Social Studies: Test Review, Weeks 3 & 4

What do the pictures help the reader understand?

• How natural events can change communities

• How people can change communities

• How weather can change communities

• How inventions can change communities

What did Covid-19 cause community members to do?

• Spend more time at home

• Expand their communities

• Write letters to their leaders

• Choose a location to build a new park

What does the effect of sharing ideas either through writing letters or using the internet have on people?

• It makes people feel free

• It helps people explore new lands

• It makes people respect the government

• It helps people connect and share information

How did Benjamin Franklin help make his community a better place?

• By inventing bifocal glasses

• By writing letters about ending slavery

• By designing Washington, D.C.

• By founding many new settlements

Which sentence best shows that Benjamin Franklin helped make his community a better place?

• He served as a police officer.

• He shared his wisdom through books.

• He fought in the American Revolution.

• He built swimming pools for all families.

What is Daniel Boone remembered for?

• Inventing bifocal glasses

• Designing Washington, D.C.

• Writing letters about ending slavery

• Settling new lands and creating the Wilderness Road

Many communities expand over time. Leaders make decisions to guide how their community grows.

What is the best meaning of the word expand in this example?

• outer space

• elect a mayor

• become larger

• blow up a balloon

Complete the effect in the picture.

• New toys are given to the school.

• The leader makes a plan and chooses a location to build a new park.

• The leader says no to a new park.

• The leader fixes the roads in the city.

Study the diagram.  What is one more way that communities can change?

• sports

• television

• inventions

• entertainment

Why do local communities build new buildings?

• New buildings provide new homes and businesses

• Old buildings look bad in the community and they should all be torn down

• To make room for your teacher's favorite restaurant

• To spend more money