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Unit 5 Content Vocabulary

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is money paid to a leader, state, or group for protection?

a)
Tribute
b)

Gate

c)
Fee
d)
Tax
2.

What is the official count of the population every 10 years called?

a)
Poll
b)
Survey
c)
Estimation
d)
Census
3.

What is to prohibit or ban trade with a certain country or countries?

a)
Sanction
b)
Embargo
c)
Tariff
d)
Quota
4.

What is a strong sense of devotion to your country: a feeling of loyalty or patriotism?

a)
nationalism
b)

socialism

c)
apathy
d)
disloyalty
5.

What did the French gain from selling the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

a)


Saint-Domingue in exchange

b)

much needed money, $15 million,  for its war with Great Britain

c)

alliance with the United States

d)

freedom from overseas colonies

6.

Lewis and Clark were sent into the Louisiana Territory primarily to

a)

search for Gold and Silver

b)
establish trade routes with Native Americans
c)
map the Mississippi River
d)

explore the Louisiana Territory to see what the U.S. had just purchased

7.

What was one role Sacagawea played that ensured the Lewis and Clark expedition succeeded?

a)


interpreter and guide

b)

cook

c)


scientist

d)


hunter

8.

Which battle in the War of 1812 inspired Francis Scott Key to write his poem “The Star-Spangled Banner”?

a)

The Battle of Fort McHenry/Baltimore

b)
The Battle of Lake Erie
c)
The Battle of New Orleans
d)
The Battle of Thames
9.

Which Battle of the War of 1812 increased national pride and made Andrew Jackson a hero even though the battle was after the War of 1812 was officially over.

a)
The Battle of Saratoga
b)
The Battle of Gettysburg
c)
The Battle of Bunker Hill
d)
The Battle of New Orleans
10.

Which of the following was a significant effect of the War of 1812?

a)

The U.S. Constitution was amended to stop further wars from being fought on American soil.

b)

All lands west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast became part of the United States.

c)

The United States gained respect as a successful young nation and that we could "hold our own" in war with other countries

d)

Canada threw off British rule and became a completely independent nation.

11.

President during the War of 1812

a)
James Madison
b)
John Adams
c)
George Washington
d)
Thomas Jefferson
12.

Leader of France that sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.

a)
Charles de Gaulle
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Georges Clemenceau
13.

Hero of Washington, D.C., saved the portrait of George Washington

a)
Martha Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Dolley Madison
d)
Abigail Adams
14.

Saved the Lewis and Clark expedition in the Rocky Mountains

a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Sacagawea
c)
Meriwether Lewis
d)
William Clark
15.

Was the president that "bought" the Louisiana Purchase

a)
John Adams
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
George Washington
16.

Wrote the Star-Spangled Banner poem that became our National Anthem

a)
Francis Scott Key
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
17.

 When was war declared on Britain by the U.S. ?

a)

1820

b)

1976

c)

1812

d)

1810

18.

The battle of the War of 1812 that the Native American leader Tecumseh was killed and the Native Confederation died with him.

a)
Battle of Lake Erie
b)
Battle of the Thames
c)
Battle of New Orleans
d)
Battle of Fort Detroit
19.

The British marched into this city and burned it down

a)
New York City
b)
Washington, D.C.
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Boston
20.

Battle where Andrew Jackson became a war hero, but it took place AFTER the war was over.

a)
Battle of Gettysburg
b)
Battle of Bunker Hill
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of New Orleans
21.

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,

 What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, 

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight                  Verse 1

O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming? 

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, 

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,

 O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave 

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 

What is Key asking in the first verse?

a)
Key is asking about the history of the flag.
b)
Key is asking if the flag is a symbol of peace.
c)

Key is asking if the flag is still there and who won the battle

d)
Key is asking about the colors of the flag.
22.

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep 

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, 

What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,                              Verse 2

 As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

 Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, 

In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,

 'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave

 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 

What is answered in the second verse?

a)
A flag with a lion emblem.
b)
The emblem of the United Nations.
c)

The star-spangled banner is there, American won

d)
The national anthem of Canada.
23.

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep 

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, 

What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,                              Verse 2

 As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

 Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, 

In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,

 'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave

 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! 

What is a foe and how does Key describe them?

a)
The foe is described as a weak and cowardly group.
b)
The foe is a distant enemy that is easily ignored.
c)
The foe is a friendly ally that supports the cause.
d)

The foe is described as the enemy and is haughty or arrogant and boastful