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Social Studies Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Abraham Lincoln helped to free the _______________.

a)

snakes

b)

slaves

c)

Americans

d)

south

2.

The river that flows down the middle of America is called the __________________________ River.

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Red

c)

Mississippi

d)

James

3.

_____________________________ was blind and deaf and helped other blind and deaf people.

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Pocohontas

d)

Rosa Parks

4.

The Native American tribe that lived in teepes and hunted buffalo were the ______________________

a)

the Powhatan

b)

the Iriquios

c)

the Pueblo

d)

the Lakota

5.

The four cardinal directions are: North, South, East and _________

a)

North

b)

West

c)

Worst

d)

Waste

6.

___________________________ was an African American scientist who found over 300 uses for peanuts.

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

Thurgood Marshall

7.

What is the biggest mountain range in North America?

a)

The Himalayan Mountains

b)

The Appalacian Mountains

c)

Pike's Peak

d)

The Rocky Mountains

8.

A teacher is an example of a ___________________ resource.

a)

capital

b)

human

c)

scarcity

d)

natural

9.

The Pueblo Indians lived in multi-leveled terraced buildings made out of ___________________.

a)

ice cream

b)

wood

c)

grass

d)

adobe (clay)

10.

How many Great Lakes are there?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

11.

Who was the first African American to play in the major leauges of baseball?

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Peyton Manning

c)

Jose' Conseco

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

12.

Which of the following is an example of a capital resource?

a)

water

b)

doctor

c)

pencil

d)

apple

13.

Which Native American tribe hunted deer and traveled in canoes?

a)

The Powhatan

b)

The Lakota

c)

The Pueblo

d)

The Cherokee

14.

What explorer disovered America?

a)

Christine Weaver

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

Cesar Chavez

d)

George Washington

15.

The imaginary line that runs through the center of the earth is called the _____________________.

a)

globe

b)

north pole

c)

compass rose

d)

equator

16.

Which of the following is an example of a natural resource?

a)

a desk

b)

water

c)

a truck driver

d)

a car

17.

Which of the following people fought for the rights of Latino Americans?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Cesar Chavez

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Barack Obama

18.

Which of the following is NOT a continent?

a)

Asia

b)

Nebraska

c)

Australia

d)

Europe

19.

Who had a dream that one day people would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Cookie Monster

c)

Martin Luther King Jr.

d)

George Washington

20.

Which of the following is NOT an ocean?

a)

Arctic

b)

Southern

c)

James

d)

Indian