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Intro to History

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which object helps people measure time?

a)

ruler

b)

cup

c)

clock

d)

scale

2.

What is the shortest hand on the clock called?

a)

minute hand

b)

hour hand


c)

second hand

d)

face

3.

What time does the clock show?

a)

12:00

b)

1:00

c)

9:00

d)

3:00

4.

What is another way of writing ten o’clock?

a)

10:00

b)

o’clock 10

c)

10:10


d)

10 clocks

5.

What time does the clock show?

a)

4:00

b)

4:15

c)

4:30

d)

4:45

6.

How many minutes are in an hour?

a)

15 minutes

b)

30 minutes

c)

45 minutes

d)

60 minutes

7.

When the time is 8:30, where is the MINUTE hand?

a)

on the 6

b)

on the 8

c)

on the 3

d)

on the 12

8.
How many hours are in one day?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
27 hours
d)
10 hours
9.
What word USUALLY means in the morning?
a)
P.M.
b)
Day-time
c)
Evening
d)
A.M.
10.
What does the big hand on the clock tell us?
a)
The hour
b)
The minutes
11.
What word USUALLY means at night?
a)
Day-time
b)
P.M. 
c)
Afternoon 
d)
A.M. 
12.

What is the name of the tool that shows cardinal and intermediate directions?

a)

line of longitude

b)

compass rose

c)

map

d)

key

13.

What is this symbol?

a)

scale

b)

key

c)

compass rose

d)

map

14.

What direction is indicated by the number 6?

a)

north

b)

east

c)

south

d)

west

15.
What direction is indicated by the number 2?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
16.
What direction is indicated by the number 4?
a)
north
b)
east
c)
south
d)
west
17.
What direction is indicated by the number 1?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
18.
What direction is indicated by the number 3?
a)
northeast
b)
northwest
c)
southeast
d)
southwest
19.

What direction do you need to travel to go from the ferris wheel to the Food Market?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

Northwest

d)

East

20.

What direction do you need to travel to get from the swing set to the food market?

a)

East

b)

North

c)

Southeast

d)

West

21.
Which of the following is the mnemonic
we use to remember the cardinal
directions?
a)
even swans nest Wednesdays
b)
never eat soggy waffles
c)
we never end school
d)
every night we sing
22.
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Arctic Circle
23.
The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the _________.
a)
International Date Line
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
Equator
d)
Antarctic Circle
24.
What shape is the planet Earth?
a)
Circle
b)
hemisphere
c)
sphere
d)
cone
25.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Eastern and Southern
b)
Northern and Southern
c)
Western and Eastern
d)
Northern and Western
26.
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
a)
Northern and Southern
b)
Western and Eastern
c)
Northern and Eastern
d)
Southern and Western
27.
Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 
a)
Northern 
b)
Southern 
c)
Western 
d)
Eastern
28.
Asia and Australia are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
29.
North and South America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
30.
Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?
a)
Northern
b)
Southern
c)
Western
d)
Eastern
31.

What is the name of the dark yellow continent?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

32.

What continent is directly south of North America?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

South America

33.

Which ocean is located off the east coast of North America?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

34.

What is the name of the largest continent?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

35.

Which continent is located west of Asia?

a)

Europe

b)

Antarctica

c)

Australia

d)

South America

36.

Which ocean is the farthest north?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Southern Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

37.

What is the name of the most southern continent?

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Antarctica

38.

Which ocean is located to the east of Africa and to the west of Australia?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

39.

Which continent is to the east of the Indian Ocean and to the west of the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

Africa

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Asia

40.

Which ocean is located off the west coast of North America. It is the LARGEST ocean.

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

41.

Which continent is an island continent?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Antarctica

d)

Australia

42.

The United States of America is a country located on which continent?

a)

South America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America

43.

The world is divided between the Northern and Southern ___________.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemispheres

c)

Continents

d)

Oceans

44.

The imaginary line that divides the Earth into two parts is called the ________.

a)

Equator

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

North Pole

45.

Which ocean is the most southern ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Southern

d)

Arctic

46.

What is the smallest continent?

a)

Europe

b)

South America

c)

Australia

d)

North America

47.

What is an Ocean?

a)

small body of water

b)

large body of water

48.
About how much of the Earth's surface is covered by global oceans?
a)
70 percent
b)
20 percent
c)
90 percent
d)
15 percent
49.

There are _____ oceans in the world

a)

4

b)

6

c)

5

d)

9

50.

The following are the oceans according to size

a)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic

b)

Pacific, Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, Antarctic

c)

Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic

d)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic, Arctic

51.
The study of Earth
a)
Latitude
b)
Longitude
c)
Geography
d)
History
52.

The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and traditions are the ways of a group of people.

a)

Culture

b)

History

c)

Economics

d)

Government

53.

The people who make and enforce the laws and settle disputes.

a)

Congress

b)

Executive Branch

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Governmnet

54.

The study of how people manage their scarce (limited) resources by producing, exchanging, and using goods and services. Money in movement.

a)

Business Management

b)

Economics

c)

Capitalism

d)

Government

55.

The study of land like places and the environment.

a)

Geography

b)

Social Studies

c)

History

d)

Sociology

56.

What is the study of the past events and people?

a)

Government

b)

Culture

c)

History

d)

Economics

57.

The study of how goods and services are used, made and distributed

a)

Politics

b)

Government

c)

History

d)

Economics

58.

How many total strands in social studies?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

5

d)

12

59.

What is the study of how people have interacted with each other and their environment over time

a)

Social Studies

b)

History

c)

Government

d)

Sociology

60.
How many flags have flown over Texas? 
a)
3
b)
8
c)
6
d)
9

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