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SocialStudies7thgrad
7th grade social studies test 1 questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the study of people, their environments, and their resources. | Geography |
| What climate region is what is most of California, plus one interesting fact. | Mediterranean is the one most people love because of frequent sunshine and nice temps. with minimal rain. |
| What is the climate region where we live in | HUMID CONTINENTAL, the one best suited for farming. |
| what is the only Great Lake to border Pennsylvania. | LAKE ERIE |
| what are the tallest mountains on the East Coast | APPALACHIAN |
| what 2 rivers connect to make for the largest rivers in North America, and the most important to the U.S. | The MISSISSIPPI River and the MISSOURI River |
| what river forms a boundary with Mexico. | The RIO GRANDE River |
| what river forms a boundary with Canada | The ST. LAWRENCE River |
| what is the largest collection of fresh water in the world. | The great lakes, Superior, Michigan, Ontario, Huron, Erie |
| what physical region contains the Sierra Nevada Mountains | The PACIFIC COAST |
| Many scientists think that the first people to reach America did so by crossing what strait/land bridge | the BERING STRAIT land bridge. |
| 2. Most Native Americans in the Great Plains moved very often to follow their food and water sources, or, in other words, were what | NOMADIC |
| Most Native Americans today live in what part of the untied states | WESTERN |
| Native Americans living in what climate region were most prone to drought | DESERT |
| the Native Americans all have A) similar cultures B) different cultures | B) differnet cultures |
| Sacagawea was an important member of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition and a member of what tribe | the SHOSHONE tribe. |
| what were the most important food source to the Native Americans on the Great Plains. | The buffalo |
| which tribe has the largest in the U.S. today. | Navajo |
| 1. When Christopher Columbus first met the Native Americans, he mistakenly referred to them as what | Indians, because he thought that he had landed somewhere in India or near it. |
| William Penn and the Dutch purchased the land for Pennsylvania and Manhattan from which tribe | the delaware tribe |
| there was an explosion of new ideas that helped Europeans to explore during what period of time, and what does that mean. | The RENAISSANCE or Italian for “Rebirth,” |
| What battle did the Christians defeat the Muslims in and what did they gain even though they lost the battle. | the European Christians lost the CRUSADES to the Muslims, but they were able to make new trade routes. |
| had an exchange of goods between the New and Old World named after him and what was it called | The Colombian exchange,... CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS |
| Many European explorers were searching for riches or for what non-existent thing, and what did they think it connected together | NORTHWEST PASSAGE, what they thought connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the present-day United States (however, it does not exist). |
| Francisco Coronado and Fernando de Soto are both Spanish explorers who explored what is now the present-day country of what | The United States of America |
| who may have had a River and a Bay named after him, but he was still killed | Henry Hudson |
| who was killed in mutiny while searching for the northwest passage | Henry Hudson |
| what was a term used for those who defeated the Native Americans in Latin America, were aided by disease, superior weapons, and Native American tribal fighting, to easily conquer the Incan, Aztec, and other civilizations. | The Spanish CONQUISTADORS, |
| What European civilization settled in Canada and around the Mississippi River and weren’t interested in colonies, and what were they more interested in | The French, and they were more interested in the beaver pelt and other furs. |
| crew was the first to complete circumnavigate the globe, and where did he die | Though he died on the voyage in what is now the Philippines, FERDINAND MAGELLAN’s |
| who conquered the Incan Empire with just 200 men. | Francisco Pizarro |
| who thought he would also be a conquistador, but he instead found no Seven Cities of Gold; he decided to punish and enslave the Pueblo population in the Southwest. | FRANCISCO CORONADO |
| Which explorer was the most successful? Use 3+ supports to strengthen your argument. | Christopher columbus, he is very famous with a holiday, discovered america, collected Bahammas for spain, and never gave up hope no matter how many times he got rejected. |
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