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unit 4 louisiana purchase

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who owned the land west of the United States in the 1800s?

a)

China

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Mexico

2.

Who did Spain get the Louisiana Territory from?

a)

The United States

b)

India

c)

France

d)

Mexico

3.

Why did France give Spain such a large piece of land as a gift?

a)

Spain helped France in a war.

b)

Spain threatened France

c)

Spain won the land after a game of tic tack toe

d)

Spain paid for the land

4.

How did pioneers get their goods to market?

a)

They sent them by airplane

b)

They mailed them

c)

They sent them down the Mississippi River

d)

They sent them down the Nile River

5.

Who owned the Port of New Orleans when the treaty of San Lorenzo was broken?

a)

France

b)

The United States

c)

Spain

d)

Native Americans

6.

What was the name of the treaty that allowed the Americans to use the Port of New Orleans for free?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Robichaux

c)

Treaty of San Francisco

d)

Treaty of San Lorenzo

7.

The first people in area to explore the land is called a pioneer.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Who owned the land west of the United States in the 1800s?

a)

China

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Mexico

9.

Who did Spain get the Louisiana Territory from?

a)

The United States

b)

India

c)

France

d)

Mexico

10.

Why did France give Spain such a large piece of land as a gift?

a)

Spain helped France in a war.

b)

Spain threatened France

c)

Spain won the land after a game of tic tack toe

d)

Spain paid for the land

11.

How did pioneers get their goods to market?

a)

They sent them by airplane

b)

They mailed them

c)

They sent them down the Mississippi River

d)

They sent them down the Nile River

12.

Who owned the Port of New Orleans when the treaty of San Lorenzo was broken?

a)

France

b)

The United States

c)

Spain

d)

Native Americans

13.

What was the name of the treaty that allowed the Americans to use the Port of New Orleans for free?

a)

Treaty of Paris

b)

Treaty of Robichaux

c)

Treaty of San Francisco

d)

Treaty of San Lorenzo

14.

The first people in area to explore the land is called a pioneer.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area is called a King.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

To walk with no plan is to wander.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

A person who travels to an unfamiliar place is called a student.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Spain broke the Treaty of San Lorenzo in 1798.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who became the new leader of France after the revolution?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

20.

Not kind or reasonable

a)

wander

b)

forgotten

c)

deal

d)

unfair

21.

Showing no compassion or pity for others; mean

a)

ruthless

b)

unfair

c)

forgotten

d)

loyal

22.

What was the name of the boats the settlers used to send their goods down the Mississippi River?

a)

airboats

b)

paddle boats

c)

flatboats

d)

shrimp boats

23.

When Spain broke the treaty which TWO things happened?

a)

They no longer allowed the Americans to use the port for free

b)

They closed the port to all Spanish people

c)

They closed the port to all Americans

d)

They continued to let the Americans use the port for free

24.

Why did settlers move west?

a)

To build a better life

b)

To open new businesses

c)

To start large farms

d)

All of the above

25.

How long did it take a letter to get from one part of the country to another?

a)

two days

b)

years

c)

weeks or months

d)

one week

26.

Who was killed in the French Revolution?

a)

Napoleon

b)

The king and queen of France

c)

The king and queen of Spain

d)

No one

27.

Napoleon is described as being

a)

knid

b)

generous

c)

brave

d)

ruthless

28.

Napoleon made a deal with Spain that he would give them land in ______ if they gave him the Louisiana Territory.

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Russia

29.

Spain did not want the Louisiana Territory because they thought it was a __________.

a)

Gold mine

b)

sugarcane field

c)

swamp

d)

none of the above