SS-Ch 5 Test

Which two choices are natural landmarks of the West?

• Fajada Butte

• Denali

• Gulf of Mexico

• Devils Tower

What fact is true about Mustafa Azemmouri?

• He left Morocco to claim lands in the Southwest for his country.

• He was the first formerly enslaved person to live in the Southwest.

• He learned Native American languages and led Spanish expedition groups.

• He helped build the first Spanish settlement in New Mexico.

​ ​ What is true about California during the Gold Rush?

• Merchants in the WEst announced that fold had been found so that boomtowns would grow.

• The Native Americans benefited from the jump in population of American settlers.

• The sudden flood of people showed the need for law and order in a place without a government.

• The War with Mexico was fought because the United States knew there was gold there.

African American soldiers were sent to Indian Territory to keep the peace and remove people who were not supposed to settle there. Native Americans called them the Buffalo Soldiers.

• True
• False

Which two facts would you choose to support the idea that present-day Native Americans want to preserve their culture and heritage?

• The Inuit people set controlled fires to fight wildfires in California.

• The Nez Perce are reclaiming some of their ancestral lands in Oregon.

• Native Americans in California work with law enforcement to keep their homes safe.

• Thirty-nine Native American nations speak more than 25 Native American languages in Oklahoma.

Which two cultures have influenced the music of the West and Southwest?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Mexican

• German

Which natural resource helps create hydroelectric power at the Hoover Dam?

• the sun

• the wind

• water

• oil

Name two locations are natural landmarks of the West and the Southwest?

1. Mexico lost a war and had to give up more than half of its land to the US.

Mexicans had to choose where to live.

2. Texas became free after Texas Revolution. It was then annexed by the United States.

3. The population of American settlers in Texas grew. Mexico feared loss of control.

Put these events in the order in which they happened.

• 1,2,3

• 3,2,1

• 2,1,3

• 2,3,1