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Worksheets4th grade Milestones-Social Studies
Total questions: 94
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which branch of the Government enforces the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
2.
Which branch of government makes the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
3.
Which branch of government interprets the laws?
a)
Executive Branch (President)
b)
Legislative Branch (Congress)
c)
Judicial Branch (Judges)
4.
The process of turning a bill into a law is ..........
a)
Congress creates --> President checks it -->Back to Congress to approve.
b)
President creates it -->Congress Checks it -->
c)
President creates it --> Congress checks it.
5.
Veto means.......
a)
to reject
b)
to accept
c)
to like it
6.
The President can veto a bill created by Congress.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Why was our government separated into three different branches of government?
a)
To keep one branch from being too powerful
b)
Because the colonists didn't want the government to be a monarchy like it was under the kings control.
c)
To check and balance the other branches.
d)
All of the above.
8.
What are the names of the two groups that make up the Congress?
a)
Colonists and Loyalists
b)
Americans and British
c)
Legislative and Judicial
d)
House of Representatives and The Senate
9.
The first 10 amendments are known as the _____________________.
a)
Constitution
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Bill of Rights
d)
Ten Commandments
10.
What were the names of the two plans that combined made the Great Compromise?
a)
The Ohio and The Georgia Plan
b)
The New Jersey and Virginia Plans
c)
The New Jersey and Connecticut plans
d)
The Virginia and Connecticut plans
11.
The number of representatives each state has in the House of Representatives .......
a)
is the same
b)
Depends on the number of tress in the state
c)
Depends on the population of the state
d)
is three
12.
The three-fifths compromise had much to do with
a)
Taxes
b)
Amendments
c)
Elections
d)
Slavery
13.
The preamble of the constitution _________________________
a)
is know longer there
b)
is several paragraphs long
c)
explains the reasons for writing it
d)
outlaws slavery
14.
Someone that represents a state is called a _____________________.
a)
Power
b)
Monarch
c)
King
d)
Delegate
15.
Which of these was true about the Articles of Confederation?
a)
The National Government was very powerful and the state government was weak.
b)
The national government had very little power and state government was strong.
c)
ALL states wanted representation based on population.
d)
it is considered the greatest document in history.
16.
What is the first amendment?
a)
Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly.
b)
Right to own guns or bear arms and protect yourself.
c)
You don't have to keep soldiers in your house if you don't want to.
17.
What is the second amendment?
a)
Freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly.
b)
Right to own guns or bear arms and protect yourself.
c)
You don't have to keep soldiers in your house if you don't want to.
18.
What does amend mean?
a)
to change
b)
to fix
c)
to accept
19.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Plains
b)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
c)
Rocky Mountains
d)
Death Valley
20.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
Great Plain
b)
Great Basin
c)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
d)
The Rocky Mountatins
21.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Continental Divide
b)
The Great Plains
c)
Death Valley
d)
The Mississippi River
22.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
Death Valley
b)
The Great Basin
c)
The Great Plains
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
23.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Basin
b)
THhe Great Plains
c)
The Continental Divide
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
24.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Great Lakes
b)
The St. Lawrence RIver
c)
The Mississippi River
d)
Atlantic Coastal Plains
25.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The Gulf of Mexico
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The St. Lawrence River
d)
The Pacific Ocean
26.
What is the name of this landform that is located in the United States?
a)
The St. Lawrence River
b)
The Great Lakes
c)
The Pacific Ocean
d)
The Atlantic Ocean
27.
If I live in a Pueblo in the Southwest United States and it is very hot and dry, I am likely a member of which Native American Tribe?
a)
Hopi
b)
Inuit
c)
Seminole
d)
Pawneee
28.
If I live in an igloo, hunt whales and seals and live in the Arctic, I am likely a member of which Native American tribe?
a)
Kwakiutl
b)
Hopi
c)
Inuit
d)
Seminole
29.
People who have no permanent home and follow the buffalo are called:
a)
Seminoles
b)
Chickees
c)
Nomads
d)
Native Americans
30.
If I live in a chickee and live in Florida, I am a likely member of which Native American tribe?
a)
Nez Perce
b)
Seminole
c)
Hopi
d)
Kwakiutl
31.
The Kwakiutls live in large cedar homes called:
a)
Chickee
b)
Pueblo
c)
Plank House
d)
Teepee
32.
This tribe lived in the plains and had all four seasons. They lived in a teepee usually
a)
Seminoles
b)
Chickees
c)
Nez Perce
d)
Pawnee
33.
This tribe relied on cedar for lodging and making canoes:
a)
Nez Perce
b)
Seminole
c)
Hopi
d)
Kwakiutl
34.
This group of Native Americans live in the Southeast, where it was very warm. The men had mohawks and they typically wore clothing made of palm tree leaves to stay cool.
a)
Pawnee
b)
Nez Perce
c)
Hopi
d)
Seminole
35.
This crop is one that many Native American tribes relied on for food.
a)
fish
b)
corn
c)
apples
d)
cotton
36.
This group wore clothing out of buffalo or deer skins in the winter. They deocrated their clothing with paint and fringe.
a)
Seminole
b)
Hopi
c)
Nez Perce
d)
Pawnee
37.
The Hopi's grew lots of THIS crop. They used it to make clothing that would help keep them cool.
a)
corn
b)
cotton
c)
tobacco
d)
fish
38.
Which of these listed below were obstacles faced by the European Explorers?
a)
Mutiny (disagreements among crew members)
b)
no maps
c)
Native Americans to fight against
d)
All of the above
39.
Which of these listed below were obstacles faced by the European Explorers?
a)
Bad Weather
b)
Extra Money
c)
Friendly crew members
d)
Too much food.
40.
This explorer sailed for England and discovered the NorthWest Passage.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
c)
Juan Ponce de Leon
d)
Christopher Columbus
41.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered a land route to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
c)
Juan Ponce de Leon
d)
Jacques Cartier
42.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered Florida, he was looking for the Fountain of Youth (but did not find it).
a)
Juan Ponce de Leon
b)
Christopher Columbus
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Henry Hudson
43.
This explorer sailed for Spain and discovered America.
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Henry Hudson
d)
John Cabot
44.
This explorer sailed for France and discovered Canada.
a)
Jacques Cartier
b)
Henry Hudson
c)
John Cabot
d)
Christopher Columbus
45.
This explorer was Dutch and discovered the Hudson Bay.
a)
Henry hudson
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Vasco Nunez Balboa
d)
Juan Ponce de Leon
46.
Who sold the land West of the Mississippi River to the United States?
a)
Great Britain
b)
Mexico
c)
France
d)
Canada
47.
What was the name of the Leader of France who sold the Lousiana Purchase to the United States?
a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
George Washington
c)
King George III
d)
Thomas Jefferson
48.
Which river did Lewis and Clark begin their journey on?
a)
Missouri River
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Columbia River
d)
Chattahoochee River
49.
What was a person called who journeyed to California in seek of gold?
a)
49er
b)
BoomTown
c)
British
d)
American
50.
What happened to many Native Americans?
a)
Their buffalo were killed
b)
They were forced to move from their homes.
c)
They died from diseases brought from Europe
d)
All of the choices listed.
51.
The Louisiana Purchase
a)
was land won in the French and Indian War
b)
Doubled the size of the United States
c)
Was land claimed by the Spanish
d)
Spread all the way to the west coast.
52.
Who were families or individuals that traveled west in search of wealth and new land?
a)
Pioneers
b)
49ers
c)
Native Americans
53.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was known for.......
a)
Being a conductor of the Underground Railroad
b)
Fighting for Women's Rights.
c)
The Speech "Ain't I A Woman".
54.
What state did the U.S. gain after the Mexican-American War?
a)
California
b)
Oregon
c)
New York
d)
Massachusetts
55.
Who led the expedition from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean?
a)
Meriwether Lewis
b)
Tecumseh
c)
Magellan
d)
Pocahontas
56.
Who invented the Telegraph?
a)
Samuel F.B. Morse
b)
Alexander Graham Bell
c)
Robert Fulton
d)
Sojourner Truth
57.
What was the purpose of the telegraph?
a)
to send messages
b)
to send money
c)
to talk on the phone
d)
to send people across the state.
58.
Which of the following is closely linked to Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
a)
The Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights.
b)
The Underground Railroad
c)
the speech "Ain't I a woman"
59.
Abolitionists focused on which of the following?
a)
reforming elections
b)
slavery
c)
railroads
d)
women's rights
60.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
a)
1st
b)
8th
c)
18th
d)
19th
61.
A challenge people faced while traveling on the Oregon Trail was ________.
a)
getting sick from drinking bad water
b)
drowning while trying to swim across rivers
c)
terrible weather
d)
All of the choices listed
62.
True or False: Sacagawea was a Native American interpreter.
a)
True
b)
False
63.
In this act, taxes were added to all paper products sold in the colonies.
a)
Tea Act
b)
Sugar Act
c)
Stamp Act
d)
Townsend Acts
64.
This event was a small fight between the red coats and the colonists that was blown out of proportion to get the colonists riled up about the war.
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Battle at Bunker Hill
c)
The Battle of Yorktown
d)
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
65.
At this event, colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped several chests of tea into the Boston Harbor
a)
The Boston Massacre
b)
The Boston Tea Party
c)
The Boston Battle
d)
The Tea Act
66.
The first plan of the government was the ___________________________________.
a)
The Articles of Confederation
b)
The Constitution
c)
The PreAmble
d)
The Bill of Rights
67.
The slogan that colonists used to show how they felt about the Stamp Act is "No taxation without ________________".
a)
Representation
b)
Money
c)
Laws
d)
Relaxation
68.
King George passed these laws which closed Boston Harbor, said no public meetings, no self-governing, and required quartering of soldiers.
a)
Intolerable Acts
b)
Tea Acts
c)
Townsend Acts
d)
Sugar Act
69.
This act placed a tax on sugar and molasses that was sold in the colonies.
a)
Sugar Act
b)
Tea Act
c)
Salt Act
d)
Molasses Act
70.
This battle started the American Revolution. It became known as the "shot heard round the world."
a)
Lexington and Concord
b)
Saratoga
c)
Yorktown
d)
Bunker Hill
71.
This man was the commander in chief of the patriots and later became the first president of the United States.
a)
George Washington
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Lord Cornwallis
72.
This battle is known as the turning point of the war because after the colonists won, the French decided to help them.
a)
Battle of Saratoga
b)
Battle of Yorktown
c)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
73.
During this battle, the patriots surrounded the British on land and the French blocked the British by sea. This battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
a)
Battle of Yorktown
b)
Battle of Saratoga
c)
Battle of Lexington and Concord
d)
Battle of Bunker Hill
74.
This man was in charge of the British toops and surrendered to the Patriots at the Battle of Yorktown.
a)
Lord Cornwallis
b)
George Washington
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Jefferson
75.
This is a group of colonists who were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
a)
minutemen
b)
49ers
c)
Patriots
d)
colonists
76.
This is a group of colonists that fought against laws passes by Britain.
a)
Sons of Liberty
b)
Patriots
c)
Red Coats
d)
Minutement
77.
This document stated reasons that the colonists wanted independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote it.
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
The Constitution
c)
The Articles of Confederation
d)
The Bill of Rights
78.
In this war, France and Great Britain fought for land in the Ohio Valley. King George believed that colonists should pay for the war so he passed many tax laws.
a)
Th French and Indian War
b)
The Revolutionary War
c)
The Civil War
d)
The War of 1812
79.
This act taxed imports such as glass, tea, paper, and paint.
a)
Townshend Acts
b)
Intolerable Acts
c)
Tea Acts
d)
Sugar Acts
80.
This man was founding father. He signed the Declaration of Independence and was an inventor, a printer, and scientist?
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
Benjamin Franklin
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
81.
This man was a lawyer and wrote several drafts of the Declaration of Independence.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
John Hancock
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
82.
This man was the first to sign the Constitution.
a)
John Hancock
b)
Thomas Jefferson
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
George Washington
83.
This man is a silversmith who rode a horse to warn the colonists that the British were coming.
a)
Paul Revere
b)
George Washington
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
Thomas Jefferson
84.
This man was the ruler of Britain during the Revolutionary War.
a)
King George III
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Paul Revere
85.
The climate of this region is described as having cold winters and warm summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
86.
Crops such as rye, wheat and grain grew in these colonies, they were known as the bread basket colonies.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
87.
Crops such as indigo, cotton, tobacco grew in these colonies.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
88.
The two major industries in this region were ship building and fishing.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
89.
The climate of this region is VERY cold during the winders and mild during the summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
90.
Slaves and indentured servants worked on the plantations in this region.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
91.
The climate of this region is mild winters and very hot summers.
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
92.
The Southern Colonies had large farms. These large farms were called
a)
Plantations
b)
Cities
c)
Large Farms
d)
Colonies
93.
Those in the Mid-Atlantic, or Middle Colonies, most likely had the following jobs.
a)
Ship-builders
b)
Raising livestock and farming
c)
Plantation owners
d)
Fishermen
94.
What is the name of the Treaty that ended the Revolutionary war?
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Treaty of Ghent
c)
Treaty of France
d)
Treaty of Great Britain
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