TN History Final Exam 2023 Questions and Answers 100%
Verifed
The first Europeans to enter lands that would become Tennessee were led by:
A) Hernando de Soto.
B) John Smith.
C) Christopher Columbus.
D) Christian Priber.
A) Hernando de Soto.
Which region of Tennessee was relatively isolated from the rest of the state due
to mountains and unnavigable river systems?
Question options:
A) Middle Tennessee
B) East Tennessee
C) West Tennessee
B) East Tennessee
Woodland Indian burial mounds serve as evidence of:
Question options:
A) a warlike society.
B) an atheistic society.
C) a backward culture.
D) a complex belief system.
D) a complex belief system.
One of the most important public events among the Mississippian Indians was:
Question options:
A) the Tchung-Kee tournament.
B) the Deer Festival.
C) the Blue Moon Ceremony.
D) the Green Corn Ceremony.
D) the Green Corn Ceremony.
Who was recognized as the Cherokee "emperor" by an English envoy visiting the
Overhill town of Tellico?
Question options:
A) Christian Priber
B) Attakullakulla
C) Moytoy
D) Oconostota
C) Moytoy
Two early English explorers to the Great Valley of East Tennessee were:
Question options:
A) Gabriel Arthur and James Needham
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
C) Christian Priber and Alexander Cuming
D) Raymond Demere and John William DeBraham
A) Gabriel Arthur and James Needham
,During early European exploration which group held the most significant
presence in Tennessee?
Question options:
A) the Creek Indians
B) the Sioux Indians
C) the Chickasaw Indians
D) the Cherokee Indians
D) the Cherokee Indians
Every aspect of Native tribal life from hunting and agriculture to healing was
shaped by:
Question options:
A) voodoo.
B) warfare.
C) animal sacrifice.
D) mystical beliefs.
D) mystical beliefs.
How many geologically distinct subregions make up Tennessee?
Question options:
A) three
B) nine
C) five
D) thirteen
B) nine
The title of "first Tennesseans" is bestowed to the:
Question options:
A) Archaic Indians
B) Cherokee Indians
C) Woodland Indians
D) Creek Indians
A) Archaic Indians
Historians reconstruct the past mainly from written records.
Question options:
True
False
True
Although mainly identified with the Kentucky frontier, he was the most famous of
the so-called "long hunters."
Question options:
A) David Crockett
B) Gabriel Arthur
C) Daniel Boone
D) Andrew Jackson
C) Daniel Boone
Tennessee's main rivers which played a role in its development are:
Question options:
A) Ohio River, New River, Tennessee River
,B) Cumberland River, Missouri River, Clinch River
C) Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Mississippi River
D) Mississippi River, Watauga River, Nolichucky River
C) Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Mississippi River
The Cumberland River forms Tennessee's western border.
Question options:
True
False
False
The 10 to 15 mile wide mountain range on Tennessee's eastern border is
Question options:
A) the Rocky Mountains.
B) the Pocono Mountains.
C) the Iron Mountains.
D) the Unaka Mountains.
D) the Unaka Mountains.
This nomadic group of people are regarded by anthropologists as the first
visitors to Tennessee.
Question options:
A) Paleo Indians
B) Mississippian Indians
C) Woodland Indians
D) Shawnee Indians
A) Paleo Indians
Tribal chief Oconostota led a group of Cherokee warriors against the English at
Question options:
A) Fort Sanders
B) Fort Watauga
C) Fort Prince George
D) Fort Loudoun
D) Fort Loudoun
Which prominent leader among the Overhill Cherokees was known as "Little
Carpenter"?
Question options:
A) Attakullakulla
B) Dragging Canoe
C) Moytoy
D) Oconostota
A) Attakullakulla
Nature had a role in dividing Tennessee into three broad regions of East, Middle,
and West.
Question options:
True
False
True
, The most celebrated "beloved women" of the Overhill Cherokees was:
Question options:
A) Rebecca Boone.
B) Sacajawea.
C) Nancy Ward.
D) Pocahontas
C) Nancy Ward.
The Mississippian culture was more elaborate economically, politically, and
socially than its predecessors.
Question options:
True
False
True
Who led a canoe expedition down the Mississippi River in the name France?
Question options:
A) James Needham and Gabriel Arthur.
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.
C) Juan Pardo and Abraham Wood.
D) Raymond Demere and John William Gerard DeBrahm.
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.
Tribal warfare often occurred for materialistic greed and territory.
Question options:
True
False
False
Strict gender roles were almost nonexistent in native tribes as men and women
shared in domestic chores, farming, hunting, warfare, and government.
Question options:
True
False
False
The North Carolina legislature named the new district in Middle Tennessee for the
Spanish governor of Louisiana known as:
Question options:
A) the Mero District.
B) the Gardoqui District.
C) the deSoto District.
D) the Pardo District.
A) the Mero District.
During the Cherokee War of 1776,
Question options:
A) White settlers were successful in holding off simultaneous attacks by the
Cherokee warriors.
B) John Sevier was killed while defending Fort Watauga.
C) White settlers were driven from their frontier forts and forced to return to North
Carolina.
Verifed
The first Europeans to enter lands that would become Tennessee were led by:
A) Hernando de Soto.
B) John Smith.
C) Christopher Columbus.
D) Christian Priber.
A) Hernando de Soto.
Which region of Tennessee was relatively isolated from the rest of the state due
to mountains and unnavigable river systems?
Question options:
A) Middle Tennessee
B) East Tennessee
C) West Tennessee
B) East Tennessee
Woodland Indian burial mounds serve as evidence of:
Question options:
A) a warlike society.
B) an atheistic society.
C) a backward culture.
D) a complex belief system.
D) a complex belief system.
One of the most important public events among the Mississippian Indians was:
Question options:
A) the Tchung-Kee tournament.
B) the Deer Festival.
C) the Blue Moon Ceremony.
D) the Green Corn Ceremony.
D) the Green Corn Ceremony.
Who was recognized as the Cherokee "emperor" by an English envoy visiting the
Overhill town of Tellico?
Question options:
A) Christian Priber
B) Attakullakulla
C) Moytoy
D) Oconostota
C) Moytoy
Two early English explorers to the Great Valley of East Tennessee were:
Question options:
A) Gabriel Arthur and James Needham
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet
C) Christian Priber and Alexander Cuming
D) Raymond Demere and John William DeBraham
A) Gabriel Arthur and James Needham
,During early European exploration which group held the most significant
presence in Tennessee?
Question options:
A) the Creek Indians
B) the Sioux Indians
C) the Chickasaw Indians
D) the Cherokee Indians
D) the Cherokee Indians
Every aspect of Native tribal life from hunting and agriculture to healing was
shaped by:
Question options:
A) voodoo.
B) warfare.
C) animal sacrifice.
D) mystical beliefs.
D) mystical beliefs.
How many geologically distinct subregions make up Tennessee?
Question options:
A) three
B) nine
C) five
D) thirteen
B) nine
The title of "first Tennesseans" is bestowed to the:
Question options:
A) Archaic Indians
B) Cherokee Indians
C) Woodland Indians
D) Creek Indians
A) Archaic Indians
Historians reconstruct the past mainly from written records.
Question options:
True
False
True
Although mainly identified with the Kentucky frontier, he was the most famous of
the so-called "long hunters."
Question options:
A) David Crockett
B) Gabriel Arthur
C) Daniel Boone
D) Andrew Jackson
C) Daniel Boone
Tennessee's main rivers which played a role in its development are:
Question options:
A) Ohio River, New River, Tennessee River
,B) Cumberland River, Missouri River, Clinch River
C) Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Mississippi River
D) Mississippi River, Watauga River, Nolichucky River
C) Cumberland River, Tennessee River, Mississippi River
The Cumberland River forms Tennessee's western border.
Question options:
True
False
False
The 10 to 15 mile wide mountain range on Tennessee's eastern border is
Question options:
A) the Rocky Mountains.
B) the Pocono Mountains.
C) the Iron Mountains.
D) the Unaka Mountains.
D) the Unaka Mountains.
This nomadic group of people are regarded by anthropologists as the first
visitors to Tennessee.
Question options:
A) Paleo Indians
B) Mississippian Indians
C) Woodland Indians
D) Shawnee Indians
A) Paleo Indians
Tribal chief Oconostota led a group of Cherokee warriors against the English at
Question options:
A) Fort Sanders
B) Fort Watauga
C) Fort Prince George
D) Fort Loudoun
D) Fort Loudoun
Which prominent leader among the Overhill Cherokees was known as "Little
Carpenter"?
Question options:
A) Attakullakulla
B) Dragging Canoe
C) Moytoy
D) Oconostota
A) Attakullakulla
Nature had a role in dividing Tennessee into three broad regions of East, Middle,
and West.
Question options:
True
False
True
, The most celebrated "beloved women" of the Overhill Cherokees was:
Question options:
A) Rebecca Boone.
B) Sacajawea.
C) Nancy Ward.
D) Pocahontas
C) Nancy Ward.
The Mississippian culture was more elaborate economically, politically, and
socially than its predecessors.
Question options:
True
False
True
Who led a canoe expedition down the Mississippi River in the name France?
Question options:
A) James Needham and Gabriel Arthur.
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.
C) Juan Pardo and Abraham Wood.
D) Raymond Demere and John William Gerard DeBrahm.
B) Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet.
Tribal warfare often occurred for materialistic greed and territory.
Question options:
True
False
False
Strict gender roles were almost nonexistent in native tribes as men and women
shared in domestic chores, farming, hunting, warfare, and government.
Question options:
True
False
False
The North Carolina legislature named the new district in Middle Tennessee for the
Spanish governor of Louisiana known as:
Question options:
A) the Mero District.
B) the Gardoqui District.
C) the deSoto District.
D) the Pardo District.
A) the Mero District.
During the Cherokee War of 1776,
Question options:
A) White settlers were successful in holding off simultaneous attacks by the
Cherokee warriors.
B) John Sevier was killed while defending Fort Watauga.
C) White settlers were driven from their frontier forts and forced to return to North
Carolina.
