Chapter 6 Social Studies

What gives a person the right to be the only one making or selling an invention?

• transcontinental

• toll

• immigrant

• patent

Who is a person that comes to a new country to live?

• transcontinental

• toll

• immigrant

• exclusion

Which railroad ran from the Mississippi River to the West Coast?

• transcontinental

• toll

• immigrant

• exclusion

What is money that is paid for using a road?

• transcontinental

• toll

• immigrant

• exclusion

When Europeans first arrived in North America in the 1500s, how did they travel?

• car

• airplane

• boat

• train

During the Gold Rush, in which state was gold discovered?

• Illinois

• Iowa

• California

• Texas

Who helped explorers communicate with Native Americans?

• Maryland

• Bertha

• Sacagawea

• Victoria

True or False: A group of wagons that travel together is called a wagon train.

• True

• False

True or False: The transcontinental railroad is a waterway that is dug by people.

• True

• False

True or False: As cities became crowded many people looked for land on the frontier.

• True

• False