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Westward Expansion Review
Test Description: Unit Test Review
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1) Which of the following is NOT an invention/adaptation to the Great Plains region?
A
cattle
B
sod houses
C
corn
D
barbed wire
2) Which Indian fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
A
Afraid of Bear
B
Geronimo
C
Chief Joseph
D
Sitting Bull
3) Which of the following was the last Indian warrior to formally surrender?
A
Chief Joseph
B
Sitting Bull
C
Afraid of Bear
D
Geronimo
4) Who surrendered near the Canadian Border and said I will fight no more forever?
A
Afriad of Bear
B
Geroninmo
C
Sitting Bull
D
Chief Joseph
5) What was the name of the Battle that was a massacre and wiped out the band of Sioux population?
A
Battle of Geronimo
B
Battle of Wounded Knee
C
Battle of Little Bighorn
D
Battle of Gettysburg
6) Which of the following explains why cowboys went west?
A
free land
B
adventure
C
weath with the discovery of gold and silver
D
for a new beginning
7) Which of the following explains why African Americans went out west?
A
to become slaves to Indians
B
to escape from slavery
C
to start a new life on the free land
D
to find jobs in the factories
8) Miners went out west to get rich by finding ----
A
iron ore and copper
B
silver and iron ore
C
gold and silver
D
wood and gold
9) Which of the following was the MAIN reason why people went out west?
A
to find adventure
B
to start a new life
C
to claim free land
D
to find gold and silver
10) Which invention helped dig up the hard sod on the Great Plains?
A
dry farming
B
steel plow
C
railroad
D
windmill
11) Which two inventions/adaptations made up for the lack of wood on the Great Plains?
A
barbed wire and windmill
B
sod houses and barbed wire
C
windmill and steel plow
D
dry farming and wheat
12) Which of the following best describes the Great Plains?
A
heavy rainfall, dust storms, flatland
B
flatlands, low rainfall, frequent dust storms
C
dense forest, low rainfall, dust storms, and lots of hurricanes
D
flatlands, dust storms, many trees
13) When cattle were loaded up on trains, in what direction were they sent?
A
southwest
B
northeast
C
southeast
D
southeast
14) Which of the following is an adaptation/Invention to the Great Plains?
A
flatlands
B
wheat
C
treeless wasteland
D
tractor
15) Which of the following is NOT a physical feature or climate of the Great Plains?
A
land eroded by wind and water
B
frequent dust storms
C
rolling hills
D
low rainfall
16) The reduction of what animal affected the Indians way of life?
A
horse
B
buffalo
C
beef cattle
D
chickens
17) Which of the following is an examples of white mans way of assimilating the Indians?
A
teaching them how to speak English
B
making them surrender
C
moving them onto reservations
D
The Battle of Little Bighorn
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