Quiz 23 - 11.1 - 11.2 Map Masteries 13 - 14

Question 1

Who was the amazing markswoman featured in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show?

Answer 1

Annie Oakley

Question 2

What built the first mechanical reaper?

Answer 2

Cyrus McCormick

Question 3

Who was the man who organized and controlled much of America’s oil industry in the late 19th century?

Answer 3

John D. Rockefeller

Question 4

Define immigrant

Answer 4

a person who comes into a new country to live

Question 5

During the Oklahoma Land Rush what was claimed by homesteaders?

Answer 5

Oklahoma Territory

Question 6

What was the name of the act that said any family that settled in certain areas of the West could receive 160 acres of land?

Answer 6

Homestead Act

Question 7

Who was the man who brought the steel industry to America and controlled much of America’s steel business in the late 19th century?

Answer 7

Andrew Carnegie

Question 8

Know the following locations

Answer 8

Queen Elizabeth Islands, Lake Winnipeg, Greater Antilles, Lake Maracaibo, Lake Titicaca