Lesson 1
What large body of water is next to the Northeast that helped people fish and travel by boat?
A. Atlantic Ocean C. Pacific Ocean
B. Indian Ocean D. Gulf of Mexico
The Atlantic Ocean
People in the Northeast lived closer together in towns. Why would that make it easier for them to share new ideas?
A. Living closely helped people breathe
B. Living close helped people move around
C. Living close together meant people met more often and shared ideas more easily
C. Living close together meant people met more often and shared ideas more easily.
What job used the trees in the Northeast to make parts of ships?
A. Tree-workers C. Crop grower
B. Shipbuilder D. Farmer
B. Shipbuilder
Did many people in the Northeast live on big farms far apart or in towns close together?
In towns close together (towns and villages)
What planet do we live on?
A. Earth C. United States
B. England D. Mars
A. Earth
Name one natural feature of the Northeast that helped people catch fish and travel by boat.
A. Coastline B. Oceans
C. Harbors D. All of the above
D. All of the above
Name one way people in the 1700s learned news and new ideas (for example, printed items or places they met).
A. Newspapers ONLY
B. Town meetings ONLY
C. Newspapers and town meetings
D. Newspapers, town meetings, churches, or letters
D. Newspapers, town meetings, churches, or letters.
Before electricity, what power did many mills use to run their machines?
A. Engines C. Wind turbines
B. Solar power D. Water power
D. Water power
What is one place in a town where people met to talk about news and make decisions?
A. Marketplaces C. Schools
B. Underground D. Masjids
A. Marketplaces
How many continents are there on Earth?
A. 6 continents C. 7 continents
B. 5 continents D. 4 continents
C. 7 continents
Name one reason rivers were important to towns in the Northeast.
A. Rivers provided air
B. Rivers provided water for people and crops, rivers were used for travel, and powered mills.
C. Rivers provided land for people, they were used for travel, and powered mills.
B. Rivers provided water for people and crops, rivers were used for travel and trade, and powered mills.
Why might a shopkeeper or sailor in the Northeast want to have more choice or control over trade and laws?
A. They want to be bossy
B. Because they wanted a voice in decisions that affected their businesses and livelihoods.
C. Because they wanted to be able to support their families.
B. Because they wanted a voice in decisions that affected their businesses and livelihoods.
Name one product that a mill in the Northeast might make.
A. Lumber C. Baskets
B. Candles D. Soap
A. Lumber
Which of the two examples is a kind of food people in the Northeast might grow or catch.
A. Corn and fish C. Apples and fish
B. Wheat and fish D. Barley and fish
C. Apples and fish
What is the main language most students learn to read and write in U.S. schools?
A. Spanish C. German
B. French D. English
D. English
How did the Northeast’s forests and rivers help people find work? Give two jobs that used these resources.
Jobs included shipbuilders, lumberjacks (or loggers), mill workers (who worked in sawmills or gristmills), and carpenters.
Explain two ways schools, churches, or town meetings helped people learn about ideas for a new government.
Schools taught reading so people could read newspapers and pamphlets; churches and town meetings were places where people discussed problems, heard speeches, and shared ideas about rights and government.
How did the shape of the coastline help ships and merchants in the Northeast? Give one example.
Natural harbors and inlets made it easier for ships to dock and for goods to be loaded and unloaded.
How did learning to read help people share new ideas in the Northeast?
Reading let people read newspapers, pamphlets, and letters so they could learn about new ideas and discuss them.
What tool do people use to measure temperature?
Thermometer
Explain how having natural harbors and lots of trees helped some towns become centers for building ships and trading with other places. Include two details.
Natural harbors let ships dock safely and load goods; plenty of nearby timber provided wood for building ships; together these made shipbuilding and trade easier and more common.
Describe three things about the Northeast (like busy ports or many newspapers) that helped ideas about independence spread faster.
Busy ports brought news and letters from other places; newspapers and pamphlets printed ideas and reached readers; towns were close together so people met often at markets, churches, and meetings to discuss ideas.
List two kinds of jobs that existed in the Northeast because of timber, rivers, and ports.
Lumberjacks/loggers, shipbuilders, sailors, mill workers, merchants, dockworkers (any two)
Tell me one way neighbors in a New England town might help each other.
Helping build houses or barns, sharing food or tools, working together during harvest, or caring for each other in hard times (any one of these)
Name the three branches of the U.S. government.
Legislative, Executive, Judicial