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Social Studies Week 22 Practice test

Quiz by Rhonda Pawlik

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  • Q1
    What was meant by the term "Ashley's Hundred"?
    the amount of money William Henry Ashley paid for a year's work.
    men who answered William Henry Ashley's newspaper ad to work as fur trappers
    the number of beaver that William Henry Ashley trapped in one season.
    the band of American Indians he used as scouts to help find the best place to cross the Rocky Mountains.
    120s
  • Q2
    Who sent out the first fur trading expedition to the West?
    William Henry Ashley
    William Clark
    Jedediah Smith
    John Jacob Astor
    120s
  • Q3
    Which of the following does NOT describe Jim Bridger?
    He could speak several different languages.
    He was attacked by Blackfeet Indians and forced to run for his life.
    He discovered a shortcut through the Rocky Mountains.
    He was the first white man to set eyes on the Great Salt Lake.
    120s
  • Q4
    Which explorer ran away from a job he hated and later became a famous wagon guide, Indian agent and United States Army general?
    John C. Fremont
    Jim Bridger
    John Colter
    Kit Carson
    120s
  • Q5
    John Wesley Powell is know for?
    all of the answers mentioned
    his interest in science
    leading the first group of white men to ever explore the Grand Canyon.
    losing his right arm in the Civil War
    120s
  • Q6
    Which of John Colter's stories did most people find hard to believe?
    that he had been chased by Blackfeet Indians.
    that he hiked over 500 miles during the winter of 1807-1808
    that he was a member of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
    that he had seen pools of boiling mud and erupting geysers.
    120s
  • Q7
    Which of the following does NOT describe Jedediah Smith?
    He didn't blaze trails, but made maps of trails that were already there.
    He was very religious and always carried a Bible with him.
    He wore his hair over his ears to hide scars he received in a grizzly attack.
    He rediscovered South Pass.
    120s
  • Q8
    This man is known for exploring and mapping the Oregon Trail and for serving as one of California's firs senators.
    John Wesley Powell
    John C. Fremont
    Jim Bridger
    Kit Carson
    120s
  • Q9
    What is meant by a cache?
    a meeting where mountain men joined together to trade furs, buy supplies and relax.
    a tax charged by the government on all furs sold by each trapper.
    a hiding place for a mountain man's supplies and furs
    the money the mountain men earned when they sold their furs.
    120s
  • Q10
    What contributions did the mountain men, explorers and guides make to the settlement of the new frontier?
    They explored the area and made maps of their findings.
    They discovered safer routes through the Rocky Mountains.
    They studied the land, plants, animals and American Indians in the area.
    all of the answers mentioned
    120s

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