The Cherokee: Gold and Tears

What is the main idea of this paragraph?

• Trail of Tears

• Nearly one-fourth of the Cherokee people died.

• The journey west to Indian Territory was a difficult ordeal.

• The Cherokee people moved because of war.

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What does the word characters mean in this sentence?

How many Japanese characers have you learned so far?

• individuals

• marks used in writing

• ancient recipes

• a type of measurement

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Pioneers had hard lives on the ________.

• downpour

• residence

• frontier

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Look at page 376. Where did most of the Cherokee People live when Europeans arrived in America?

• near the Great Lakes

• in the Southeast

• in Indian Territory

• northern Georgia

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Why did the auther write this selection?

• to describe to the reader the history of the Cherokee people

• to entertain the reader with an interesting story

• to answer why it is important to keep your culture

• to explain to the reader that the Cherokee rose is the state flower of Georgia

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What is a synonym for principal in this sentence?

The principal reason for the slow traffic is an accident.

• often

• explained

• old

• main

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Look on page 383. How did the Trail of Tears get its name?

• because of the crying mothers

• because of the flowers

• because of the gold in George

• because of the loss of land

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What does the word treaty most likely mean in this sentence?

A treaty was signed o settle some problems between the countries.

• agreement

• similarity

• motivation

• determination

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Look at page 376. In the Cherokee nation, a person belongs to

• the Iroguois.

• the mother's clan

• the principal people.

• the Delaware group.

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​The (a)   because the ​ (b)   .

• Cherokee population decreased
• Cherokee got smallpoxs

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