Social Studies B Revision - Grade 3

Why were early farms small?

• People were poor

• Plants were dying

• They had to be near water

• There wasn’t enough room

What is irrigation?

• A type of plant

• A machine for planting crops

• Picking the crops

• Watering crops by digging ditches

How did the invention of machines change farms?

• It closed them down

• Farms needed less people

• Plants grew bigger

• They made more water

Why did humans invent writing?

• To grow crops

• To keep records/communicate

• To heal people

• To help transport people and goods

How did a printing press make a big difference to humanity?

• It allowed more people to read

• It made more jobs

• It increased food production

• It made books pretty

Which civilization wrote with small symbols called hieroglyphics?

• Chinese

• Arabic

• Greek

• Egyptian

Why were number systems invented?

• To record amounts of items

• To share stories with others

• To be decorative

• To make more money

What is the system of numbers which we still use now called?

• Roman

• Hindu-Arabic

• Sumerian

• Egyptian

Hippocrates was a famous medical scientist from which country?

• Italy

• America

• Greece

• France

Which things help to prevent the spread of diseases? (Select all which apply)

• Wearing surgical masks

• Vaccines

• Washing our hands

• Drinking water