Early Communities & U.S. Regions

Read each question. Use the source box for items 3–5.

1. 1.

   Which is a reason SETTLERS came, not explorers?

   (2 pts)

   ○ to farm land and start a new life○ to search for a faster route to Asia○ to become famous for finding new places
2. 2.

   Why is it wrong to say that everyone who came to North America in the 1600s chose to come?

   (2 pts)
3. 3.

   Source box (read both accounts first). Account 1, a settler's diary, written for this test: "Today our neighbors from the village by the bay brought us corn and beans and showed us where to dig for clams. We gave them two wool blankets. Without their help we would be hungry this winter." Account 2, a Native elder's story, written for this test: "The newcomers cut down the trees where we hunt deer. We traded with them, and their blankets are warm. But each spring more of them come, and their pigs dig up our corn fields." Which detail shows the two groups helping each other?

   (2 pts)

   ○ They traded corn and beans for wool blankets.○ More newcomers come each spring.○ The newcomers' pigs dig up the corn fields.
4. 4.

   Find one cause of conflict in Account 2.

   (2 pts)
5. 5.

   Why do the two writers feel differently about the same newcomers? Use one detail from each account.

   (3 pts)
6. 6.

   Which sentence about the Trail of Tears is true?

   (2 pts)

   ○ The U.S. government forced the Cherokee and other Southeast nations to move west of the Mississippi River.○ The Cherokee chose to move west because they wanted new land.○ It happened after the year 2000.

Read the source box. Then answer each question.

1. 7.

   Source box: Fox Ridge, Then and Now (a made-up town, written for this test). Long before 1776, a Native nation fished and farmed along the Fox River, and its people still live in the region today. In 1880, a railroad was built across the river, and the town of Fox Ridge was founded where the tracks crossed the river. Farmers brought wheat to the train. In 1880, Fox Ridge had one store and a small train station. Today Fox Ridge has a hospital, three schools and a bike trail along the river. The old train station is now the town library. Give two reasons the spot where the railroad crossed the river was a smart place for farmers to bring their wheat.

   (2 pts)
2. 8.

   Fill in: In 1880, the library building was a ____. Today it is the ____. Name one thing in the story that is still there.

   (2 pts)
3. 9.

   Put these in order from first to last: Fox Ridge is founded (1880); a Native nation fishes and farms along the Fox River (long before 1776); the United States declares independence (1776); the old station becomes the library (today).

   (2 pts)
4. 10.

   Which sentence from a town website is an OPINION?

   (2 pts)

   ○ Fox Ridge was founded in 1880.○ Fox Ridge has the prettiest river in the whole state.○ The old train station is now the library.
5. 11.

   Your big question is "How did Fox Ridge begin?" Write one supporting question that would help answer it. Then name one source that could answer your supporting question and tell why it is a good source.

   (2 pts)

Read the map box. Picture the trip on a U.S. map, then answer each question.

1. 12.

   Map box: A trip across the United States (picture a U.S. map with north at the top). Ana's family starts in Boston, on the Atlantic coast. They drive west to Chicago, beside Lake Michigan. Next they cross the Mississippi River and drive across the flat Great Plains to Denver, at the edge of the Rocky Mountains. Then they cross the tall Rockies and drive south and west to Phoenix, in the desert. In which U.S. region does the trip begin?

   (1 pt)
2. 13.

   Which Great Lake does the family see in Chicago? Is its water salty or fresh?

   (2 pts)
3. 14.

   Name the region for each city: Chicago ____, Denver ____, Phoenix ____.

   (3 pts)
4. 15.

   Which mountains does the family cross? Why might driving over them be slower in January than in July?

   (2 pts)
5. 16.

   Which of these does the family NOT pass on this trip?

   (2 pts)

   ○ Lake Michigan○ the Great Plains○ the Everglades
6. 17.

   Phoenix is hot and dry. Chicago has cold, snowy winters. Pick one city and tell one way people there adapt to its climate.

   (2 pts)

Read the chart in the source box. Then answer each question.

1. 18.

   Source box: a chart written for this test. Each nation still lives in its homeland region today. Northwest Coast | Haida | cedar plank house | giant cedar trees and salmon. Southwest | Hopi | stone and adobe pueblo | stone, clay and corn. Great Plains | Lakota | tipi | bison. Eastern Woodlands | Haudenosaunee | longhouse | wood, bark and corn. (The columns are: Region | Nation | Home long ago | Main resource.) Which nation's homes came from a region with giant trees?

   (1 pt)
2. 19.

   Which home in the chart could be moved most easily? Use the Main resource column to explain why that mattered to the nation that used it.

   (2 pts)
3. 20.

   Choose one nation from the chart. Tell one true thing about that nation today, using the present tense.

   (2 pts)
4. 21.

   Claim question: Did the land and climate shape the homes Native nations built long ago? Write a claim. Use two rows of the chart as evidence.

   (4 pts)