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Unit I
Chapter 1
Lesson 1: Paleo Indians moved from place one place to another following the animals they
hunted. What is this called?
A. Glaciers
B. Mammoth
C. Mastodon
D. Nomads
Lesson 1: What materials were used to make Paleo Indian tools?
A. Aluminum, copper, iron, plastic, and wood
B. Antler, bone, horn, stone and wood
C. Concrete, lead, mercury, stone, and wood
D. Fiberglass, porcelain, steel, stone, and zinc
Lesson 1: What do archeologist look for?
A. Dinosaur bones
B. Fossils
C. Geodes
D. Human artifacts
Lesson 1: How did glaciers shape that land that would become Indiana?
A. There is still glacial ice in the bottom of Lake Michigan.
B. They carved the path for the present rivers of Indiana.
C. They keep the land cool during the summer.
D. They provide the ice we see in the winter.
Lesson 2: What did the Indians grow for food?
A. Apples, limes, and oranges
B. Beans, corn, and squash
C. Cabbage, lettuce, and mustard greens
D. Corn, rice, and wheat
Lesson 2: An important source of meat came from what animal?
A. Buffalo
B. Chipmunk
C. Frog
D. Mole
Lesson 2: How did the Miami Indians make a wigwam?
A. They built them from clay.
B. They covered bent poles with bark or animal skins.
C. They hollowed out trees.
D. They used birch bark to cover a maple frame and covered the seams with pitch.
1 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: Why was the location of Kekionga important?
A. Interstate I-69 crossed there.
B. Railroads crossed at that location.
C. The Wabash and Erie Canal passed through there.
D. Three rivers met there.
Lesson 3: Who was the first white man to come to what would later be called Indiana?
A. Francois-Marie Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes
B. Father Pierre Gibault
C. Jacques Cartier
D. Robert de la Salle
Lesson 3: What did Indians get in trade for their furs?
A. Antlers, bone, fish, and paper
B. Arrows, baskets, nets, and pottery
C. Beads, blankets, cloth, and metal
D. Reeds, stone, water, and wood
Lesson 3: What was an advantage of having a French father and Indian mother for parents?
A. Knowing all of the best songs for paddling a canoe up and down rivers
B. Knowledge of buying and selling furs and knowledge of the land
C. Knowing really good recipes
D. Knowing the best dances
Lesson 3: How does technology change the way people live?
A. They have better tools to use.
B. They have an amount of goods that buyers want.
C. They have an amount of goods that sellers make for purchase.
D. The importance of the thing.
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Unit I
Chapter 2
Lesson 1: Why did the French and English want the land that would become Indiana?
A. They found gold in the land that would become Indiana
B. They thought the Northwest Passage ran through Indiana
C. They wanted to control the fur trade
D. They wanted to plant tobacco
Lesson 1: Why did France and Britain want animal furs?
A. Men liked the furs made into hats
B. Men liked the smell of old fur
C. Women liked the furs made into aprons
D. Women liked to make fur dresses from the animals
Lesson 1: Why did nobles come to New France?
A. To own land
B. To own servants
C. To visit with the middle class
D. To work for the merchants and traders
Lesson 1: What was the result of the French and Indian War?
A. The English lost almost all of their land in North America.
B. The French lost almost all of their land in North America.
C. The Indians lost almost all of their land in North America.
D. The Spanish lost almost all of their land in North America.
Lesson 2: Why did Pontiac attack forts?
A. He did not like British policies
B. He did not like French policies
C. He did not like the French
D. He did not like the policies of the United States
Lesson 2: What did the Proclamation of 1763 try to stop?
A. War between the colonies
B. War between the colonists and Indians
C. War between the French and Indians
D. War between the Indians
Lesson 2: Who did Frances Slocum consider her family?
A. British
B. French
C. Indians
D. Pennsylvanians
3 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 3: Who did George Rogers Clark represent?
A. The British
B. The French
C. The Spanish
D. The Virginians
Lesson 3: What was George Rogers Clark’s greatest achievement?
A. Capturing Corn Island
B. Capturing Detroit
C. Capturing Joseph Bowman
D. Capturing Vincennes
Lesson 3: French citizens in Vincennes bought black people to work for them as _____.
A. Fur traders
B. Indians
C. Nobles
D. Slaves
Lesson 3: What was the result of the American Revolution?
A. The United States became a colony of France.
B. The United States became a colony of Great Britain.
C. The United States won independence from France.
D. The United States won independence from Great Britain.
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Unit I
Chapter 3
Lesson 1: After the American Revolution who gave up the land west of the Appalachian
Mountains and north of the Ohio River?
A. Britain
B. France
C. Spain
D. United States
Lesson 1: What are homesteads?
A. Forts
B. Large farm fields with brick homes
C. Log homes built on small farms
D. Squatters
Lesson 1: Who did Little Turtle defeat?
A. Blue Jacket
B. General Josiah Harmar
C. La Gris
D. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh
Lesson 1: How did townships divide the land?
A. Each township contained 36 sections of land arranged in a grid.
B. Each township contained 36 sections of land arranged in a prism.
C. The land, arranged in a grid, had sections in 36 townships.
D. The prism had land sections in 36 townships.
Lesson 2: What did the Northwest Ordinance do for the Northwest Territory?
A. Created homesteads
B. Created a government
C. Created squatters
D. Created townships
Lesson 2: What did the Northwest Ordinance say about Indians?
A. Get as much land as possible every time there is a treaty conference.
B. The utmost good faith shall always be observed toward the Indians.
C. Trade with the Indians after giving them alcohol so they do not know what is happening.
D. Try to trick the Indians every time there is a treaty.
Lesson 2: How did people get around the ban on slavery found in the Northwest Ordinance?
A. Masters created indentures of servitude.
B. No one came to the Northwest Territory.
C. People ran to Kentucky to be free.
D. There was no slavery.
5 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery?
A. There could be a slave trade in the Northwest Territory but not slavery.
B. There could be both slavery and a slave trade in the Northwest Territory.
C. There could be slavery in the Northwest Territory but not a slave trade.
D. There was to be no slavery or slave trade in the Northwest Territory.
Lesson 3: Who won at the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
A. Anthony Wayne
B. Blue Jacket
C. Josiah Harmer
D. Little Turtle
Lesson 3: Why did the Lenape come to Indiana?
A. They liked the Northwest Ordinance.
B. They liked the squatters.
C. They were attracted to Indiana by real estate agents.
D. They were pushed out of their land in Pennsylvania.
Lesson 3: When St. Clair and Little Turtle fought who won the battle?
A. Little Turtle
B. Mad Anthony Wayne
C. St. Clair
D. William Henry Harrison
Lesson 3: What were the terms of the Treaty of Greenville?
A. France and Britain would stop fighting.
B. France and the United States would stop fighting.
C. Peace was declared between Britain and the United States.
D. The Miami and the United States would stop fighting.
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Unit II
Chapter 4
Lesson 1: What is a veto?
A. A local group of people serving in the military.
B. It is the power to stop a bill from becoming a law.
C. It reduced the amount of land that a person needed to buy.
D. It was used as a substitute for slavery.
Lesson 1: What was the largest job of the Federal government in the Indiana Territory?
A. Collecting export taxes
B. Collecting import taxes
C. Operating a mail system
D. Setting up a branch of the National Bank
Lesson 1: What finally ended slavery in 1820?
A. Both houses of the legislature
B. The governor and the judges
C. The Indiana Supreme Court
D. The lieutenant governor
Lesson 1: What is a militia?
A. A local group of people serving in the military.
B. It is the power to stop a bill from becoming a law.
C. It reduced the amount of land that a person needed to buy.
D. It was used as a substitute for slavery.
Lesson 2: What was Tecumseh’s big plan?
A. Become allies of the Spanish
B. Drive the British out of Canada
C. Gather all of the Indians to fight the settlers
D. Make peace with the settlers
Lesson 2: What was Harrison’s main job?
A. Collect export and import taxes
B. Open land for the settlers
C. Operate the post office
D. Set up a branch of the National Bank
Lesson 2: What was the goal of the Prophet?
A. He gathered all of the Indians to fight the settlers.
B. He set up a post office in the Moravian and Quaker settlements.
C. He started a religious movement to improve the lives of Indians.
D. He stopped indentured servitude in the Indiana Territory.
7 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: Who fought in the War of 1812?
A. The Britain and their Indian allies against the French and their Indian allies.
B. The Irish and their Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies.
C. The United States and their Indian allies against the British and their Indian allies.
D. The United States and their Indian allies against the Spanish and their Indian allies.
Lesson 2: At the siege of Fort Wayne how did the Potawatomi try to trick the soldiers in the fort?
A. A girl walked out and picked up gun powder and brought it back to the Indians.
B. They made fake wooden canon.
C. They marched in a circle with lots of flags flying.
D. They played loud music to make the soldiers think they were all at a dance.
Lesson 3: What does the legislative branch do?
A. It carries out the laws.
B. It enforces the laws.
C. It interprets the laws.
D. It makes the laws.
Lesson 3: Who was the state of Indiana’s first governor?
A. Arthur St. Clair
B. Jonathan Jennings
C. Thomas Posey
D. William Henry Harrison
Lesson 3: How was indentured servitude different from slavery?
A. A person would be paid weekly wages.
B. A person would be taught to read and receive money at the end of every year.
C. A person would have health insurance and a retirement plan.
D. A person would work for a specific amount of time then become free.
Lesson 3: After the War of 1812 what happened to William Henry Harrison?
A. He liked Canada so much he spent summer vacations there.
B. He stayed at Grouseland for the rest of his life.
C. He was elected President of the United States.
D. He worked to get a Honda plant to come to Gibson County.
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Unit II
Chapter 5
Lesson 1: How did George Rapp want to create a utopia?
A. It would be based on art.
B. It would be based on education.
C. It would be based on religion.
D. It would be based on science.
Lesson 1: How did Robert Owen want to create a utopia?
A. It would be based on art and music.
B. It would be based on dance and theater.
C. It would be based on education and science.
D. It would be based on religion.
Lesson 1: Robert Dale Owen helped to start which museum?
A. The Indiana State Museum
B. The Indianapolis Museum of Art
C. The Indianapolis Children’s Museum
D. The Smithsonian Institute
Lesson 1: Why did Abraham Lincoln’s family come to Indiana?
A. They wanted clear title to their land and no slavery.
B. They wanted to join a communal society.
C. They wanted to raise big fields of cotton and tobacco.
D. They wanted to raise large herds of cattle.
Lesson 2: What did the Constitutional Convention do?
A. It created the first civil service.
B. It inspected elm trees.
C. It provided a place for judicial review.
D. It wrote the state constitution.
Lesson 2: At the time of statehood most people or their ancestors that came to live in Indiana
started from what countries?
A. Austria, England, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine
B. Bosnia, England, Greece, Italy, and Serbia
C. Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Portugal, and Spain
D. England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Lesson 2: Who served as the governors of the Indiana Territory?
A. George Rapp and Fredrick Rapp
B. Jonathan Jennings and William Hendricks
C. Robert Owen and Robert Dale Owen
D. William Henry Harrison and Thomas Posey
9 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 What was the Trail of Death?
A. The ague or malaria spread from mosquitos.
B. The cholera epidemic of 1820.
C. The forced removal of the Potawatomi.
D. The path smallpox took from town to town.
Who was Lafontaine?
A. Little Turtle’s grandfather
B. Richardville’s son
C. Tecumseh’s brother
D. The Prophet’s uncle
What was William Wells trying to stop?
A. He was trying to stop American Indians from going to war with each other.
B. He was trying to stop his white and Indian families from fighting each other.
C. The American settlers from fighting themselves.
D. The Miami from fighting themselves.
Lesson 2: Free black people came to Indiana to establish settlements. What was the name of one
of the first free black settlement in Indiana?
A. Gary
B. Greenwood
C. Lick Creek
D. Tipton
Lesson 3: What two transportation routes did the Wabash and Erie Canal connect?
A. The Erie River and Lake Michigan
B. The Erie River and Lake Wabash
C. The Ohio River and Lake Erie
D. The Whitewater River and Lake Michigan
Lesson 3: What advantage did the railroad have over canals?
A. It could follow rivers downstream.
B. It could follow waterways.
C. It could have tracks on a path.
D. It could operate in the winter.
Lesson 3: How did flatboats work?
A. They drifted down stream until they came to New Orleans.
B. They passed through locks on canals.
C. They were later put on wheels and served as box cars on trains.
D. They went up and down the Wabash, Ohio, and Mississippi rivers.
10 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 3: What advantage did Steamboats have?
A. They could move quickly with or against the current.
B. They drifted down stream until they came to New Orleans.
C. They passed through locks on canals.
D. They were later put on wheels and served as box cars on trains.
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Unit II
Chapter 6
Lesson 1: What did Levi Coffin sell in his store?
A. Cotton planted, harvested, and transported by enslaved people from Georgia.
B. Cotton planted, harvested, transported, and made into cloth by free people.
C. Sugar planted and harvested by enslaved people.
D. Tobacco planted and transported by enslaved people in Kentucky.
Lesson 1: What did conductors like Elijah Anderson do on the Underground Railroad?
A. They helped slaves move from place to place to find freedom.
B. They hid in boxes and were shipped south.
C. They made lists of people who would help them.
D. They made maps of the best places to hide.
Lesson 1: Liberia was a United States colony in Africa. Why was it established?
A. To allow free black people to return to Africa.
B. To create free products for Levi Coffin’s store.
C. To give Indians a place to go away from settlers.
D. To give Indiana a place to sell its products.
Lesson 1: Who was the president of the United States at the time of the Civil War?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. George Rogers Clark
C. Jonathan Jennings
D. William Henry Harrison
Lesson 1: Who was the governor of Indiana during the Civil War?
A. Edward J. Roye
B. John Hunt Morgan
C. Lew Wallace
D. Oliver P. Morton
Lesson 1: What did John Hunt Morgan do in the Civil War?
A. Led a cavalry raid across southern Indiana
B. Operated a prisoner of war Camp Morton
C. Organized the 28th Regiment of United States Colored Troops
D. Surrendered at the Battle of Corydon
Lesson 1: What did the Sisters of the Holy Cross do during the Civil War that was most
noticeable?
A. Cleaned the officers’ quarters in the army camps
B. Cooks big meals at church dinners
C. Taught elementary school
D. Worked as nurses on a hospital ship
12 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: Benjamin Harrison was elected president after what jobs?
A. Making medicines and teaching school
B. Practicing law and inventing a car
C. Serving in the Civil War and practicing law
D. Waiting tables and inventing a car
Lesson 2: What did Elwood Haynes do?
A. He created one of the first automobiles.
B. He opened the first department store.
C. He served in the Civil War and practiced law.
D. He set up the state park system.
Lesson 2: What did Adam Gimbel do?
A. He opened the first department store.
B. He created one of the first automobiles.
C. He served in the Civil War and practiced law.
D. He set up the state park system.
Lesson 2: What did Colonel Richard Lieber do?
A. He discouraged German immigration.
B. He discouraged Jewish immigration.
C. He set up Indiana’s tree army.
D. He set up the state park system.
Lesson 3: What do unions do?
A. Bargain with employers in order to make changes in the workplace.
B. Made it illegal to help escaped slave and allowed slave catcher to capture slaves.
C. Set people free from slavery.
D. To break away from something or cut political ties.
Lesson 3: Indiana made lots of products that were connected to what?
A. Agriculture
B. Forests
C. Prairies
D. Swamps
Lesson 3: What did the Grangers want?
A. Greenbacks to inflate the currency.
B. Higher mortgage rates on loans for land, seed, and equipment.
C. Higher rates on the railroads so it is more expensive to ship their grain.
D. Lower prices for their products.
13 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 3: What did he Eugene V. Debbs do?
A. Increase the opportunities for young children to work in factories
B. Organize labor unions
C. Organize people to fight in wars
D. Work to increase the salaries of railroad owners
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Unit III
Chapter 7
Lesson 1: In World War I what happened to Fort Benjamin Harrison?
A. It became a busy army base.
B. It was attacked in the early days of the war.
C. The people who worked there became shell shocked.
D. They closed the hospital there.
Lesson 1: What did Hoosiers do to help win World War I?
A. Bought vegetables in grocery stores
B. Bought War Bonds
C. Closed factories
D. Closed military bases
Lesson 1: What did the Indiana gas boom cause to happen?
A. An oil boom happened about the same time.
B. Immigrants were paid low wages.
C. New industries relocated in Indiana.
D. The water company was formed.
Lesson 1: Why did people purchase Ball jars?
A. To give immigrants jobs
B. To keep children employed
C. To preserve fruit or vegetables
D. To hold golf balls so they do not roll away
Lesson 1: What was the Great Migration?
A. Black people come north from the rural south to find work in cities.
B. It was a way to be treated fairly in a new place.
C. It was a way to visit historic sites in many states after the Civil War.
D. It was another name for the Colored Speedway Association.
Lesson 1: What was the Great Migration?
A. A set of laws enacted to discriminate against African Americans
B. A town or city
C. Not in or near a town or city – the country
D. The movement of African Americans from the rural south to the urban north
Lesson 1: What was a result of World War I in Indiana?
A. Anti-German attitudes scared many people.
B. Indiana towns were bombed.
C. People were starving due to a lack of food.
D. There was house to house fighting in Indiana towns.
15 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: What was Helen Gougar’s argument?
A. She should have the right to join the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
B. She should have the right to petition.
C. Since she was a citizen she should have the right to have a convention.
D. Since she was a citizen she should have the right to vote.
Lesson 2: Who or what exposed the Ku Klux Klan?
A. Governor Ed Jackson
B. Governor Warren McCray
C. The Indianapolis Times
D. John Duvall
Lesson 2: What was the New Deal?
A. A series of programs created to combat the Great Depression.
B. An efficient method of farming corn and soybeans for ethanol.
C. High amounts of pollutants that have been release into the atmosphere.
D. The rate at which goods and services are produced.
Lesson 2: What did Paul V. McNutt do?
A. Created a more centralized and modern welfare system
B. Limited the role of government in the life of the people
C. Ran for president
D. Worked in the WPA
Lesson 2: What is a recession?
A. A district directly outside of a city or town.
B. A period of time where the economy declines.
C. The Great Depression
D. Where factory employment increased to unprecedented levels
Lesson 2: What did the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) do?
A. They built big community improvements like state fair grounds.
B. They built improvements in state parks and forests.
C. They built small community improvements like town bandstands.
D. They paid farmers not to plant crops.
Lesson 2: What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
A. They built big community improvements like state fair grounds.
B. They built improvements in state parks and forests.
C. They built small community improvements like town bandstands.
D. They paid farmers not to plant crops.
16 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 3: Camp Atterbury trained American troops and had a prisoner of war camp. What other
service did it provide?
A. It grew rubber plants for jeep tires.
B. Lend lease for Britain, China, and Russia
C. Victory gardens for families
D. Wakeman General Hospital
Lesson 3: What did Ernie Pyle do?
A. He created the Indiana State Park system
B. He wrote about the common man in newspaper articles.
C. He wrote Kiss Me Kate
D. He wrote “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin’”
Lesson 3: What did Ernie Pyle do in World War II?
A. He made smokeless ammunition at Charleston.
B. He organized scrap drives and personally hauled metal.
C. He planted victory gardens across the nation.
D. He wrote about the war from the point of view of the soldier.
Lesson 3: In World War II what was different from World War I?
A. Charlestown produced smokeless ammunition
B. Scrap drives recycled large amounts of metal
C. Victory Gardens fed people at home
D. War bonds kept inflation down during the war
Lesson 3: How did Virginia Haase McClain earn a bronze star?
A. Flying airplanes across the Atlantic Ocean
B. Performing her duties while under enemy fire
C. Taking the place of a man in clerical duties
D. Working in a factory and improving moral
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Unit III
Chapter 8
Lesson 1: What did Red Skelton do?
A. Created the Indiana State Park system
B. Stared in radio, movies, and TV
C. Won the Indy 500
D. Wrote “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin’”
Lesson 1: What did Cole Porter do?
A. Created the Indiana State Park system
B. Stared in radio, movies, and TV
C. Wrote Kiss Me Kate
D. Wrote “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin’”
Lesson 1: What did Gene Stratton Porter do?
A. Created the Wildflower Woods
B. Created the Indiana State Park system
C. Wrote Kiss Me Kate
D. Wrote “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin’”
Lesson 1: What did James Whitcomb Riley do?
A. Created the Wildflower Woods
B. Created the Indiana State Park system
C. Wrote Kiss Me Kate
D. Wrote “When the Frost is on the Pumpkin’”
Lesson 2: What did Marion Donavan create?
A. Stainless steel
B. The electrical car battery
C. The disposable diaper
D. The patent
Lesson 2: What happened to Hoosiers in 1980?
A. ¼ of a million lost their jobs.
B. A period of economic increase.
C. They got better education.
D. They quickly found new jobs.
Lesson 2: What is productivity?
A. A district directly outside a city.
B. A period of economic increase.
C. Containing high amounts of pollutants.
D. The rate at which goods are produced.
18 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: What is acid rain?
A. Droplets of battery acid that fall from a leaking car battery.
B. Pollution that falls in rain, sleet, or snow.
C. Rain that falls on rock concerts.
D. The contents of the mouth after drinking a soda.
Lesson 3: What can cause a disaster in Indiana?
A. Floods
B. Hurricane
C. Tidal wave
D. Tsunami
Lesson 3: What is an example of a disaster caused by people?
A. Blizzard
B. Explosion
C. Flood
D. Tornado
Lesson 3: What is a blizzard?
A. Cyclone winds, hail, and warm air
B. High winds, heavy snow fall, and cold temperatures
C. Lightening, thunder, rain, hail, and wind
D. Straight line winds, more than five inches of rain, and warm temperatures
Lesson 3: Around what holiday do tornados usually form?
A. Christmas
B. Martin Luther King Day
C. Palm Sunday
D. Presidents Day
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Unit III
Chapter 9
Lesson 1: What did Colonel Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom do?
A. He built atomic bombs in the Vietnam War.
B. He built bomb shelters to protect people against fall out from atomic weapons.
C. He was governor of Indiana during the Korean War.
D. He was the only astronaut selected for all three of the first space programs.
Lesson 1: What was the job of the Federal Civil Defense Administration?
A. To create diversions to help people escape an invasion
B. To create mass panic
C. To help citizens prepare for a nuclear attack
D. To help citizens resist an invasion
Lesson 1: What was the Red Scare?
A. A fear of Red Skelton
B. A fear of the rise of capitalism
C. A fear of the rise of communism
D. A fear of the rise of democracy
Lesson 1: What is an arms race?
A. A completion between two groups to have the most powerful military.
B. A competition to determine who can move the fastest walking on their hands.
C. A canoe race.
D. A contest to see who can get the most tattoos on their arms.
Lesson 2: What is segregation?
A. Keeping people of different races separate from each other
B. Lack of money and possessions
C. Putting people of different races together
D. Working towards equality of people
Lesson 2: What happened to Indianapolis Public Schools by the end of the twentieth century?
A. Indianapolis Public Schools remained segregated.
B. The student population fell.
C. The student population rose.
D. The student population stayed the same.
Lesson 2: Who kept the people of Indianapolis from rioting at the death of Martin Luther King?
A. Jessie Jackson
B. John F. Kennedy
C. Malcolm X
D. Robert F. Kennedy
20 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: What was a key idea behind desegregation of the Indianapolis Public Schools?
A. Give money to help people buy houses in different parts of town.
B. Give speeches and write letters to the editor.
C. Ignore the segregation
D. Integration of the students and teachers.
Lesson 3: What did Twyla Tharp do?
A. She created a dance company.
B. She played jazz guitar.
C. She wrote American Fool.
D. She wrote Slaughterhouse-Five.
Lesson 3: What did Robert Indiana do?
A. He created a dance company.
B. He created pop art.
C. He played jazz guitar.
D. He wrote American Fool.
Lesson 3: What did John Cougar Mellenkanp do?
A. He created a dance company.
B. He created pop art.
C. He played jazz guitar.
D. He wrote American Fool.
Lesson 3: What did Wes Montgomery do?
A. He created a dance company.
B. He created pop art.
C. He played jazz guitar.
D. He wrote American Fool.
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Unit 4
Chapter 10
Lesson 1: What is a physical feature of geography?
A. Businesses
B. Cities
C. Highways
D. Rivers
Lesson 1: What is a human feature of geography?
A. Caves
B. Highways
C. Lakes
D. Rivers
Lesson 1: What are the cardinal directions?
A. North, South, East, West
B. Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
C. North Northeast, South Southeast, North Northwest, South Southwest
D. East Northeast, East Southeast, West Northwest, West Southwest
Lesson 1: What does a scale show?
A. It shows horizontal lines on the map.
B. It shows the meaning of the colors and icons used on the map.
C. It shows the relationship of the distance on a map to the real distance that it represents.
D. It shows vertical lines on the map.
Lesson 2: What does the hydrosphere include?
A. Landforms and features.
B. Natural water features.
C. The animals of Indiana.
D. The plants of Indiana.
Lesson 2: What happened to the Great Kankakee Marsh?
A. It was drained and straightened.
B. It was turned into a water park.
C. It was used for city fountains.
D. It was used for whitewater rafting.
Lesson 2: Tunnel Mill captured what type of natural resource?
A. Chemical energy
B. Electricity
C. Water power
D. Wind power
22 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: Where are the highest average annual extreme minimum temperatures in Indiana?
A. In the east.
B. In the north.
C. In the northwest corner of the state.
D. In the south.
Lesson 3: Indiana’s largest foreign born population is what group?
A. Asia
B. Europe
C. Latin America
D. Northern America
Lesson 3: How do people use Indiana rivers for recreation?
A. Barge traffic
B. Canoeing
C. Hydropower
D. Transportation
Lesson 3: What are major crops grown on Indiana farms?
A. Corn and soybeans
B. Millet and barley
C. Oranges and Lemons
D. Potatoes and carrots
Lesson 3: What is true about Indiana factories?
A. Hoosiers make more money from industry than from agriculture.
B. They mostly make caskets, but sometimes make replacement joints.
C. They only make agricultural related products and package food.
D. They only make car, truck, recreational vehicles, and school buses.
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Unit 4
Chapter 11
Lesson 1: How many constitutions has Indiana had?
A. None
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
Lesson 1: What does the Indiana constitution state about religion?
A. Everyone must believe in God.
B. Everyone must believe the same thing.
C. Everyone must belong to a religious group.
D. No one may be mistreated for their beliefs.
Lesson 1: What does the Indiana constitution state about speech?
A. Indiana citizens can say what they wish if they are willing to pay for it.
B. Indiana citizens have the right to free speech.
C. Indiana citizens may speak freely, but they cannot write or print their opinions.
D. Indiana citizens may write or print their opinions, but they cannot speak freely.
Lesson 1: If a law is passed and it is challenged by citizens by what authority can they stop it
from being practiced?
A. Indiana constitution
B. Recall
C. Referendum
D. Statute of Limitations
Lesson 2: What are members of the Indiana Supreme Court called?
A. Governors
B. Justices
C. Senators
D. Trustees
Lesson 2: Who is in charge of the judicial branch in Indiana?
A. The Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
B. The Governor of Indiana
C. The Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate
D. The Speaker of the Indiana House
Lesson 2: Which Hoosier has gone on to become a member of the national executive branch?
A. Chief Justice John Roberts
B. Representative Lee Hamilton
C. Senator Richard Lugar
D. Vice –President Thomas Marshall
24 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: How many justices are on the Indiana Supreme Court?
A. 5
B. 7
C. 9
D. 12
Lesson 3: How can you shape government policy?
A. Attend a sport event or play a ball game.
B. Eat at a restaurant and order a salad or dessert.
C. Shop at the mall and carry home many items.
D. Talk to your members of the general assembly.
Lesson 3: How can people take direct action to improve their community?
A. Attend a sport event or play a ball game.
B. Do volunteer work for a non-profit group.
C. Eat at a restaurant and order a salad or dessert.
D. Shop at the mall and carry home many items.
Lesson 3: How can you shape government policy?
A. Attend a sport event or play a ball game.
B. Eat at a restaurant and order a salad or dessert.
C. Shop at the mall and carry home many items.
D. Vote every time you have an opportunity.
Lesson 3: What is one of the duties of citizenship?
A. Attend a sport event.
B. Eat at a restaurant.
C. Serve on a jury.
D. Shop at the mall.
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Unit 4
Chapter 12
Lesson 1: What is economics?
A. Studying buying and selling goods and services.
B. Studying family groups.
C. Study of the past by looking at documents.
D. Studying the past by recovering evidence from the ground.
Lesson 1: In the production model if the inputs are natural resources, human resources, and
capital resources what are the outputs?
A. Goods and Services
B. Market and Price
C. Supply and Demand
D. Tax and Spend
Lesson 1: What qualities does money have?
A. Easily divided, breaks down, portable, and plentiful.
B. Easily divided, durable, portable, and scarce.
C. Hard to divide, breaks down, immovable, and plentiful.
D. Hard to divide, durable, immovable, and scarce.
Lesson 1:What are the functions of money?
A. Accepted as a medium of exchange, a flexible value, does not lose its value quickly,
priced in terms of desire.
B. Accepted as a medium of exchange, a measured value, does not lose its value quickly,
and allows for items to be priced in terms of value.
C. Not accepted as a medium of exchange, a flexible value, loses its value quickly, priced in
terms of desire.
D. Not accepted as a medium of exchange, a measured value, loses its value quickly, and
allows for items to priced in terms of value.
Lesson 2: What do entrepreneurs do?
A. They close a business in order to make a profit.
B. They give money away.
C. They open a business in order to make a profit.
D. They open a business to take a loss.
Lesson 2: What does education helps entrepreneurs learn to do?
A. Adapt knowledge
B. Apply content knowledge
C. Make better informed risks
D. Transfer knowledge
26 Comprehension Test Bank Questions for Crossroads Connect with Answers Updated 9-­‐7-­‐15 Lesson 2: What new products does Indiana manufacture?
A. Artificial joints
B. Hula hoops
C. Sport equipment
D. Walkers
Lesson 2: Where do some people who come from around the world share their culture with
Hoosiers?
A. At parks
B. In letters to the editor
C. In restaurants
D. On talk shows
Lesson 3: How does the government play a role in the market?
A. It enforces contracts.
B. It makes people buy at a set price.
C. It makes people sell at a set price.
D. It sets up new businesses.
Lesson 3: What is the biggest part of the state budget?
A. Education
B. Police
C. Roads
D. State parks
Lesson 3: Which roads are funded primarily by Indiana?
A. County Roads
B. Interstates
C. State Roads
D. U.S. Highways
Lesson 3: Which form of transportation caries the most people in Indiana?
A. Airplane
B. Boat
C. Bus
D. Train
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