History Grade 6 - Test 4

Front 1

He was a famous missionary to the Indians, died at age 29

Back 1

David Brainerd

Front 2

Known as the "Apostle to the Indians"

Back 2

John Elliot

Front 3

translated the Scriptures into the Mohawk language

Back 3

Joseph Brant

Front 4

invented a system of written language known as syllabary

Back 4

Sequoya

Front 5

first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland

Back 5

John Cabot

Front 6

opened the way for trade between the French and the Indians

Back 6

Jacques Cartier

Front 7

founded Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in America

Back 7

Roger Williams

Front 8

discovered the world's largest bay

Back 8

Henry Hudson

Front 9

plain or hilly region within the temperate zone covered by grasses

Back 9

prairie

Front 10

plants least likely to grow on a prairie

Back 10

trees

Front 11

statement best describes the weather conditions of a prairie

Back 11

extreme weather conditions, more than other areas

Front 12

most important animal to the Indians of the Plains

Back 12

bison

Front 13

fact about the bison

Back 13

largest land animal in the Western Hemisphere

Front 14

ground squirrel that did much to shape the surface of the prairie

Back 14

prairie dog

Front 15

most famous Indians to settle Mexico

Back 15

Aztecs

Front 16

Indians of the Dakota

Back 16

Sioux

Front 17

Which Indians of Central America had an advanced early civilization?

Back 17

Maya

Front 18

Which tribe was named for the color of their moccasins?

Back 18

Blackfoot

Front 19

What do people of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic region call themselves?

Back 19

Inuit

Front 20

Most famous South American Indians

Back 20

Incas

Front 21

Predominant Indian tribe in Florida

Back 21

Seminole

Front 22

League of Five Nations made up of which five tribes?

Back 22

Iroquois

Front 23

What type of houses did most Plains Indians live in?

Back 23

longhouses

Front 24

Who did the Sioux defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn?

Back 24

General Custer

Front 25

What is the chief tributary of the Mississippi River?

Back 25

Missouri River

Front 26

Name the regios in the Dakotas which has many irregular cliffs and beautiful colored hills.

Back 26

Badlands

Front 27

Which is the world's largest gulf?

Back 27

Gulf of Mexico

Front 28

Name the longest river in the United States.

Back 28

Mississippi River

Front 29

Name an important Atlantic current that begins in the Gulf of Mexic.

Back 29

Gulf Stream

Front 30

Which hills contain Mount Rushmore?

Back 30

Black Hills