Civics Lesson 1-1 Quiz

True

According to most scholars, the very first people to arrive in North America probably came from Asia about 20,000 years ago.

True

By 1807, approximately 500,000 Africans had been brought to the United States unwillingly and forced into slavery.

English immigrants

In the 1600s, the thirteen original colonies of the United States were created mostly by _____________________

True

Native Americans, who were the first settlers in what is now the United States,spoke hundreds of different languages.

Canada

The French came to North America beginning in the 1600s and mostly settled in what is now __________________.

Dutch

The __________ started the first farms and a town in what is now New York City.

California

The discovery of gold in 1848 drew many immigrants to _________________________________.

False

Today, more than half of all the people in the United States who were born in another country come from Asia.

False

White-collar workers are employed in factories.

Institutions

_________________________________are the key practices, relationships, and organizations in a society.