Folk Tales and Tall Tales: My World Social Studies

What was Johnny Appleseed's real name?

• John Walker

• John Chapman

• Charles Appleseed

Why did he want to plant apple trees?

• to make an apple company

• to be rich

• to make sure no one would go hungry

What is a folk tale?

• A fantasy story

• A story from long ago about the lives of real people

• A story about animals

Where was Davy Crockett born?

• in a cabin in Tennessee

• at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas

• in the forest

What did Davy Crockett become?

• a great bear hunter in Texas

• a soldier who fought at the battle of the Alamo

• a government leader

• all of the above

What did Betsy Ross make?

• apple pie

• the American flag

• the Texas flag

Who asked Betsy Ross to make the American Flag?

• Joe Biden

• Donald Trump

• General George Washington

• Captain America

How many stars and stripes did the first American flag have?

• 31

• 23

• 13

• 33

What is a tall tale?

• a story that starts off sounding fiction, but is mostly true

• when an animal has a VERY long tail

• a story that starts off sounding true, but is mostly fiction

How many bowls of oatmeal did Paul Bunyan eat when he was a baby?

• 14

• 40

• 41

• 43