Social Studies Q2 Review

Which of the following statements is true about education in the past?

• American Indian boys were sent to temples to learn and and the girls did not go to school.

• In Greece and Rome, there were separate schools for boys and girls.

• American Indian children taught lessons on how to behave and pilgrim boys studied, history, math, and Latin.

• In Greece and Rome, boys learned to hunt and girls learned to gather or grow food.

Which two were some of the first advances in communication?

• The telephone and radio

• The telephone and telegraph

• Horses and the photograph

• The telegraph and photograph

What is the most likely reason that wealthy children got to attend school, while poor children did not?

• Wealthy children had parents who could afford to pay for lessons.

• Wealthy children were better behaved than poor children.

• Wealthy children had parents who had temples.

• Wealthy children were not allowed to hunt or grow food.

Which means of transportation were invented in the 19th century?

• The steamboat and the modern bicycle

• The first steam engine for locomotives and and modern automobiles

• Airplanes and helicopters

• Hoverboards and Heelies

Why are communities important?

• food, shelter, resources

• security, law, and pizza

• life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• security, law, and order

Which of the following are considered recreational activities?

• Mailing a letter, going grocery shopping, or going to the mechanic

• Going to a museum, park, or going to the gym

• Going to school, going to the doctor's office, or going to the dentist

• Going to work, building a house, paying bills

Who invented a new programming language for computers while they were at Harvard?

• Bill Gates

• Will Gates

• Benjamin Gates

• Aaron Torres

Why was Helen Keller a good citizen?

• She wasn't discouraged by her disabilities.

• She was blind and deaf.

• She gave to the poor.

• She was mute and blind.

Jonas Salk...

• created chalk

• created salt

• created a vaccine for polio

• developed pasteurization

Louis Pasteur...

• discovered a vaccine for polio

• developed pasteurization

• made many important discoveries about space

• wrote almanacs