Fifth Grade Vocabulary

What is the term for a group of people who settle in a new place and establish a community?

• colony

• motivations

• grant

• assembly

What is the term for a person who studies human history through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains?

• A) Archaeologist

• B) Biologist

• C) Geologist

• D) Sociologist

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• A) Equator

• B) Prime Meridian

• C) Tropic of Cancer

• D) Tropic of Capricorn

Which document declared the independence of the thirteen American colonies from British rule?

• A) The Declaration of Independence

• B) The Constitution

• C) The Bill of Rights

• D) The Magna Carta

What is the term for a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting?

• A) Democracy

• B) Monarchy

• C) Oligarchy

• D) Dictatorship

What is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

• A) The Bill of Rights

• B) The Articles of Confederation

• C) The Federalist Papers

• D) The Emancipation Proclamation

What is the term for the movement of people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location?

• A) Migration

• B) Immigration

• C) Emigration

• D) Colonization

What is the name of the war fought between the Northern and Southern states of the United States from 1861 to 1865?

• A) The Civil War

• B) The Revolutionary War

• C) The War of 1812

• D) The Spanish-American War

What is the term for a large farm that specializes in the production of one or two crops for sale, usually to a more developed country?

• A) Plantation

• B) Homestead

• C) Ranch

• D) Orchard

What is the name of the trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the 16th to 19th centuries?

• A) The Triangular Trade

• B) The Silk Road

• C) The Spice Route

• D) The Trans-Saharan Trade