Social Studies 4th Nine Weeks

Which idea is supported by the photograph?

• The supply of ice cream is high.

• Ice cream is too expensive to buy.

• The demand for ice cream is high.

• Ice cream is not a good product to sell.

Study the image. The caption helps the reader understand.

• why supplies are scarce.

• how prices are determined.

• where goods are manufactured.

• what a proper budget should include.

Which of the following would result in scarcity?

• A small town has five toy stores.

• Drought affects the crops in a region.

• Tiffany’s chickens produce dozens of eggs.

• Julissa’s orange orchard has a large harvest.

Why does the cost of a good usually go down over time?

• The good becomes scarce.

• Goods always go up in price.

• Fewer people want the good.

• The good costs more to make.

Refer to the timeline diagram titled 'History of Communication.' Which TWO (2) events occurred after the IBM Simon smartphone was developed?

• The telegraph was first demonstrated.

• The Motorola mobile phone was introduced.

• The first phone with internet access was created.

• The iPhone was introduced.

Which event occurred about a century before the Motorola mobile phone was introduced?

• The iPhone was introduced.

• The first text message was sent.

• The first telephone message was received.

• The first phone with internet access was created.

The main purpose of a timeline is to

• create inquiry problems

• represent every future event

• put events in chronological order

• tell how many days are in a month

Which sentence best states the importance of scientific breakthroughs?

• Scientific breakthroughs have positive effects on society.

• Medical scientists are curious.

• Pasteurization is the ONLY important scientific breakthrough.

• Jenner made important observations.

How did Pasteur's scientific breakthrough affect others?

• Germs stopped spreading.

• More vaccines were created.

• People stopped drinking milk.

• Foods and drinks became safer.

Read the passage and select TWO (2) correct answers. Over time, communities have faced many problems. Inventive individuals studied the problem and worked to solve them. Without their work, our communities would be very different. Which TWO ideas are supported by the text? Select TWO (2) correct answers.

• Technological inventions help solve problems.

• Individuals pay others to solve their problems.

• Humans continually face new problems.

• Microsoft solved all of the community’s problems礁