Trimester 2 Social Studies

Trimester 2 Social Studies

Read the Text

Pay careful attention to the details. You will be asked 3 questions about what it says.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Sea Monsters

• The Santa Maria

• 1420

• Tools sailors used

Multiple Choice

What were ships like in the 1400's like?

• Small. light, easy to control

• Large, heavy, full of people

• Difficult to control

• made of plastic

Multiple Select

What tools did captains use? Check all that apply.

• GPS

• Maps

• Cell phone

• Compass

• Astrolabe

Read the Text

Pay careful attention to the details. You will be asked 2 questions about what it says.

Multiple Choice

What was the silk road?

• A road made of silk

• A series of trade routes between Europe and Asia

• A long, dirt road

• Africa

Multiple Choice

True or False: The silk road was safe

• True

• False

Read the Text

Pay careful attention to the details. You will be asked 2 questions about what it says.

Multiple Choice

Why did Spanish Explorers go to the southern parts of the United States?

• Search for gold

• Conquistadors

• To tell legends

• To find the Mississippi

Multiple Choice

Did De Soto find the gold he was looking for?

• Yes

• No

Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai

The map shows threee major African trading kingdoms at DIFFERENT times in history. Their areas overlap.

Multiple Choice

Which kingdom covered the largest area?

• Ghana

• Mali

• Songhai

Read the Text

Pay careful attention to the details. You will be asked 2 questions about what it says.

Multiple Choice

What is a colony?

• A punctuation mark

• Valuable materials

• An area of land ruled by another country

• A religion

Multiple Choice

Spanish explorers set up missions in New Spain. What is a mission?

• a religious community

• 200 years

• farm land

• mines