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Worksheets4th Quarter Social Studies Review
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 1hrs 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Today, in the United States, all our leaders are....
a)
Elected by citizens
b)
Chosen by the president
c)
Selected by the court
d)
Picked by a lottery
2.
Lines that measure east and west of the prime meridian are called lines of _______________________.
a)
Equator
b)
Latitude
c)
Longitude
d)
Legend
3.
What is another word for Map Key that tells what each symbol on the map stands for?
a)
Legend
b)
Symbol
c)
Atlas
d)
Title
4.
The prime meridian and equator divide the Earth into halves called ____________________.
a)
Atlas
b)
Hemispheres
c)
Scales
d)
Cardinal
5.
North, South, East, and West are all types of ________________________ Directions.
a)
Intermediate
b)
Cardinal
c)
Scale
d)
Degrees
6.
Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest are all types of ________________________ directions.
a)
Cardinal
b)
Degrees
c)
Intermediate
d)
Atals
7.
A _________________ Map shows landforms, such as mountains, plains, and deserts.
a)
Weather
b)
Physical
c)
City
d)
Political
8.
How many branches of government are there?
a)
Five
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
9.
What is the job of the legislative branch?
a)
to carry out the laws
b)
to declare war
c)
to make the laws
d)
to decide all the laws
10.
Which branch of government do the supreme court justices work under?
a)
Executive
b)
Legislative
c)
Judicial
d)
All branches
11.
What are the three branches of government?
a)
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
b)
Executive, Legos, Judges
c)
President, Vice President, and cabinet,
d)
City, state, and country
12.
What is the main job of the Executive Branch?
a)
Make Laws
b)
Enforce Laws
c)
Declare Laws Constitutional
d)
Decide if Laws are Fair
13.
In what month do we vote for president?
a)
November
b)
October
c)
January
d)
May
14.
Who is in charge of the Legislative Branch?
a)
President
b)
Senate and House of Rep.
c)
Vice President
d)
Supreme Court
15.
Who is in charge of the Executive Branch?
a)
Senate
b)
Supreme Court and House of Rep.
c)
President
d)
Vice President
16.
Which branch decides on Federal court cases?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
17.
Which branch writes laws?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
18.
Which branch is divided into the House and the Senate?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
19.
Which branch appoints judges, ambassadors, and secretaries?
a)
Legislative
b)
Executive
c)
Judicial
20.
What is the word for a person or group who uses products?
a)
earner
b)
consumer
c)
producer
d)
saver
21.
How do consumers depend on producers?
a)
Consumers need the goods that producers sell.
b)
Consumers sell the things that producers buy.
c)
Consumers earn money by buying goods from producers.
d)
Consumers count on producers to lend them money.
22.
Why were the colonists angry with the British who governed them?
a)
The British were making them pay unfair taxes
b)
The British were making them go to school
c)
The British would not let them write letters
d)
The British was not let them print posters
23.
What does independence mean?
a)
to work hard for a long time
b)
a person who makes objects out of silver
c)
free to make one's own choices
d)
ruled by people in another country
24.
What is slavery?
a)
A happy system where one person willingly lets another person own them.
b)
A cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person.
c)
A system that is ok.
d)
A monarchy with a king and queen.
25.
I am the conquistador that conquered much of what is today the southeastern U.S. for Spain. I was a very stern man.
a)
Cortes
b)
de Soto
c)
Pizarro
d)
Coronado
26.
Which of the following individuals is responsible for mis-naming the original inhabitants of the Americas?
a)
Erik The Red
b)
Mahatma Ghandi
c)
Christopher Columbus
d)
Ferdinand Magellan
27.
If you saw this object at a museum, what could you conclude about the American Indians who made it?
a)
They probably lived in the southeastern U.S.
b)
They probably lived somewhere in the Great Plains
c)
They probably lived in the American Southwest
d)
They probably lived in the Pacific Northwest
28.
Which of the following is part of a nomadic lifestyle?
a)
Setting up plots of land in order to grow crops
b)
Moving south for the winter to follow a bison herd
c)
Building houses out of mud bricks
d)
Constructing large cities
29.
Based on the illustration, the first Americans adapted to their environment by -
a)
using spears for hunting small animals.
b)
using spears for gathering plants and small animals.
c)
wearing warm clothing and hunting large animals.
d)
wearing warm clothing and gathering plants.
30.
What region stretched east from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and ran south from the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley?
a)
Eastern Woodlands
b)
Great Plains
c)
Southwest
d)
Plateau
31.
A (n)________ is everything that surrounds a given area.
a)
adaptation
b)
kiva
c)
environment
d)
natural resource
32.
What type of housing is found in the Northwest Coast region?
a)
underground winter home
b)
adobe pueblo apartments
c)
wood house with cedar totem poles
d)
cone-shaped winter home
33.
What type of clothing is found in the Great Plains region?
a)
woven cotton clothing
b)
turkey-feather cape
c)
woven grass basket hat
d)
bison-hide blanket
34.
Major industries were shipbuilding, fishing, timber
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
35.
Rocky soil, long, cold winters, and short growing season
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
36.
Nearly year-round growing season
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
37.
Considered the "breadbasket" of the colonies
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Backcountry
38.
Where did Christopher Columbus land?
a)
Jamestown, Virginia
b)
Quebec, Canada
c)
St. Augustine, Florida
d)
San Salvador, Bahamas
39.
Where did Jacques Cartier land?
a)
Jamestown, Virginia
b)
Quebec, Canada
c)
St. Augustine, Florida
d)
San Salvador, Bahamas
40.
Which explorer was NOT trying to find a western sea route to Asia?
a)
Christopher Newport
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Juan Ponce de Leon
d)
Christopher Columbus?
41.
Which river did Jacques Cartier explore around?
a)
James River
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Niger River
d)
Mississippi River
42.
Which explorer was trying to find the Northwest Passage to Asia?
a)
Christopher Columbus
b)
Juan Ponce de Leon
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Christopher Newport
43.
Which of these was NOT one of Christopher Columbus' ships?
a)
Nina
b)
Pinta
c)
Discovery
d)
Santa Maria
44.
Which river is numbered 1 on this map?
a)
Rio Grande
b)
Colorado
c)
Hudson
d)
Mississippi
45.
Which river is numbered 4 on this map?
a)
Colorado
b)
Savannah
c)
Ohio
d)
Hudson
46.
Georgia is in which part of the United States?
a)
North
b)
North East
c)
East
d)
South East
47.
Which mountain range is on the western end of the United States?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Georgia Mountains
d)
There are no mountains in the western part of the United States
48.
Which region lived in igloos?
a)
Northeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Northwest
d)
Arctic
49.
Which region moved around to follow the herds of buffalo?
a)
Northwest
b)
Plains
c)
Arctic
d)
Southeast
50.
Which region made their homes, called pueblos, from adobe?
a)
Northeast
b)
Artic
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains
51.
Which region could NOT grow their own food?
a)
Artic
b)
Northeast
c)
Southeast
d)
Plains
52.
Which region lived in Chickees to help them stay cool in the high heat and humidity?
a)
Southwest
b)
Arctic
c)
Northwest
d)
Southeast
53.
Which region wore thick clothing made from animal hides with fur on the inside?
a)
Southwest
b)
Arctic
c)
Northeast
d)
Northwest
54.
Which region lived in teepees and traveled often?
a)
Northeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Plains
d)
Northwest
55.
Which region had a group civilized enough to create their own alphabet?
a)
Northwest
b)
Southeast
c)
Arctic
d)
Southwest
56.
Which region depended on meat for food and hunted caribou, seal, whale, and walrus?
a)
Arctic
b)
Northeast
c)
Southwest
d)
Plains
57.
Where was John Cabot born?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Canada
d)
St. John
58.
John Cabot was responsible for finding the following country?
a)
Italy
b)
Spain
c)
Canada
d)
Asia
59.
What happened to John Cabot and his crew?
a)
They were attacked by Native Americans.
b)
Pirates stole their ship.
c)
They all died from smallpox
d)
They were never heard from and no one knows what happened to him and his crew.
60.
What was Hudson looking for?
a)
Quicker route to Asia
b)
Gold,glory, and god
c)
Quicker route to Africa
61.
Henry Hudson's goal was to find____________.
a)
The North Pacific Ocean
b)
Gold, for Holland could become a wealthy country
c)
The Northwest Passage and a shorter route to Asia
d)
The Fountain of Youth
62.
Henry Hudson faced the following obstacles on his expedition:
a)
Not enough crew members, lack of food, leaky ship
b)
Freezing weather, difficult weather conditions,crew mutinied against him
c)
Poor maps, outbreak of diseases, fear among the crew members
d)
Attacks from the Native Americans, lack of supplies, not enough ships
63.
Hudson discovered a large body of water that was named after him called the __________.
a)
Hudson Ocean
b)
Hudson Lake
c)
Hudson Bay
d)
Hudson Creek
64.
Henry Hudson grew up in _______.
a)
London, England
b)
Paris, France
c)
Belgium, Germany
d)
Athens, Greece
65.
What is this a picture showing?
a)
a producer selling goods
b)
a producer giving a service
c)
a consumer getting goods
d)
a consumer getting a service
66.
What is this a picture showing?
a)
producers selling goods
b)
producers giving a service
c)
consumers getting goods
d)
consumers getting a service
67.
What are these people giving?
a)
an income
b)
goods
c)
a service
d)
consumer
68.
What was Cartier's goal for exploring?
a)
To find the Pacific Ocean.
b)
To find the Fountain Youth
c)
To find a water route to Asia.
d)
To discover America
69.
What happened between Henry Hudson and his crew?
a)
They had their ups and downs, but overall they got along okay
b)
They got along great and made many more trips together
c)
His crew mutinied him and no one ever heard from him again
70.
England hired which explorer to find a northwest water route to Asia?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Jacques Cartier
c)
Henry Hudson
71.
Basic things humans need to survive
a)
need
b)
want
c)
import
d)
demand
72.
how much of a good or service consumers want
a)
demand
b)
spending
c)
producer
d)
scarcity
73.
goods naturally found on the earth
a)
natural resources
b)
supply
c)
demand
d)
services
74.
goods made to use in the production of other goods
a)
capital resouces
b)
demand
c)
taxes
d)
export
75.
A good made in the United States and sent to other countries
a)
export
b)
consumer
c)
savings
d)
taxes
76.
not having enough
a)
scarcity
b)
supply
c)
human resouce
d)
taxes
77.
Jenny has hundreds of stuffed animals to sell. The stuffed animals are considered the _________.
a)
supply
b)
demand
c)
buyer
d)
seller
78.
Tyler wants to help homeless people. He decides to get friends together to put together boxes with supplies in them. Tyler and his friends then give the supply boxes to people in need. What are they doing?
a)
They are spending the supplies.
b)
They are donating the supplies.
c)
They are earning the supplies.
d)
They are borrowing supplies.
79.
iPhone X just came out and many people want it. What will happen to the price?
a)
b)
80.
A new bakery comes to town. Now there are more options for a bakery. What will happen to the price?
a)
b)
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