6.1 Life Then and Now

1. History is the story of the ____________.

• A. future
• B. present
• C. past

2. How many colonies where there long ago?

• A. 12
• B. 13
• C. 10

3. A ________ is a place that is ruled by a country far away.

• A. holiday
• B. veteran
• C. colony

4. A family member from a different _________ can tell you how life has changed or stayed the same.

• A. generation
• B. year
• C. life

5. Every person and every place has a _____________.

• A. history
• B. veteran
• C. colony

6. A _____________ is a statue that honors a person or event.

• A. veteran
• B. monument
• C. century

7. What was the name of the rural community in Alabama that grew a lot of cotton?

• A. Edinburg
• B. Enterprise
• C. Alabama

8. A century is __________ years.

• A. 100
• B. 1,000
• C. 10

9. When we talk about the present, we use the words today and ________.

• A. tomorrow
• B. yesterday
• C. now

10. When we talk about the past, we use the words yesterday and ________.

• A. now
• B. tomorrow
• C. then