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19. The American Indians were similar in that they all

Lived along rivers

Used their environment to obtain food, clothing, and shelter

Spoke the same language

Lived in the same type of dwellings

20. What goods did the West African kingdoms have to trade to Portugal and other European countries?

Salt, gold, and slaves

Guns, butter, and beer

Bows and arrows

Sugar, tobacco, and cotton

21. Which of these is not one of the three powerful West Africa kingdoms encountered by Portugal?

Songhai

Congo

Ghana

Mali

22. As European explorers came to the New World, a large number of American Indians died due to ______ Europeans brought with them.

Animals

Vegetables

Diseases

Knives

23. What affected the way American Indians met their basic needs?

Transportation and military

Artifacts and objects

Maps and globes

Geography and climate

24. What river forms a border between the United States and parts of Mexico?

Rio Grande

Ohio River

Mississippi River

Columbia River

25. American Indians used animal skins and plants such as cotton or tree bark to make

Shelter

Clothing

Beads

Pottery

26. 'Disease and starvation' was one of the four main obstacles early European explorers faced. Which of the other obstacles caused disease and starvation?

Fear of the Unknown

Lack of adequate supplies

Different languages

Economic

27. Where did John Cabot explore in North America?

Eastern coast of Canada; New Foundland

Eastern part of Canada; Quebec

Mississippi River Valley

Rocky Mountains

28. John Cabot was the first explorer for what country to reach North America?

France

Spain

England

Canada

29. Which of these European countries was not in competition in exploring North America

Spain

Portugal

England

France

30. Robert la Salle explored this area for France?

Quebec

Present-day southwestern United States

Mississippi River Valley

Alaska

31. What European country while searching for a quicker sea route to Asia around Africa encountered the three powerful kingdoms of West Africa?

England

France

Russia

Portugal

32. What was the northeast part of North America called where the Iroquois lived?

Great Plains

Arctic

Eastern Woodlands

Southwest

33. Which of the following was not a main reason for European exploration?

Economic: gold, natural resources, and trade

Religious: god, spreading the word of Christianity

Political: glory, competition for empire and belief in superiority of culture

Cultural: the need to learn new languages

34. The obstacle, 'fear of the unknown', is represented by all of the following except

Sea monsters

Falling off the edge of the world (the world is flat)

Finding new natural resources

35. What was Columbus in search of we he landed in North America in 1492?

A quicker sea route to Asia

Gold

His lost brother

American Indians

36. 'Lack of adequate supplies' was one of the four main obstacles early European explorers faced. Which of the other obstacles caused a 'lack of adequate supplies'?

Fear of the unknown

Poor maps and navigational tools

Disease and starvation

Economic

37. _ __ became a source of conflict between American Indians and the English because England look to claim and own it outright.

Different languages

Land ownership

Beaver furs

Boat sails

38. Which European nation was known to maintain friendly relations with American Indians and trade fur extensively with them?

England

France

Spain

Portugal

39. Why would the exploration and trade with West Africa become a part of US history?

Source of slaves

Source of salt

Source of guns

Source of meat

Unit 1-4 Reviewer

1. What geographic region is located along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. What geographic region is located west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Coastal Range?

3. What geographic region may be described as "rugged mountains along the Pacific Coast that contain fertile valleys"?

4. What river was the gateway to the west?

5. On a map of North America, which river of the six rivers studied would be the farthest east?

6. What river was explored by Lewis and Clark?

7. What geographic region contains the oldest mountain range in North America?

8. What geographic region consists of flat lands that gradually increase in elevation westward?

9. Where is the Continental Divide located? What region?

10. What group of American Indians inhabited present-day Alask and northern Canada?

11. What group of American Indians inhabited present-day northeast United States?

12. What group of American Indians inhabited the Pacific-Northwest coast?

13. What group of American Indians inhabited the Great Plains?

14. What group of American Indians used adobe bricks to build their shelter?

15. What group of American Indians lived in plankhouses?

16. What group of American Indians lived in longhouses?

17. What group of American Indians lived in tepees?

18. What group of American Indians lived in igloos?

19. The American Indians were similar in that they all

20. What goods did the West African kingdoms have to trade to Portugal and other European countries?

21. Which of these is not one of the three powerful West Africa kingdoms encountered by Portugal?

22. As European explorers came to the New World, a large number of American Indians died due to ______ Europeans brought with them.

23. What affected the way American Indians met their basic needs?

24. What river forms a border between the United States and parts of Mexico?

25. American Indians used animal skins and plants such as cotton or tree bark to make

26. 'Disease and starvation' was one of the four main obstacles early European explorers faced. Which of the other obstacles caused disease and starvation?

27. Where did John Cabot explore in North America?

28. John Cabot was the first explorer for what country to reach North America?

29. Which of these European countries was not in competition in exploring North America

30. Robert la Salle explored this area for France?

31. What European country while searching for a quicker sea route to Asia around Africa encountered the three powerful kingdoms of West Africa?

32. What was the northeast part of North America called where the Iroquois lived?

33. Which of the following was not a main reason for European exploration?

34. The obstacle, 'fear of the unknown', is represented by all of the following except

35. What was Columbus in search of we he landed in North America in 1492?

36. 'Lack of adequate supplies' was one of the four main obstacles early European explorers faced. Which of the other obstacles caused a 'lack of adequate supplies'?

37. _____ ______ became a source of conflict between American Indians and the English because England look to claim and own it outright.

38. Which European nation was known to maintain friendly relations with American Indians and trade fur extensively with them?

39. Why would the exploration and trade with West Africa become a part of US history?

37. _ __ became a source of conflict between American Indians and the English because England look to claim and own it outright.