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7th Benchmark Review

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which Amendment prohibits slavery?
a)
15th
b)
14th
c)
13th
d)
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2.

What Amendment was passed to guarantee African American men the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

16th

d)

15th

3.
Which Amendment states that anyone born in the United States is a citizen?
a)
14th
b)
15th
c)
16th
d)
13th
4.
Reconstruction was the process of
a)
rebuilding the South after the Civil War
b)
creating land zones for freedmen after the Civil War
c)
instituting Black Codes for former slaves
d)
eliminating the plantation economy in the South
5.

 What agency was created by the United States Congress in 1865 to set up schools and churches, supply food and clothing, and solve employment issues for the former slaves?

a)

the American Missionary Association

b)

the Freedmen's Bureau

c)

the Ku Klux Klan

d)

the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - NAACP

6.
What was segregation?
a)
equal treatment for all people
b)
the forced separation of races
c)
a farmer shares part of his crop to pay for land
d)
the period of time after the Civil War
7.
What is geography?
a)
the study of Earth
b)
the study of fossils
c)
the study of people
d)
the study of history
8.
We live on which continent?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
9.
What is a region?
a)
A piece of land
b)
An area with unique features
c)
5 states put together
d)
A bowl of cereal
10.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

east

b)

west

c)

south

d)

north

11.

What cardinal direction goes in the yellow box?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

12.

What intermediate direction goes in the purple box?

a)

northeast

b)

northwest

c)

south

d)

west

13.

How many regions are there in the United States?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

8

d)

1

14.

What is the nam of the red colored region?

a)

Midwest

b)

North

c)

Southeast

d)

Northeast

15.

What is the name of the dark green region?

a)

Western

b)

Rock Mountain

c)

Southeast

d)

Midwest

16.

What is the name of the yellow region

a)

Non-contiguous

b)

Contiguous

c)

Pacific

17.

Name the state

(a)  

18.

Name the state

(a)  

19.

Name the state

(a)  

20.

Name the state

(a)  

21.

Name the state

(a)  

22.
Which innovation allowed people and goods to travel from the East Coast to the West Coast in just a week? 
a)
Airplane
b)
Transcontinental Railroad
c)
Stagecoach
d)
Horseback
23.
What effects did the building of the railroad have on the Native Americans of the Great Plains? 
a)
Americans took their land by building railroad on the Great Plains. 
b)
The buffalo, which was their main staple of food, clothing, and shelter, were killed. 
c)
They were put on reservations which took their privileges and hunting grounds away. 
d)
All of the above
24.
What was the purpose of the Homestead Act? 
a)
To bring an end to the cattle drives.
b)
To defeat the Native Americans
c)
To encourage settlement on the Great Plains.
d)
To provide a market for making steel plows. 
25.
For many Native Americans, life on the reservations included...
a)
Poverty and little food.
b)
Sports and games.
c)
Hunting large amounts of buffalo.
d)
Everything from their old lives. 
26.
Why were so many African- Americans eager to move to the Great Plains?
a)
European immigrants forced them from their homes in the East. 
b)
They wanted to hunt buffalo.
c)
They were seeking religious freedom.
d)
They had hopes of owning their own land. 
27.
Why is the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as, "Custer's Last Stand"?
a)
Custer resigned after the battle.
b)
Custer was seriously injured.
c)
Custer was killed along with his entire forces.
d)
Custer surrendered his forces.
28.

Little Bighorn is ....

a)

a native American leader

b)

the name of a battle between Americans and natives

c)

a river

29.

__________ won the Battle of Little Bighorn.

a)

The Lakota Sioux and Lakota Sioux

b)

The US Army

c)

George Armstrong Custer

30.

A reservation is _________.

a)

a native american homeland where natives traditionally lived

b)

A place where natives were forced to live by the US Army.

31.

Which animal was most important to the Plains Indians?

a)

prairie dog

b)

cow

c)

buffalo

d)

dog

32.

In the West, where did most large cities develop?

a)

near gold mines

b)

along railroads

c)

along the ocean

d)

in the Sierra Nevada Moountains

33.

Who was an Apache leader?

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Geronimo

c)

Crazy Horse

d)

Chief Joseph

34.
Identify the Great Plains region using the map
a)
Green
b)
Yellow
c)
Pink
d)
Blue
35.
Railroads, Windmills, Steel Plows and Barbed Wire can best be described as what?
a)
Native American Technology
b)
Items Used to Settle the Appalachian Mountains
c)
Life on the Great Plains
d)
Inventions and Adaptations Used to Settle the Great Plains
36.
What inventions helped farmers fence their fields?
a)
Railroads
b)
Steel plows
c)
Windmills
d)
Barbed wire
37.

What did the settlers use to build their houses out of?

a)

trees

b)

grass

c)

sod

d)

buffalo skins

38.
The Great Plains region is well-known for their 
a)
rolling hills and small shrubs
b)
mountains and valleys
c)
flat, treeless prairies
d)
rivers and marshalnds
39.
How did the invention pictured above enable settlers to live on the Great Plains? 
a)
It kept the farm cool.
b)
It improved communication between settlers.
c)
It allowed them to dig wells to access water.
d)
It created electricity that allowed them to use machines.
40.
Which adaptation did nineteenth century farmers in the Great Plains use to have successful crop production?
a)
Organic farming
b)
Dry Farming
c)
Compost piles
d)
Crop rotation
41.

Which of the following was a CONSEQUENCE of low rainfall on the Great Plains?

a)

Floods

b)

Good quality farmland

c)

Frequent droughts

d)

Little wood

42.
Which U.S. State is this?
a)
Texas
b)
Iowa
c)
Montana
d)
Wyoming
43.
Which U.S. State is this?
a)
Texas
b)
Iowa
c)
Montana
d)
Wyoming
44.
Which U.S. State is this?
a)
Kansas
b)
Oklahoma
c)
South Dakota
d)
 Nebraska

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