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