Unit 4: Communities Past and Present Assessment

What is happening in the image above?

• communication

• transportation

• recreation

• government

Who has the power in the United States government today?

• the monarch of Great Britain

• the president of the United States

• the legislature known as Congress

• 3 branches of government

What has become faster over time?

• transportation and communication

• transportation and government

• recreation and government

• communication and recreation

A person who was born into their position of running the country alone is a -

• legislature

• governor

• monarch

• president

Which was a common form of communication in the colonial period but rarely done today?

• telephone calls

• posting on social media

• sending texts

• writing letters

Which travel danger is still as common today as it was in the colonial period?

• bears

• severe weather

• snakes

• highway construction

How old were the students who learned in this colonial school?

• children of different ages

• elementary ages

• kindergarteners

• twelfth grade students

Which form of transportation was common in the colonial period and rarely used today?

• riding by train

• driving cars

• horseback riding

• flying in an airplane

Which phrase below completes the graphic organizer above?

• Reasons to Have a Queen

• Reasons Not to Have a King

• Reasons to Have a Monarchy

• Reasons for Faster Communication

Which public education is free?

• public schools in colonial times

• dame schools

• public schools today

• colleges