Geography

1. Geography Santa Fe is in which state? • Arizona • New Mexico • Colorado • California

2. Geography Which capital belongs to the non- contiguous region? • Sacramento • Tallahassee • Honolulu • Richmond

3. Geography Which group of famous cities would you find in the Northeastern part of the United States? • San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle • Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit • New York, Boston, Pittsburgh • Atlanta, Washington D.C., New Orleans

4. Geography What United States city is known for their steel plants? • Pittsburgh • Detroit • Chicago • Philadelphia

5. Geography If you were an African American in the 1920’s, where would you live in order to have a better standard of living? • Montgomery, Alabama • Nashville, Tennessee • Boston, Massachusetts • Atlanta, Georgia

6. Geography The textile industry in the United States is associated with what area? • New England • Pacific Region • Detroit • Los Angeles

7. Geography What states are located in the southwest region of the United States? • Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire • Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico • Alaska, California, Hawaii • Maryland, Delaware, Virginia

8. Geography Which group of cities is located in the southwestern region of the United States? • Honolulu, Juneau • Atlanta, New Orleans • San Antonio, Santa Fe • Boston, Philadelphia

9. Westward Expansion Chief Joseph led the Nez Perce Indians toward Canada, but finally decided he must - • Enjoy life on a reservation • Surrender to the army • Live in Mexico • Continue to fight

10. Westward Expansion What led to the collapse of the cattle drives in the west? • There was no way to get the cattle to the east. • There were too many cattle for the open range. • The creation of the transcontinental railroad. • Sheep ranchers took over the open range.

11. Westward Movement After the Civil War, what two valuable minerals were discovered in the West? • coal and silver • copper and coal • gold and coal • silver and gold

12. Westward Expansion What was the result of prospectors moving to new mining sites? • Homesteads • Boom towns • Indian reservations • Ghost towns

13. Westward Expansion How did the invention of barbed wire and the steel plow influence the westward movement? • It allowed people to move to more challenging environments. • It improved tobacco farming in Virginia. • It improved railroad construction. • It allowed farmers to plant more crops.

14. Westward Expansion Due to low rainfall on the Great Plains, farmers adapted their techniques by using which of the following? • Sod homes • Dry farming • Railroads • Barbed wire

15. Westward Expansion What form of shelter did settlers use because of the scarcity of trees on the Great Plains? • Teepee • Grass hut • Log cabin • Sod house

16. Westward Expansion What new invention allowed wheat farmers to harvest their crops more quickly? • Steel plow • Windmill • Barbed wire • Railroads

17. Westward Expansion Which best describes the features and climate of the Great Plains? • Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west. • Land eroded by dust storms and water • Low rainfall • All of the above

18. Westward Expansion What reason caused people to expand westward? • Opportunities for land ownership • Transcontinental railroad • Gold and silver • All of the above

19. Westward Expansion What physical feature of the Great Plains made the land ideal for raising cattle? • Abundant trees • Flat open prairie • Large rivers • Rolling hills

20. Westward Expansion What motivated the government policy of forcing all Native Americans onto reservations? • A desire to protect their way of life • To give them voting rights • To get more land for settlers • To punish settlers for stealing land

21. Westward Expansion The idea of Manifest Destiny meant what? • Native Americans had an equal claim to the lands in the west. • Slavery should be allowed in the west. • No more European colonies would be allowed in America. • The United States had the right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

22. Westward Expansion Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull played a part in the _____? • Battle of Little Big Horn • Civil War • Sand Creek Massacre • Spanish American War

23. Westward Expansion The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869 contributed to the settlement of what region of the United States? • Northeast • Southeast • Western Rocky Mountains • Non-contiguous

24. Westward Expansion What was the impact of the westward movement on the Native Americans? • Reservations • Gold • Homestead Act • Civil War

25. Westward Expansion Buffalo in the west were on the verge Of _____? • Being domesticated • Extermination • Set aside for Indians • All of the above

26. Westward Expansion Which of the following was a provision of the Homestead Act? • Gold • Transcontinental Railroad • 160 acres of land • Cattle drives

27. Westward Expansion Which of the following men fought in the Battle of Little Big Horn? • George Custer • Teddy Roosevelt • Chief Joseph • Abraham Lincoln

28. Westward Expansion The Transcontinental Railroad helped to link the following? • Arctic Ocean to the Indian Ocean • Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean • Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean • Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean

29. Westward Expansion An Indian reservation is? • Hunting ground for all Americans • A national park for Indians • Land set aside for Indians • Land set aside for buffalo

30. Westward Expansion The Homestead Act of 1862 helped the development of the West by? • Granting land for the construction of the transcontinental railroad • Allowing slavery to spread through the territories • Providing free land to settlers • Placing Native Americans on reservations