Eastern U.S.

Question 1

The fourth largest country in the world

Answer 1

The U.S.

Question 2

Name the 3 regions the U.S. is divided into

Answer 2

Eastern US,Middle US,and Western US.

Question 3

Most prominent landform in eastern North America (hint: system of low mountain ranges)

Answer 3

Appalachian Mountains

Question 4

How many chief ranges are there? And can you also name at least 1?

Answer 4

7, and Green Mountains/White Mountains/Catskills/Adirondacks/Alleghenies/Blue Ridge Mountains/Cumberland Mountains

Question 5

Appalachian region is sometimes referred to as..

Answer 5

Appalachia

Question 6

Another Appalachian range,named for it’s smoky-looking haze

Answer 6

Great Smoky Mountains

Question 7

What is a gap? (In cases of landforms)

Answer 7

A narrow passageway between mountains

Question 8

Largest known underground cave system

Answer 8

Mammoth Cave

Question 9

Has some of the most extensive deciduous forests in the world

Answer 9

Appalachian range

Question 10

What does Piedmontese mean?

Answer 10

At the foot of the mountains

Question 11

What is a fall line?

Answer 11

An abrupt drop of land where rivers can turn into waterfalls

Question 12

East and south of the Piedmont lie the broad coastal lowlands,the Atlantic Coastal Plain and…

Answer 12

The Gulf Coastal Plain

Question 13

A region of the coastal plain named for the tides of the Atlantic Ocean that flow miles inland (hint: ‘region’)

Answer 13

Tidewater Region

Question 14

The world’s second largest body of water

Answer 14

Atlantic Ocean

Question 15

The Atlantic Ocean is also the 2nd saltiest ocean (T or F and why)

Answer 15

False,it’s the saltiest

Question 16

What is one difference between the Atlantic and the Pacific?

Answer 16

The Atlantic had few islands

Question 17

What’s another word for trade?

Answer 17

Commerce

Question 18

Name some of the world’s busiest industrial regions

Answer 18

Europe and North America

Question 19

Why is the Atlantic the most important ocean for trade?

Answer 19

Because it’s between Europe and North America

Question 20

Oceans and seas cover up what percent of the world?

Answer 20

70%

Question 21

Why does the Atlantic have fishing restrictions?

Answer 21

Because it was heavily fished

Question 22

What was wampum made from?

Answer 22

The shells of quahog

Question 23

The wild turkey has always been domesticated (T or F and why)

Answer 23

False,only long ago was it domesticated

Question 24

Who recommended the wild turkey to be the national bird?

Answer 24

Benjamin Franklin

Question 25

What bird was chosen instead of the wild turkey?

Answer 25

Bald eagle

Question 26

What is dear meat called?

Answer 26

Venison

Question 27

What does the White-tailed deer do when it sees danger?

Answer 27

It raises its tail like a warning flag,showing the white underneath to warn others.

Question 28

What are fawns?

Answer 28

Baby deer

Question 29

Another name for American elk

Answer 29

Wapiti

Question 30

One of biggest mammals in the Eastern Woodlands

Answer 30

Black Bear

Question 31

What did the members of some tribes use to make their hair shine more?

Answer 31

Bear grease

Question 32

One of the earliest American cultures,also known for their large burial mounds

Answer 32

Hopewell Indians

Question 33

Name 2 tribes from the Iroquois League of Five Nations

Answer 33

Onondaga / Oneida / Seneca / Mohawk /Cayuga

Question 34

Iroquois Leavue of Five Nations formed the largest Indian group in eastern U.S. (T or F and why)

Answer 34

True

Question 35

The Iroquois League of Five Nations formed the largest Indian group in eastern U.S. (T or F and why)

Answer 35

True

Question 36

The Iroquois lived in what kind of homes?

Answer 36

Long houses

Question 37

What does Mohawk mean?

Answer 37

Man-eaters

Question 38

Were the Mohawk actually cannibals?

Answer 38

No!

Question 39

Who gave the Mohawks their name?

Answer 39

Enemy tribes

Question 40

Joseph Brant was a famous Christian,chief,and Cree Indian (T or F and why)

Answer 40

False,he was a Mohawk

Question 41

Cherokees were part of the league (T or F and why)

Answer 41

False,they weren’t

Question 42

The Cherokees lived in wigwams for many years (T or F and why)

Answer 42

True

Question 43

What does Shawnee mean?

Answer 43

Southerners

Question 44

Which tribe’s name meant runaway?

Answer 44

Seminoles

Question 45

Which tribe’s name meant runaway?

Answer 45

Seminole

Question 46

The Seminole tribe was only made up of Indians (T or F and why)

Answer 46

False,it had both Indian and black

Question 47

Where did the seminoles live?

Answer 47

The Everglades

Question 48

What important role did the Wampanoag tribe play in?

Answer 48

They shared the first thanksgiving dinner with the pilgrims

Question 49

Who was Samoset?

Answer 49

An indian who’d learnt English,and had welcomed the pilgrims. He also introduced them to Massasoit.

Question 50

I’m a Wampanoag chief who signed a treaty promising not to hurt the pilgrims who am I?

Answer 50

Massasoit

Question 51

Which tribe kept a pictorial chronicle of their history and traditions?

Answer 51

Delaware tribe

Question 52

Who taught the “praying Indians” about Jesus?

Answer 52

John Eliot

Question 53

Who was the missionary on horseback who died from tuberculosis at 29,who also had an Indian interpreter? (Hint: last name had something to do with smart)

Answer 53

David Brainerd

Question 54

Who was David Brainerd’s interpreter?

Answer 54

Tattamy

Question 55

Who wrote the first completed Bible to be printed in America?

Answer 55

David Brainerd

Question 56

Apostle to the Indians

Answer 56

John Eliot

Question 57

A Swedish Lutheran missionary who travelled to New Sweden

Answer 57

John Campanius

Question 58

I founded America’s first baptist church, AND Rhode Island (hint: like the state he founded,his name starts with an ‘R’)

Answer 58

Roger Williams

Question 59

A famous Mohawk chief,helped translate parts of the Bible and the Anglican prayer book into the Mohawk language. (Hint: the colonists nicknamed him Monster B____ )

Answer 59

Joseph Brant

Question 60

Shawnee chief whose name meant “shooting star”. He fought to keep all white men out of Indian territory.

Answer 60

Tecumseh

Question 61

Who was the Cherokee who invented a written language for his tribe?

Answer 61

Sequoya

Question 62

What was Sequoya’s system called?

Answer 62

A syllabary

Question 63

What did Sequoya first try writing in?

Answer 63

Pictographs

Question 64

In California,the large redwood trees were named after Sequoya,but were they spelled the same as his name? If not,how were they spelled?

Answer 64

No, they were spelled as ‘ s e q u o i a s ‘

Question 65

Which tribe is now the largest in the U.S. ?

Answer 65

Cherokee tribe