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WorksheetsQuest 1 Final Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is not one of the five fields of Social Studies
a)
Centralized Government
b)
History
c)
Political Science
d)
Economics
2.
Which field of Social Studies would include careers in law, government, and criminal justice?
a)
History
b)
Geography
c)
Behavioral Science
d)
Political Science
3.
True or False: In 2004, 30 decapitated female skeletons were discovered in York, England.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
True or False: You could turn to an archaeologist for help with determining the age of an artifact.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
What's the name of the island that is the home of nearly 900 stone heads that are known as moai?
a)
Christmas Island
b)
Easter Island
c)
Midway Island
d)
Long Island
6.
Typically, which of the following choices is a consequence of an increasing population?
a)
The supply of natural resources increases.
b)
The supply of natural resources decreases.
7.
What do you think would happen to a population if the supply of food increased?
a)
The population would increase.
b)
The population would remain the same.
c)
The population would decrease.
d)
The population would resort to cannibalism.
8.
What assumption can you make based on the fact that there are a large number of origin stories from many religions and cultures?
a)
Only one of the stories is correct.
b)
All of the origin stories developed from the same source.
c)
Historians cannot learn anything by studying origin stories because they are fictional.
d)
Human beings have always been curious about our origins.
9.
What is pseudoscience?
a)
Knowing something before it takes place
b)
The study of the structure of the physical and world.
c)
The capacity to know everything that there is to know.
d)
Beliefs wrongly regarded as being based on scientific method
10.
According to Bob Bain, what is the word that describes a statement that something is true?
a)
knowledge
b)
claim
c)
logic
d)
evidence
11.
According to the Chinese, who existed withing the yin and yang?
a)
Abassi
b)
Pan Gu
c)
Umvelinqangi
d)
Cronus
12.
Which field of social studies involves jobs such as a psychologist, therapist, or social worker
a)
History
b)
Political Science
c)
Behavioral Science
d)
Economics
13.
According to the Mayans, after the wooden carvings were destroyed, what were people made from?
a)
mud
b)
paper
c)
monkeys
d)
corn
14.
According to the Greeks, who created man?
a)
Gaia
b)
Prometheus
c)
Zeus
d)
Cronus
15.
According to the Efik, what celestial body was Abassi?
a)
The Moon
b)
The Sun
c)
Mars
d)
Venus
16.
According to Bob Bain, which is not a way that scholars discover ideas, facts, and knowledge?
a)
They ask a question first.
b)
They use tools that are available to them.
c)
They look it up in a textbook.
d)
They look for evidence.
17.
According to the Zulu, who was known as "The Great One"?
a)
Umvelinqangi
b)
Mamlambo
c)
Abassi
d)
Unkulunkulu
18.
According to Bob Bain, what must scholars do when they gather information?
a)
Organize and analyze it.
b)
Store it on a computer.
c)
Publish it for other scholars to read.
d)
Verify it using evidence from another source.
19.
Which of the following is not a way in which we should test a claim, according to Big History and Bob Bain?
a)
Use our intuition
b)
Trust the authority of a credible source
c)
Ask for assistance with verifying the claim.
d)
Use logic or systematic reasoning
20.
True or False: It is OK to trust a claim from an authority without doing any further testing.
a)
True
b)
False
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