Social Studies Quiz

What is money that people must pay the government?

• money
• currency
• funds
• tax

Who was ruling the colonists and making them pay taxes?

• British
• Native Americans
• French
• Americas

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington
• Thomas Jefferson
• John Hancock
• Abraham Lincoln

What is an addition to the Constitution?

• Bill of Rights
• treason
• amendments
• law

Egyptians had a written language using pictures. It was called ____________.

• cuneiform
• English
• hieroglyphics
• Cursive

How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?

• It isolated the settlements.
• It left silt that improved the soil.
• It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
• It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.

2)  Most gladiators were enslaved, criminals, prisoners of war, or 

• artisians
• household servants
• poor
• rich

8) According to a traditional legend, who founded the city of Rome? 

• Aristotle and Plato
• Julius Casear
• Helen of Troy
• Romulus and Remus

11) How did Julius Caesar die on March 15, 44 B.C.? 

• He died of natural causes.
• He took his own life.
• He was killed in battle.
• His enemies killed him

A person of high rank by birth or title is a 

• Noble
• Serf
• Priest
• Knight