3rd Grade S.S. Part B-1

Use the map to answer the question.

Which statements best describe the relative location of Canada? Select the two correct answers.

• It is in the Southern Hemisphere.

• It is north of the United States.

• It is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

• It is part of the continent of North America.

• It is between the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

Use the map to answer the questions. Part A: Locate the continent of South America.

Use the map to answer the questions.

Part B: Which geographic feature is part of South America?

• The Nile River

• The Andes Mountains

• The Alps

• The Great Lakes

Use the excerpt to answer the question.

Excerpt from the Twenty-Sixth Amendment (1971)
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied... on account of age.

Which statement best describes an effect of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

• It allowed citizens who were 18 or older to vote in elections.

• It made it illegal for citizens under 21 to vote.

• It gave women the right to vote in all states.

• It ended the use of poll taxes in federal elections.

Use the excerpt to answer the questions.

Adapted from a speech by Susan B. Anthony (1873):

“It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed this Union… Being persons, then, women are citizens; and no state has the right to make new laws to take away their rights.”

Part A: Which action is Susan B. Anthony most likely arguing in favor of in the excerpt?

• Requiring all citizens to pay taxes

• Allowing women the right to vote

• Limiting the government’s power to write laws

• Supporting free education for children

Use the excerpt to answer the questions.

Part B: Which phrase from the excerpt best supports the answer to Part A?

• not we, the white male citizens

• Being persons, then, women are citizens

• the whole people, who formed this Union

• no state has the right to make new laws

Use the picture to answer the questions.

Part A: Which phrase describes the purpose of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial?

• to honor the nation's first president

• to remember a leader who helped end slavery

• to recognize a leader who fought for workers’ rights

• to celebrate the discovery of new land

Use the picture to answer the questions.

Part B: Which statement describes something Abraham Lincoln is remembered for?

• He signed the Declaration of Independence.

• He fought in the Revolutionary War.

• He gave a famous speech called the Gettysburg Address.

• He discovered the Mississippi River.

Use the map to answer the questions. Part A: Locate the continent of Africa

Use the map to answer the questions.

Part B: Which geographic feature is part of Africa?

• Sahara Desert

• The Rocky Mountains

• Mississippi River

• The Pacific Ocean