World G.
Organic material in the soil forms?
A. Rocks
B. Humus
C. Sediment
B. Humus
What advantage did the Viking long ship have over earlier vessels?
a. size
b. strength
c. stability
c. stability
Weathering breaks large rocks into fine particles that are generally referred to as
a. Humus
b. sediment
c. magma
b. sediment
Why did colonists in need of cheap labor turn to slaves from West Africa?
a. West African slaves had already built up immunity to European diseases.
b. Plantation owners and farmers needed slaves familiar with agriculture.
c. The pope had promoted the use of West African slaves in Catholic lands.
a. West African slaves had already built up immunity to European diseases.
You see me once in a year twice in a week but never in a day. What am I?
The Letter E
The earth's surface from the edge of a continent to the deep part of the ocean is known as the?
a. Continental Drift
b. Continental Shelf
c. Continental Table
b. Continental Shelf
For which country did Jacques Cartier claim land during his two trips to Canada in 1534 and 1535?
a. England
b. France
c. Italy
b. France
Which of the following would be least likely to erupt from a volcano?
a. ash
b. magma
c. gases
b. magma
Pueblo settlements set up by the Spanish in New Spain served as
a. military bases to protect towns and churches.
b. trading posts for commerce and sometimes as centers of government.
c. holy places for converting the native population to Catholicism.
b. trading posts for commerce and sometimes as centers of government.
Why did the girl need a ladder to go to school?
Because it was High School
Hot, molten rock under the surface of the earth is called?
A. Molten Sludge
B. Magma
C. Lava
B. Magma
Who was Malintzin?
a. Spanish conquistador who help defeat the Incas?
b. Indian woman who helped defeat the Aztec
c. Indian woman who was captured in Tenochtitlan.
b. Indian woman who helped defeat the Aztec
Which of the following would be least likely to occur in the Ring of Fire?
a. a volcano
b. a glacier
c. a tsunami
b. a glacier
Many__________ died as a result of exposure to new diseases brought by European explorers.
A. American Settlers
B. enslaved Africans
C. Native Americans
C. Native Americans
What goes up and down without moving?
A. Erosion
B. Sediment
C. Flooding
B. Sediment
Which of the following describes the Treaty of Tordesillas?
a. It expanded Spain’s lands east of the Line of Demarcation.
b. It moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles further west.
c. It prevented war between Spain and Native American populations.
b. It moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles further west.
Where do tectonic plates move past each other?
a. on continental shelves
b. on continental drifts
c. at fault lines
c. at fault lines
What was the conquistadors’ biggest advantage in defeating the Aztec and the Inca?
a. strong leadership
b. steel armor and weapons
c. larger armies
b. steel armor and weapons
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
Mushroom
Why can wind be a detriment to famers?
It dries the land out.
Columbus’s travels to the Americas created conflict between
a. France and Spain.
b. Africa and Spain.
c. Spain and Portugal.
c. Spain and Portugal.
An area from which water flows into a major river and its tributaries is called a __________.
a. moraine
b. drainage basin
c. continental drift
b. drainage basin
Whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe?
a. Amerigo Vespucci’s
b. Ferdinand Magellan’s
c. Christopher Columbus's
b. Ferdinand Magellan’s
What is a bow that can not be tied?
A rainbow