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Multiple-Choice Questions
1. What is the main geographical feature that helped early
people in the Midwest travel and get fresh water?
o A) Mountains
o B) Deserts
o C) Waterways
o Answer: C) Waterways
2-What inspired the patterns for Cherokee baskets?
a) Modern art
b) Nature
c) City landscapes
Answer: b) Nature
3-Who invented the cotton gin?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Eli Whitney
c) George Washington
o Answer: b) Eli Whitney
4-What was the main purpose of the cotton gin?
a) To plant cotton seeds
b) To separate cotton fibers from seeds
c) To dye cotton
o Answer: b) To separate cotton fibers from seeds
5- What was the primary mode of transportation in the Southeast
in the 1700s ?
a) Roads
b) Waterways
c) Airplanes
o Answer: b) Waterways
6-What was the name of the first settlement in Virginia?
a) Williamsburg
b) Jamestown
c) Charleston
o Answer: b) Jamestown
7- What was the main purpose of waterways in the Southeast?
a) To provide drinking water
b) To transport goods and people
c) To grow crops
o Answer: b) To transport goods and people
8-What is the term for people who lived in a region before European
settlers arrived?
o A) Explorers
o B) Early people
o C) Immigrants
Answer: B) Early people
9-Which of the following is a major economic contributor to the
Midwest?
o A) Fishing
o B) Agriculture
o C) Mining
Answer: B) Agriculture
10-What natural disaster is common in the Midwest?
o A) Earthquakes
o B) Tornadoes
o C) Hurricanes
Answer: B) Tornadoes
11-What is the largest surface area of freshwater in the world?
o A) The Great Lakes
o B) The Amazon River
o C) The Nile River
Answer: A) The Great Lakes
12-What did early settlers use the flat land in the Midwest for?
o A) Building cities
o B) Farming
o C) Mining
Answer: B) Farming
13-What is one reason African Americans moved to the Midwest?
o A) To escape discrimination in the South
o B) To find gold
o C) To explore new lands
o Answer: A) To escape discrimination in the South
14-What decade did the Trail of Tears take place?
a) 1820s
b) 1830s
c) 1840s
Answer: b) 1830s
15-How long did the Trail of Tears journey last?
a) 50 days
b) 100 days
c) 116 days
Answer: c) 116 days
True or False Questions
1. The Midwest is known for its large farms and is called
"America's Breadbasket."
o Answer: True
2. Early people in the Midwest used materials from their
environment to build homes.
Answer: True
3. Tornadoes are a common natural disaster in the Midwest.
o Answer: True
4. The Mississippi River is not part of the Midwest's geography.
o Answer: False
5. The Midwest's economy is heavily dependent on agriculture.
o Answer: True
6. The Great Lakes are the largest surface area of freshwater in
the world.
o Answer: True
7-Water is not an important part of the environment in the
Southeast.
Answer: False (Water is very important)
8-Rivers in the Southeast are used to transport goods and move
from place to place.
Answer: True
9-The Cherokee used plastic materials to make baskets.
Answer: False (They used natural materials)
10- The Southeast has many wetlands and coastal plains.
o Answer: True
11- Yeoman farmers owned large plantations with many enslaved
workers.
o Answer: False (Yeoman farmers owned small farms and worked
with their families.)
12- The cotton gin was invented to help separate cotton fibers
from seeds.
o Answer: True
13--The Trail of Tears resulted in the forced removal of
thousands of Native Americans.
Answer: True
14-The Cherokee tried to stop their removal through lawsuits.
Answer: True
15-The Trail of Tears was a direct result of the Indian Removal
Act.
o Answer: True
