1. 1 What is the name of the low, flat, fertile area that extends from MA to TX along the southeast coast?
A – Interior Plains B – Great Plains C – Coastal Plain D – Southeast Plain

2. 2 What are the oldest mountains in the United States?
A – Rocky Mountains B – Appalachian Mountains C – Coastal Range D – Sierra Nevada Mountains

3. 3 What is the difference between the Central Plains and the Great Plains?
A – Great Plains gets less rain B – Central Plains has few trees C – Great Plains has tall grasses D – Central Plains are drier

4. 4 Which best describes the Great Basin?
A – a plateau B – East of the Mississippi River C – Sharp, snowy peaks D – Dry

5. 5 Which of the these statements about the Mississippi River System is true?
A – largest river system in the Unites States B – drains the land between the Rockies and Appalachians C – important transportation route D – all of the above

6. 6 What are the two most important elements of climate?
A – elevation and temperature B – temperature and precipitation C – precipitation and elevation D – humidity and weather

7. 7 Which of the following is not a factor that affects climate?
A – amount of sunlight B – distance from the Equator C – distance from an ocean D – elevation

8. 8 Where are the grasslands of the United States located?
A – East of the Appalachian Mountains B – West of the Rocky Mountains C – Near the Great Lakes D – Between the Rocky Mts. and Appalachian Mts.

9. 9 What is most of the land of the United States used for?
A – mining B – forestry C – oil production D – agriculture

10. 10 Why do people choose to live near rivers?
A – milder climate B – transportation C – cleaner D – nice views

11. 11 Which of the following is a renewable resource?
A – oil B – trees C – natural gas D – coal

12. 12 What is the name of the land bridge that connected Asia and North America during the last ice age?
A – Icebridgia B – Atlantis C – Norasia D – Beringia

13. 13 What is an Ice Age?
A – 1,000 years B – very cold temperatures for a long time C – a time with no liquid water on Earth D – 10,000 years

14. 14 Why did early people live in caves?
A – protection B – constant temperature C – neither A or B D – both A and B

15. 15 Why were most early people nomads?
A – they enjoyed “free living” style B – they didn’t know how to make shelters C – they followed the food supply D – melting glaciers caused floods

16. 16 What do scientists call people that get their food without growing it themselves?
A – hunters and gatherers B – farmers C – nomads D – Mound Builders

17. 17 What is a group of people that share land, a language and leaders called?
A – Puebloans B – tribe C – civilization D – Adena

18. 18 Why did early people need to find a new source of food?
A – they needed something easier to chew B – agriculture started C – climate change D – they stopped hunting

19. 19 Where did the “Mound Builders” start their civilizations?
A – river valleys B – mountaintops C – canyons D – cliffs

20. 20 Which ancient civilization built its villages on the sides of canyons and cliffs?
A – Adena B – Mississippians C – Ancient Puebloans D – Olmec

21. 21 What was one difference between the northern areas and southern areas of the Eastern Woodlands?
A – better soil, colder climate in north B – better soil, warmer climate in north C – better soil, colder climate in south D – better soil, warmer climate in south

22. 22 Which is an example of the division of labor in Eastern Woodlands culture?
A – men farmed; women fished B – men cleared the land; women farmed C – men and women hunted D – men farmed; women made clothes

23. 23 What were the two main language groups in the Eastern Woodlands?
A – Mohawk and Erie B – Onondaga and Iroquois C – Algonquin and Iroquois D – Oneida and Cayuga

24. 24 Which was not a use for wampum?
A – shelter B – tell a story C – tell an event D – trade

25. 25 Why was the Iroquois League started?
A – to settle disputes peacefully B – increase farming C – form a more powerful army D – the Seneca needed a left handed reliever

26. 26 What were the two most important resources for the people of the Plains?
A – grass and cliffs B – water and grass C – buffalo and wolves D – water and buffalo

27. 27 Which of the following was NOT a way the Plains people used the buffalo?
A – shelter B – transportation C – food D – clothing

28. 28 Why were the people of the Great Plains nomads?
A – no caves B – they enjoyed using a travois C – there was no water D – they followed the buffalo

29. 29 What did the Pueblo people use to build their homes?
A – animal skins B – sod C – adobe D – tree bark

30. 30 What did Native Americans of the southwest, west and northwest do to make up for the lack of resources?
A – set up trade networks B – do without C – grew more food D – fought with each other

31. 31 What is the name of the Native American trading center along the Columbia River?
A – The Dalles B – The Chinook C – The Pittsburgh D – Totem Falls

32. 32 Which year occurs earlier, 600BC or AD300?
A – 600 BC B – AD 300