What geographic region
is located west of the
Appalachian Mountains
and east of the Great
Plains?
100
On the Nottoway River
Where in Virginia is
Cactus Hill located?
100
Obstacles to the explorations
What role did poor maps
and navigational tools
play in exploration?
100
French & Indian War
What war resulted from
Great Britain’s desire to
remain a world power?
100
Southerners believed that they had the power to declare any national law illegal. Northerners believed that the national government’s power was supreme over that of the states.
What major
constitutional issue
divided the nation?
200
Great Lakes
Inland port cities grew in
the Midwest along
which bodies of water?
200
Kwakiutl
Whose homeland
includes the Pacific
Northwest coast?
200
Robert La Salle
Which French explorer
claimed the Mississippi
River Valley?
200
Declaration of Independence
In what document does
it state that people
establish government to
protect certain
unalienable rights?
200
Compromise of 1850
Which compromise had
California enter the
Union as a free state?
300
Basin & Range
What geographic region
has areas of varying
elevations which contain
isolated mountain ranges
and Death Valley?
300
Inuit
Which American Indians
inhabited present-day
Alaska and northern
Canada?
300
West Africa
What region of the
world was explored by
Portugal?
300
Lord Cornwallis
Which British general
surrendered at
Yorktown?
300
– Delaware
– Maryland
– Kentucky
– Missouri
Name the four border
states.
400
Columbia River
Which river did Lewis
and Clark explore on
their westward
expedition?
400
Capital Resources
What type of resources
were the canoes, bows,
and spears used by the
American Indians?
400
Trading posts
What did the French
establish to interact with
the American Indians?
400
Battle of Saratoga
Which American battle
victory was the turning
point of the war?
400
The North repelled Lee’s invasion.
What were the
consequences of the
Battle of Gettysburg?
500
Rio Grande
What river forms a
border between the
United States and
Mexico?
500
Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona, where they lived in desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains.
Describe the land
inhabited by the Pueblo
tribes?
500
England
What European country
sent John Cabot to
explore eastern Canada?
500
Benjamin Franklin
Who helped gain French
support for American
independence?
500
The North was a manufacturing region, and its people favored tariffs that protected factory owners and workers from foreign competition.