2.  What geographic feature was at the heart of the Louisiana Territory?  Ohio River  Appalachian Mountains  Mississippi River  Hudson Bay

3.  Mississippi River

4.  France was a threat to the thirteen colonies for all of the following reasons except  France’s strong alliances with the Indians  The British difficulty in defending its scattered settlements  The large French settlements on the Ohio River  The failure of the colonies to present a united front

5.  The large French settlements on the Ohio River

6.  Why did the Iroquois ally with the British?  The British governors had treated them fairly  British trappers had made friends with the Indians  The Iroquois feared the growth of French power  The Iroquois’ enemy had joined the French

7.  The Iroquois’ enemy had joined the French

8.  Under the Treaty of Utrecht, Britain gained territory in all of the following regions except  Eastern Canada  Louisiana  The West Indies  Gibraltar

9.  Louisiana

10.  What did the French call the territory they claimed along the Mississippi River?

11.  Louisiana

12.  A) La Salle  B) Louis Joliet  C) Jacques Marquette  D) Comte de Frontenac  ___ French priest who explored the upper Mississippi River.

13.  C) Jacques Marquette

14.  A) La Salle  B) Louis Joliet  C) Jacques Marquette  D) Comte de Frontenac  ___ Frenchman who explored the entire length of the Mississippi River

15.  A) La Salle

16.  B) Louis Joliet  C) Jacques Marquette  D) Comte de Frontenac  ___ resourceful French commander during King William’s War

17.  D) Comte de Frontenac

18.  A) La Salle  B) Louis Joliet  C) Jacques Marquette  D) Comte de Frontenac  ___ French trapper who explored the upper Mississippi River

19.  B) Louis Joliet