dances
Sharing long houses with other families
Where did Christopher Columbus help establish new communities?
In present-day San Francisco
On the island of Hispaniola
Along the St. Lawrence River
In the Great Lakes region
Which explorer established the new community of Quebec City?
Christopher Columbus
Samuel de Champlain
Jean Nicolet
Sir Francis Drake
Where did explorer Juan de Oñate establish a new community?
Florida
California
New México
Virginia
What did the Spanish settlers build to teach religion and Spanish culture to American Indians in the Southwest?
Pueblos
Presidios
Forts
Missions
How did Don Pedro Menéndez de Avilés and his settlers provide security for their new community?
They built a fort on an area of land protected from the ocean.
They built a mission to train American Indians to be soldiers for them.
They discovered the legendary Fountain of Youth and stayed young.
They discovered Cibola and used its vast wealth to pay off attackers.
What explorer turned St. Louis into a center for fur trading?
Jacques Cartier
Robert de La Salle
Pierre Laclede
Samuel de Champlain
The Roanoke Colony lasted less than three ─
days
years
decades
centuries
In what way did Benjamin Franklin contribute to creating the United States?
He helped William Penn settle the new colony of Pennsylvania.
He helped negotiate the sale of the Louisiana Purchase from France.
He helped write the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
He explored the Mississippi River and set up new communities along the way.
What term applies to the men who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution?
Pilgrims
Quakers
Founding Fathers
Explorers
What advantage did the location of Quebec City provide for the settlers who lived there?
It was far enough North that no other European settlers ever tried to attack it.
The nearby Huron were the only friendly American Indian group that Europeans met.
Le Chateau Frontenac was already there so the settlers had a place to live.
It was built on two rivers that settlers could use for transportation and trade.
How did the Pilgrims meet their need for government when they formed a new community in Plymouth?
They wrote the Mayflower Compact.
They adopted England’s form of government.
They let local American Indians govern them.
They wrote the United States Constitution.
Freedom of speech, religion, and the press are guaranteed in the –
Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Star-Spangled Banner
Declaration of Independence
Who was the first female Hispanic American astronaut?
Ellen Ochoa
Maria Mitchell
Dana Vollmer
Juliette Gordon Low
How did Benjamin Franklin improve safety in the city of Philadelphia?
He built a fort to protect the city from attack.
He was an interpreter with local American Indian groups.
He began Philadelphia’s first fire department.
He befriended American Indians as a peaceful Quaker.
How did Juan de Oñate contribute to creating new communities?
He discovered the legendary city of Cibola.
He colonized the Southwest while looking for Quivira.
He built missions and presidios in California.
He built Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida.
What event helped cause the colonists to write the Declaration of Independence?
The American Revolution had started between the colonists and Great Britain.
Great Britain had rejected the idea of creating Washington, D.C. as the capital.
Great Britain refused to recognize the United State Constitution as a valid document.
The Mayflower Compact had just expired and a new government was needed.
Which of the following describes the United States Constitution?
It proclaimed “No taxation without representation?”
It listed complaints against the British king.
It was a treaty to end the American Revolution.
It was written as a new plan of government.
Which of the following would complete the row for Todd Beamer in this chart?
Protested outside schools that refused to end segregation
Rescued fellow soldiers after his ship was hit by a German torpedo
Fought against terrorists who had taken control of United Flight 93
Started a foundation to fund health programs around the world
