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Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reading silently should make us feel tranquil. Tranquil means:

a)

across the pond

b)

calm; peaceful

c)

a game for triangular prisms

d)

it is a writing utensil

2.

Entering a quiet house in the middle of a stormy night would create an eerie setting for a Halloween story. The underlined word means:

a)

cool...in fashion

b)

it is when you have a bad earache

c)

it's the opposite of a fairy

d)

creepy or strange

3.

When zero is a factor, the product will always be zero.

a)

True

b)

False

4.
The Identity Property of Multiplication says:
any number times 1 equals that number. Example: 
n x 1 = n
a)
True
b)
False
5.
9 x 8 = 
a)
63
b)
54
c)
72
d)
81
6.
Which equation would be part of this fact family?
42 divided by 6 = 7
a)
7 + 7 = 42
b)
7 x 6 = 42
c)
6 times 42 = 7
d)
I don't know
7.
7 x 7 = 
a)
39
b)
42
c)
47
d)
49
8.
Paginate means:
a)
win a beauty pageant
b)
cut your hair like a page
c)
number the freckles on your face
d)
number the pages in a book/notebook
9.

The students hit the books before the big exam because . . .

a)

they were mean and did not like books.

b)

they wanted to grow up and be boxers.

c)

they wanted to get a good score.

d)

they were bored.

10.

What is 30,000 + 1,000 + 300 + 0 + 9

in standard form?

a)

13,039

b)

1,930

c)

31,093

d)

31,309

11.
The digit in the hundreds place 9,432 
has a value of _____. 
a)
900
b)
400 
c)
4
d)
9
12.
The word snapped in the following sentence is what part of speech?
He snapped at his students for being too noisy.
a)
noun
b)
verb
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
13.
4,345 rounds to _________. 
a)
345
b)
4,000
c)
5,000
d)
400
14.

Dory has 8 friends and she wants to share her bag of tootsie rolls with them. If the bag has 48 pieces and each friend gets the same amount, how many will each friend receive?

a)

40 pieces

b)

56 pieces

c)

8 pieces

d)

6 pieces

15.
Which property is illustrated by this statement.
8 + 8.3 = 8.3 + 8
a)
Inverse Property of Multiplication
b)
Commutative Property of Additon
c)
Inverse Property of Addition
d)
Associative Property of Addition
16.
The words AND, BUT, YET, SO are called 
a)
conjunctions
b)
prepositions
c)
adjectives
d)
adverbs
17.
A part of speech that answers questions WHICH ONE? WHAT KIND? HOW MANY? HOW MUCH? WHAT COLOR? is called 
a)
adverb
b)
adjective
c)
noun
d)
verb
18.
A part of speech that takes a place of a noun is called 
a)
verb
b)
pronoun
c)
adjective
d)
adverb
19.
A part of speech that shows action or state of being is called
a)
pronoun
b)
noun
c)
verb
d)
adverb
20.
What is the pronoun in this sentence:
Roger took his dog for a walk. 
a)
his
b)
Roger
c)
took
d)
for
21.
What tense means right now?
a)
past
b)
present
c)
future
d)
none of the above
22.

What was "gold fever?"

a)

A. A disease caused by exposure to radioactive gold

b)

B. A sudden rise in gold prices caused by the discovery of gold in California

c)

C. A mental illness that caused people to mistake worthless metals for gold

d)

D. The desire to get rich quick by acquiring California gold

23.
What were the people who searched for gold called?
a)
Gold diggers
b)
49ers
c)
Crazy
d)
76ers
24.
What year was gold discovered at Sutter's Mill?
a)
1948
b)
1849
c)
1848
d)
1850
25.
Who first found gold while working at the mill?
a)
John Sutter
b)
Levi Strauss
c)
James Marshall
d)
Mrs. Ross
26.

relatives who lived several generations in the past

a)

ancestors

b)

genetics

c)

heritage

d)

descendants

27.
What is Karana's secret name?
a)
Won-a-pa-lei
b)
Secret Karana
c)
Mo-mi-ma-moo
d)
Little Karana
28.

A creek flowed through the ravine. A ravine is a :

a)

distant mountains

b)

dark cave

c)

dense forest

d)

deep valley

29.
What ocean borders California?
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Atlantic
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
30.

What state is North of California?

a)

Nevada

b)

Oregon

c)

Idaho

d)

Florida

31.

What two countries border California?

a)

Canada

b)

Russia

c)

Mexico

d)

South America

32.

What is California's capital city?

a)

Monterey

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Sacramento

d)

San Francisco

33.
What is the highest mountain in California?
a)
Mt. Williamson
b)
Sierra Nevada
c)
Mt. Whitney
d)
Mt. Shasta
34.
Which of the following is a major river in California?
a)
The Los Angeles River
b)
The San Diego River
c)
The Sacramento River
d)
The Jackson River
35.
How many regions does California have?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
6
d)
2
36.
Which region is colored brown?
a)
Coast
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Desert
37.
Which region is colored green?
a)
Coast
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Desert
38.

Which region has rocky cliffs in the north and sandy beaches in the south?

a)

Coast

b)

Mountain

c)

Valley

d)

Desert

39.

What is the biggest city in California?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

New York

c)

San Francisco

d)

Sacramento

40.

Native Americans migrated across a a land bridge from _________ to North America?

a)

Africa

b)

Antarctica

c)

Asia

d)

Iceland

41.
A person who has no permanent home and travels frequently is a 
a)
carpetbagger
b)
nomad 
c)
tour guide 
d)
homeless 
42.

This tribe lived in the Arctic.

a)

Ohlone

b)

Inuit

c)

Hopi

d)

Miwok

43.

Which word means more than enough?

a)

surplus

b)

pueblo

c)

lack

d)

ceremony

44.

Which word means a long period without water?

a)

drought

b)

powwow

c)

desert

d)

era

45.
The written events of the past.
a)
prehistory
b)
history
c)
artifact
d)
confederacy
46.

the body of a dead animal

a)

rural

b)

carcass

c)

conceal

d)

Aleut

47.

people who avoid work

a)

laborers

b)

swindlers

c)

friends

d)

shirkers

48.

a steep hill with a flat top

a)

plateau

b)

mesa

c)

elevation

d)

peak

49.
What number is 8 times as many as 4?
a)
24
b)
32
c)
40
d)
48
50.
Which equation represents this comparison sentence? 
4 x 5 = 20
a)
3 times as many 4 is 20.
b)
20 is 4 times as many as 5. 
c)
4 times as many as 5 is 20. 
d)
20 is 4 times as many as 7.
51.

Joey is three years old. His sister is three times as many years as Joey. How old is his sister?

a)

3 x 3 = 9

b)

9 = 3 + 3

c)

3 + 3 = 9

d)

3 divided by 3