Review- The United States

Into which river do the Great Lakes flow?

• The Colorado River
• The Mississippi River
• The St. Lawrence River
• The Snake River

Which state can claim to have the highest point in the United States?

• Alaska

• California

• Colorado

• Washington

This was built on the Colorado River, creating Lake Mead.

• A bridge
• Inks Lake Dam
• Hoover Dam
• The Grand Canyon

This is a Pacific Coast port and the nation’s second largest city.

• Los Angeles
• New York
• Denver
• Lake Tahoe

How did the first Native Americans come to North America?

• They arrived by ships.
• They arrived by horseback.
• They crossed a land bridge from Asia.
• They migrated from what is now Mexico.

The Great Lakes is a cluster of five huge lakes.

• True
• False

What do Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., have in common?

• Both worked on aircraft during World War II.
• Both fought for the right of women to vote.
• Both were leaders in the civil rights movement.
• Both were killed in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center

The Great Migration increased in the 1900's when ___________________________________________________.

• millions of people left farming communities to find work in urban areas

• millions of people left urban areas to find work on farms

How did the spread of white settlements impact Native Americans?

• They lost their lands and were forced to live on reservations.
• They were educated in settlement schools.
• They moved to areas east of the Mississippi.
• They lived peacefully among the white settlers.

This is the high ridge of the Rocky Mountains, separating east- and west-flowing rivers.

• The great migration

• Lake Tahoe

• Hoover Dam

• The Continental Divide