Grade 3 Mathematics Practice Test

Which of these numbers is the greatest?

• 3,456

• 3,465

• 3,546

• 3,564

Based on the chart, which statement is most accurate?

• Health received the least amount of federal funding.

• National defense received less federal funding than Medicare.

• Social Security received the greatest amount of federal funding.

• Transportation received more federal funding than veterans’ benefits and services.

Which statement best explains why a citizen would participate in an interest group rather than a political party?

• A. Political parties get less media coverage.

• B. Political parties are more expensive to join.

• C. Interest groups focus on a specific political issue.

• D. Interest groups have more members than political parties.

Match each quotation to the correct document.

• When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them. . . .

• Articles of Confederation

• The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.

• Constitution of the United States

• We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this [document].

• Declaration of Independence

Select the letter of the documents to indicate the order they were adopted or ratified from earliest to latest.

• Fourth

• Declaration of Independence

• First

• Articles of Confederation

• Third

• Mayflower Compact

• Second

• United States Constitution

Based on the quotation, which phrase best describes the writer?

• a patriot

• a loyalist

• a Federalist

• an Anti-Federalist

Select the statement that best illustrates the major economic weakness of the Articles of Confederation. Article IX of the Articles of Confederation states, “The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States.” While Congress had the right to regulate all forms of American currency, the Articles failed to call for a singular form of currency. This meant that the national government could print money, but each state could print money as well. Consequently, America had no uniform system of currency, which made trade between the states and with foreign entities much more difficult and less efficient.

• the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck

• Congress had the right to regulate all forms of American currency

• the national government could print money

• America had no uniform system of currency

Part B: Explain why each state—New Jersey and Virginia—favored a specific plan. Use evidence from the map to support your answer.

• New Jersey favored the New Jersey Plan because it ensured equal representation for all states, regardless of size.

• Virginia favored the Virginia Plan because it provided representation based on population, benefiting larger states.

• New Jersey favored the Virginia Plan because it provided representation based on population, benefiting larger states.

• Virginia favored the New Jersey Plan because it ensured equal representation for all states, regardless of size.

Based on the quotation, which weakness of the Articles of Confederation is described?

• no power to tax citizens

• inability to control commerce

• lack of a strong central government

• difficulty making changes to government

Read the excerpt. "No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land." —Magna Carta, Clause 39, 1215 Which ideas expressed in the excerpt are addressed in the United States Constitution? Select all that apply.

• A. judicial review

• D. limited government

• C. due process of law

• E. divine right of kings

• B. right to assemble