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U.S History Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Native Americans had separate, unique, and complex cultural groups. Translation: remember the native American Regions and cultures assignment.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What does Sedentary mean?

a)

staying in one place to build sturdy, non-mobile homes.

b)

continually move to find food.

c)

Flying by the seat of your pants.

d)

Built Ford Tough!

3.

What does Nomadic mean?

a)

No one is allowed to get mad.

b)

They stayed in one place to build sturdy, non-mobile homes.

c)

continually move to find food.

d)

Seeking God, Gold, Glory

4.

What are at least 2 things the Maya, Inca, and Aztec had in common?

a)

human sacrifices medical procedures

b)

human sacrifices and farming

c)

Medical procedures and formidable army.

d)

formidable army and farming.

5.

What is the longest river in the United States?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Snake

c)

Colorado

d)

Mississippi

6.

What Ocean is on the Eastern Coast of the U.S.? Think: maps assignment.

a)

Indian

b)

Atlantic

c)

Arctic

d)

Pacific

7.

Puerto Rico is a U.S.

a)

state

b)

Lake

c)

Territory

d)

City

8.

Which states of the following states border Canada? Think: World Map, U.S. Political map.

a)

Utah

b)

North Dakota

c)

Wyoming

d)

South Carolina

9.

What states border Mexico?

a)

Nevada

b)

Florida

c)

Arizona

d)

Colorado

10.

What was life like for native Americans prior to Europeans exploring the Americas?

a)

Disease and being conquerred my Spanish and other explorers

b)

Natural Wealth and nearly 100 million native Americans and the non existance of any European diseases.

c)

The horse, pig and Cattle.

d)

Citrus fruit, wheat, grapes were eaten by Native Americans before the European arrival.

11.

Match the Native American migration theory with its definition.

a)

Ancient peoples walking across an ice bridge from siberia to canada

1.

Beringia Land Bridge

b)

stone age Europeans sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.

2.

Salutrean

c)

Ancient Chinese boating from one island to another along the west coast looking for animal food living in the ____ forests in the ocean.

3.

Kelp Highway

12.

Match the Native American Region with the characteristics of the tribes who lived in that area.

a)

Eastern Woodland

1.

Longhouses, fishing

b)

Southwest

2.

Adobe House, Agriculture

c)

Latin America

3.

Terraced Farming, well developed cities.

d)

Arctic

4.

Igloos, Hunt seals, very cold weather

e)

Northwest Forests

5.

Totem poles, Fishermen, Pacific Coast

13.

What are the 3 G's of Spanish and European exploration?

a)

God, Gold, Glory

b)

Gas, God, Gold

c)

Games, Glory, God.

d)

Gold, silver, bronze

14.

Which of the following items from the Old World became important in the New World due to the Columbian Exchange?

a)

Corn

b)

Grains

c)

potatoes

d)


Tomatoes

15.

Which of the following is NOT true of the Middle Passage?

a)

Ship captains threw slaves overboard if they were sick or dying

b)

Slaves were packed into the bottoms of ships and chained in place

c)

The majority of the slaves ended up in the 13 British Colonies

d)

Many people died due to disease and starvation

16.

The following is applicable to which group? Extracted resources like gold, silver and claimed land for the queen, and converted masses to Christian religion.

a)

Native Americans

b)

Eurpopean explorers.

17.

The following is applicable to which group? Were no match for the sophisticated weapons and Horses of the conquistadors, suffered unimaginable losses due to disease brought over from Europe

a)

Native Americans

b)

Europeans

c)

Asian missionaries

18.

As part of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Europeans obtained Africans mainly as a result of 

a)

Europeans capturing Africans from the interior of the African continent

b)

Africans leaving willingly in search of a better life

c)

European conquests in Africa

d)

Africans selling other Africans

19.

Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves when

a)

All Native Americans were already dead.

b)

Africans were more familiar with local geography

c)

the Native American population drastically decreased because of smallpox and other diseases.

d)

Spain took over all of the African nations.

20.

What are two lasting impacts of European exploration in the Americas? make sure you've looked at the map before you answer this one!

a)

The presence of the Roman catholic religion, spanish language and plants and animal exchanges

b)

The presence of the protestant church and the Spanish language.

c)

The presence of the Dutch and Catholic church

d)

The portuguese langauge and the protestant church.