Unit 1-5 Reviewer

1. What is continent is the United States of America located on?

South America

Europe

Africa

North America

2. One of the obstacles explorers faced was poor _ and ______ tools.

Maps, weapon

Maps, farming

Keys, lock

Maps, navigational

3. Do different geographic areas have distinctive, or different features?

Yes

No

4. Which river forms a border with Mexico?

Columbia

Ohio

Colorado

Rio Grande

5. What is the the continent located south of Europe on a map and east of South America?

Asia

Africa

North America

Antarctica

6. Which two rivers are tributaries for the Mississippi River? (click two)

Ohio

Colorado

Missouri

Columbia

Submit

7. A difficulty early explorers faced was

Fear of the unknown

Danger of sea monsters

Hostility from French ships

Not enough sailors

8. Slaves were used as _ __ on plantations to ensure profits for the owners.

Inexpensive labor

Fresh bodies

Body doubles

Body guards

9. The five Great Lakes are
Huron
Ottawa
Michigan
Erie
Superior

True

False

10. Which American Indian tribe inhabited the Great Plains and lived in tepees?

Inuit

Pueblo

Kwakiutl

Sioux

11. Which American Indian tribe lived in adobe made houses in the Southwest U.S. (Arizona and New Mexico)?

Pueblo

Kwakiutl

Inuit

Sioux

12. Which geographic region of North America is located along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean?

Coastal Range

Coastal Plain

Appalachian Highlands

Interior Lowlands

13. Does the Coastal Plain consist of broad lowlands with many excellent harbors?

Yes

No

14. What does the continental divide determine?

Directional flow of rivers

Snowfall

Were the 8 regions are

Where the continents divide from

15. Which river runs north to south emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and is a transportation route for the interior U.S.?

Mississippi

Ohio

Colorado

Columbia

16. Which American Indian tribe lived in plankhouses in along the Pacific Coast in the northwest corner of the U.S. and soutwestern Canada?

Kwakiutl

Sioux

Inuit

Pueblo

17. Which American Indian tribe lived in longhouses in an area known as Eastern Woodlands?

Iroquios

Kwakiutl

Inuit

Sioux

18. Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled after Plymouth Colony.

True

False

19. The Mid-Atlantic region had a lot of small farming in its economy, but it also consisted of ?

Fishing and trading

Gold mining

Oil drilling

Movie making

20. Who were men and women who could not afford the passage from Europe to the colonies and would agree to work for 5-7 years for someone if they paid their way over to the colonies?

Slaves

Women

Land owners

Indentured servants

21. Maryland and Georgia were in what colonial region?

Southern

Eastern

Western

New England

22. Gen. _ surrendered his English troops to George Washington at the Battle of ____.

Gates, Saratoga

Cornwallis, Yorktown

Washington, Yorktown

23. What continent is England, France, Spain, and Portugal located on?

Europe

Asia

Africa

North America

24. What geographic region is to the west of the Interior Lowlands for the most part?

Appalachian Highlands

Great Plains

Coastal Plain

Canadian Shield

25. This region is located along the Pacific Coast and contains mountain ranges and fertile valleys.

Coastal Range

Coastal Plain

Rocky Mtns.

Interior Lowlands

26. Samuel de Champlain settled claimed Quebec for what country?

Portugal

France

England

Spain

27. Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley?

John Smith

John Cabot

Chris Columbus

Robert la Salle

28. What was the first successful attempt of an English colony in N. America? and what year was it in?

Roanoke Island, 1492

Jamestown, 1706

Jamestown, 1607

Rhode Island, 1598

29. What geographic region is located between the Appalachian Highlands and the Great Plains and consists of many rivers such as the Ohio River?

Appalachian Highlands

Coastal Range

Great Plains

Interior Lowlands

30. What American Indian tribed lived in igloos located in northern Alaska and Canada?

Inuit

Pueblo

Iroquios

Sioux

31. Life in the colonies reflected the _ and __ features of where they lived.

Climate, water

Climate, geographic

Climate, economic

Economic, climate

32. Which was not a motivating force for European exploration?

Looking for gold

Beginning new schools

Spreading Christianity

Securing land for empire

33. What obstacles were faced by the early European explorers?

Railroads and highways

Danger of sea monsters

Technology and computers

Poor maps and navigational tools

34. Which of the following is not one of the West African empires Portugal traded with for salt, gold, and slaves

Congo

Ghana

Songhai

Mali

35. John Locke came up with idea of _ _ which included life, liberty, and property.

Unalienable rights

Natural rights

Human rights

Legal rights

36. If you were to sail south from the bottom tip of South America which continent would you land on?

North America

Africa

Australia

Antarctica

37. Which river is located in the Northwest U.S.?

Columbia

Ohio

Mississippi

Colorado

38. What group of people made voyages of discovery along West Africa?

Spanish

French

Portugese

English

39. Who was encharge of the colony and got his power from the king? This person could veto colonial legislatures.

Colonial governor

Colonial government

Colonial king

Colonial Sheriff

40. Roanoke Island was the first successful attempt at a colony by England in N. America.

True

False

41. If I had just gotten out of debtors' prison and was looking for economic freedom which colony would I want to go to?

Viriginia

Maryland

Carolina

Georgia

42. What colonial region are Delaware and New York in?

Mid-Atlantic

Southern

New England

English

43. Which of the following was not a reason for Europe's exploration of N. America?

Religion

Economic

Curiousity

Political

44. What was not a European goal during the Age of Exploration?

The expansion of empires and power

The increase in wealth and improved balance of trade

The desire to spread Christianity

Development of large cities

45. Who learned farming techniques from the American Indians?

English

Spanish

French

Portuguese

46. What is the large landmass formed by the 6th largest and the largest continents.

Africa

Eurasia

Pangea

America

47. This river runs from teh Rocky Mtns. thru the southwest and carved out the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Colorado

Columbia

Ohio

Missouri

48. Which of the following is an example of cultural interaction between the American Indians and Europeans?

Sharing of navigational tools and ships

Establishment of trading posts

Routes of exploration from Europe

Competition for empires among European nations

49. Plantations in the Southern colonies grew cashcrops like corn, tea, and spices.

True

False

50. The Declaration of Independence gave "certain ________ rights" to people like "life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness.

Unalienable

Inalienable

Natural

Legal

51. Economic is the study of how people divide a limited amount of goods amongst themselves such as gold, money, oil, or corn.

True

False

52. What is another name for the Pilgrims?

Puritans

Sepratists

Reformers

Quakers

53. The New England region's economy had all but what?

Little farming

Shipbuilding

Fishing

Huge plantations

54. Economic and social life in the Southern colonies were dominated by the ________.

Plantations

Farms

Chruches

Town meetings

55. What were the local political districts called in the Southern colonies?

Countries

Cities

Planations

Counties

56. Who conquered and enslaved American Indians during the early European exploration?

Spanish

French

English

West Africans

57. Who was the highest ranking official in the county?

Mayor

Sheriff

Governor

Judge

Unit 1-5 Reviewer

1. What is continent is the United States of America located on?

2.

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

2. One of the obstacles explorers faced was poor _____ and __________ tools.

3. Do different geographic areas have distinctive, or different features?

4. Which river forms a border with Mexico?

5. What is the the continent located south of Europe on a map and east of South America?

6. Which two rivers are tributaries for the Mississippi River? (click two)

7. A difficulty early explorers faced was

8. Slaves were used as _______ ________ on plantations to ensure profits for the owners.

9. The five Great Lakes are HuronOttawaMichiganErieSuperior

10. Which American Indian tribe inhabited the Great Plains and lived in tepees?

11. Which American Indian tribe lived in adobe made houses in the Southwest U.S. (Arizona and New Mexico)?

12. Which geographic region of North America is located along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean?

13. Does the Coastal Plain consist of broad lowlands with many excellent harbors?

14. What does the continental divide determine?

15. Which river runs north to south emptying into the Gulf of Mexico and is a transportation route for the interior U.S.?

16. Which American Indian tribe lived in plankhouses in along the Pacific Coast in the northwest corner of the U.S. and soutwestern Canada?

17. Which American Indian tribe lived in longhouses in an area known as Eastern Woodlands?

18. Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled after Plymouth Colony.

19. The Mid-Atlantic region had a lot of small farming in its economy, but it also consisted of ?

20. Who were men and women who could not afford the passage from Europe to the colonies and would agree to work for 5-7 years for someone if they paid their way over to the colonies?

21. Maryland and Georgia were in what colonial region?

22. Gen. _____ surrendered his English troops to George Washington at the Battle of ________.

23. What continent is England, France, Spain, and Portugal located on?

24. What geographic region is to the west of the Interior Lowlands for the most part?

25. This region is located along the Pacific Coast and contains mountain ranges and fertile valleys.

26. Samuel de Champlain settled claimed Quebec for what country?

27. Who claimed the Mississippi River Valley?

28. What was the first successful attempt of an English colony in N. America? and what year was it in?

29. What geographic region is located between the Appalachian Highlands and the Great Plains and consists of many rivers such as the Ohio River?

30. What American Indian tribed lived in igloos located in northern Alaska and Canada?

31. Life in the colonies reflected the ___________ and ____________ features of where they lived.

32. Which was not a motivating force for European exploration?

33. What obstacles were faced by the early European explorers?

34. Which of the following is not one of the West African empires Portugal traded with for salt, gold, and slaves

35. John Locke came up with idea of _______ _______ which included life, liberty, and property.

36. If you were to sail south from the bottom tip of South America which continent would you land on?

37. Which river is located in the Northwest U.S.?

38. What group of people made voyages of discovery along West Africa?

39. Who was encharge of the colony and got his power from the king? This person could veto colonial legislatures.

40. Roanoke Island was the first successful attempt at a colony by England in N. America.

41. If I had just gotten out of debtors' prison and was looking for economic freedom which colony would I want to go to?

42. What colonial region are Delaware and New York in?

43. Which of the following was not a reason for Europe's exploration of N. America?

44. What was not a European goal during the Age of Exploration?

45. Who learned farming techniques from the American Indians?

46. What is the large landmass formed by the 6th largest and the largest continents.

47. This river runs from teh Rocky Mtns. thru the southwest and carved out the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

48. Which of the following is an example of cultural interaction between the American Indians and Europeans?

49. Plantations in the Southern colonies grew cashcrops like corn, tea, and spices.

50. The Declaration of Independence gave "certain ________ rights" to people like "life, liberty, and the pursuit of hapiness.

51. Economic is the study of how people divide a limited amount of goods amongst themselves such as gold, money, oil, or corn.

52. What is another name for the Pilgrims?

53. The New England region's economy had all but what?

54. Economic and social life in the Southern colonies were dominated by the ________.

55. What were the local political districts called in the Southern colonies?

56. Who conquered and enslaved American Indians during the early European exploration?

57. Who was the highest ranking official in the county?

2. One of the obstacles explorers faced was poor _ and ______ tools.

8. Slaves were used as _ __ on plantations to ensure profits for the owners.

9. The five Great Lakes are
Huron
Ottawa
Michigan
Erie
Superior

22. Gen. _ surrendered his English troops to George Washington at the Battle of ____.

31. Life in the colonies reflected the _ and __ features of where they lived.

35. John Locke came up with idea of _ _ which included life, liberty, and property.