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Social Studies - CBA 4 Review - Culture and Community

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would firefighters probably do if they received a call about a car accident in the community?

a)

Call the police department.

b)

Wait to see if paramedics needs their help.

c)

Go to the accident immediatley.

d)

Take the car to a repair shop.

2.

Why do communities have crossing guards?

a)

To help people understand traffic safety laws.

b)

So people will know when to stop and go while they are driving.

c)

To help people drive the speed limit in school zones.

d)

To help keep children safe near roads and cars.

3.

A chaplain is _________________.

a)

a military pastor, rabbi or priest.

b)

a ship's captain.

c)

a person who lives on a plain.

d)

a person who works on electrical systems.

4.

Where did the first public school in Boston hold classes for many years?

a)

In a teacher's home.

b)

In a church.

c)

in city hall.

d)

in a one-room schoolhouse.

5.

Why do people today have more ways in which to communicate

a)

Technology changes have made many new communication devices possible.

b)

The road systems are better built today than they were in ancient times.

c)

Telephones can be used at home and away from home now.

d)

Horses that run on the Pony Express are better trained and faster than they once were.

6.

Why were very few books probably printed before 1440?

a)

People did not read or write before this time.

b)

Ink cost too much money for most people.

c)

Most printers were also goldsmiths.

d)

Books were written by hand.

7.

Which invention probably helped lead to the technology for the invention of the electric telephone in 1876?

a)

the long distance telegraph/Morse Code

b)

the daguerreotype photograph

c)

the television

d)

the cell phone network.

8.

Who was most helpful in finding a way to use electricity to send a message in code?

a)

Joseph Henry

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

John Baird

d)

Samuel Morse

9.

Which invention was built FIRST from the choices below?

a)

the radio

b)

the television

c)

the cell phone

d)

the daguerreotype photograph

10.

Which invention was built BEFORE the telephone but AFTER the printing press?

a)

the radio

b)

the electric telegraph

c)

the Internet

d)

the television

11.

Why did people in early America try to find ways to improve transportation?

a)

They didn't like living in America and wanted to move.

b)

They wanted to be able to build a city near the ocean.

c)

They liked traveling from place to place for vacations.

d)

They wanted the chance to explore and settle new land farther away.

12.

What probably happened as a result of Nicolas Cugnot's vehicle accident in 1771?

a)

Vehicle safety devices began being invented.

b)

Cugnot did not try to come up with any more new ideas.

c)

Steam was no longer used to power engines.

d)

Passengers were no longer allowed in vehicles.

13.

Why were early parks located in the middles of a community?

a)

The horsed couldn't pull the carriages very far.

b)

This was usually the prettiest area of a community.

c)

It was an area all citizens could get to easily.

d)

The walking paths were located in this area.

14.

Juliette Gordon Low started the ___________________.

a)

League of Women

b)

Girls Cooking Club

c)

Girl Scouts of America

d)

Young Ladies Club

15.

What does the word heritage means?

a)

favorite stories to tell or hear

b)

reading, telling and listening to stories

c)

sharing stories

d)

handed down from one generation to the next

16.

Why did Maya Angelou probably first begin writing?

a)

She did not have other hobbies.

b)

She knew words could be used to share her thoughts and feelings.

c)

She hoped to win many awards one day.

d)

She wanted people to understand African American communities.

17.

Tomie dePaola is best known for ____________________.

a)

his unique sculptures

b)

helping others understand African American communities

c)

being an author and illustrator of children's books

d)

his beautiful jewelry

18.

Phillis Wheatley was a(n) ____________________________.

a)

slave bought by the Wheatley family

b)

the first African American woman to publish a book

c)

both A and B

d)

neither A nor B

19.

Why did David Crockett go to Texas?

a)

He was upset he had lost an election.

b)

He wanted to hunt in Texas.

c)

He wanted to run for governor of Texas.

d)

He did not like Mexico.

20.

What are murals?

a)

values of the American people

b)

new jobs for artists

c)

walls or ceilings of buildings

d)

225,000 pieces of art

21.

How did Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech make people feel?

a)

They were angry they had to listen to a speech.

b)

They were excited to get to hear a famous man's speech.

c)

They were sad that the speech was long.

d)

They were sure they could make the world a better place.

22.

How have we been able to learn about ancient people who did not have a written language?

a)

Their artwork helps us understand how they lived.

b)

Their songs and music tell the story of ancient life.

c)

We can look at photographs they left behind.

d)

Ancient people did not have a culture for us to study.

23.

Paper was first produced in what country?

a)

Greece

b)

China

c)

Spain

d)

France

24.

Why was the invention of the daguerreotype important?

a)

Photographs were clearer and better than ever.

b)

Louis Daguerre was a great scientist.

c)

People no longer had to paint pictures.

d)

Now people use digital cameras.

25.

The word artists means people who __________________.

a)

challenge other people

b)

work at a museum

c)

create songs, stories, drawings and pictures

d)

study a community's culture