Social Studies Test 6.2

What are people who move from one country to settle in another country called?

• foreigners
• migrants
• transients
• immigrants

What year did the United States win its freedom from Great Britain?

• 1776
• 1783
• 1799
• 1812

Where did Immigrants come from in the 1800's to the United States?

• Portugal

• Africa
• Australia
• Europe and Asia

Who built the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC?

• John Roebling

• Alexander Graham Bell
• Thomas Edison
• Robert E. Lee

What is a region that forms the edge of a settled area?

• Frontier
• Borderland
• Perimeter
• Outback

What trail had been used by the Native Americans for many years?

• Great Wall of China
• Pacific Crest Trail
• Cumberland Gap Trail

• Grand Canyon Trail

An area of land that includes a house and its buildings?

• Land property
• Household estate
• homestead

• Estate land

How many acres of land were Americans able to get with The Homestead Act?

• 120 acres
• 80 acres
• 40 acres
• 160 acres

Thousands of people from around the globe came to California during what event to search for gold?

• California Silver Rush
• California Diamond Rush
• California Oil Rush
• California Gold Rush

What is the meaning of "exclusion?"

• Selecting only a few individuals or items
• Inclusion of everyone or everything
• Allowing access to restricted areas
• Keeping people out of a place.