Week_04 - US Regions Quiz

1. Why did they build the Gateway Arch?

• A. To show the settlers where to build the biggest settlement

• B. To celebrate the president who had a plan to expand the US

• C. To help the settlers know what direction was west

• D. To mark the settlers' Museum of Western Expansion

2. What might you find in the Museum of Westward Expansion?

• A. Settlers and their animals

• B. Artifacts from Native Americans

• C. Old books the settlers owned

• D. Things people used to travel

3. Regions are all _________.

• A. periods

• B. northeast

• C. small

• D. unique

4. People in more Northern climates use more _________.

• A. water

• B. electricity

• C. heat

• D. cars

5. Where did Europeans begin to settle in the early 1600s?

• A. In new homes on the coast

• B. On the border of Canada

• C. In the Northeastern US

• D. In urban areas, such as Boston

6. Why do tourists come to the Northeast?

• A. To build settlements

• B. To see the Liberty Bell

• C. To see the White House

• D. To get jobs in service

7. Jamestown, Virginia was the first ________ settlement.

• A. permanent

• B. founded

• C. original

• D. Spanish

8. Which is the name of both a state and a colony?

• A. West Virginia

• B. North Carolina

• C. Louisiana

• D. Tennessee

9. Which region in the US has the fewest states?

• A. Northwest

• B. Northeast

• C. Southwest

• D. Southeast

10. What attracted settlers to the West Coast?

• A. Mining

• B. Farming

• C. Fishing

• D. Trading