Look at Source 3. If you want to show a friend the best way to understand the history of the Earth, it would be most useful to take that friend on a trip to –
the Grand Canyon.
Niagara Falls.
Yellowstone National Park.
the Mississippi River Delta.
Look at Source 4. This illustration captures the amazing moment when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, in May 1869. Which group most likely benefited the most from its completion?
the laborers who built the railroad
the Native Americans who use the railroad to hunt buffalo
the merchants who moved goods from east to west much more easily than before
the pioneers who had already arrived in the West
Examine Source 3 to answer this question. If Pocahontas had not intervened with her father on behalf of Captain John Smith, Smith would have died from –
being hung by the neck.
being shot with a musket.
having his head chopped off by a tomahawk or axe.
being slowly roasted over the open fire.
Examine Source 3 to answer this question. Which of the following is made without any connection to cotton?
clothing
coffee filters
soap
brooms
Look at Source 2. Then read the statements below. Which three of these statements are most accurate concerning the Boston Tea Party?
The people of Boston carried out the Tea Party.
The people of New York and Boston carried out the Tea Party.
The people who carried out the Tea Party mostly dressed up as Indians.
The people who carried out the Tea Party mostly dressed up as African Americans.
Three tea ships were boarded, and all the tea on board was thrown into the harbor.
Twelve tea ships were boarded, and most of the tea on board was thrown into the harbor.
The British government was actually pleased at the result. The Tea Party allowed them to crack down on the people of Boston.
Examine Source 3 to answer this question. Martin Luther King Jr. hoped that blacks and whites would –
live separately in order to reduce racial tensions.
live in a new society where racial differences were the foundation of mutual understanding.
live in a new society where racial differences were unimportant.
realize they were too different to ever come together in one nation.
The Equator means the same as –
zero degrees of latitude.
zero degrees of longitude.
30 degrees of north latitude.
30 degrees of south latitude.
The Hawaiian Islands are a good example of how __ can create new land forms.
erosion
volcanoes
tornadoes
a wildfire
