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Worksheets5th Grade Social Studies Word Wall
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Select a synonym for the word 'hostile'
Angry
Calm
Nice
Sad
Select an antonym for the word 'intitally.'
End
Beginning
Middle
Never
Select the best definition for the word, 'turmoil.'
A situation of conflict and trouble
A peaceful ceremony
A type of cooking oil
A type of party
Choose the best definition for the word, 'governer.'
An elected person who 'runs' or 'controls' a community or state
An object that sets pace
The president's assistant
The king of a state
Fill in the blank with the correct word:
The colony faced a _________ of food, and depended on Indians to feed them.
Intially
Scarcity
Indentured
Missionary
Fill in the blank with the correct word:
Land and Gold were the two main ____________ for the Jamestown colonists to come to America.
Motivations
Patinas
Circumnavigate
Demands
Sir Francis Drake was one of the few people to ___________ the globe in his ship.
Travel
Circumnavigate
Patina
Theory
The rusty or built up surface of an object is called a
Sponsor
Colony
Patina
Copper
The ________ colonists attacked the Native Americans when they stopped providing them with food.
Scarce
Motivated
Exploring
Hostile
Determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence by using context clues.
Indentured servants were shipped to Jamestown to farm tobacco until they worked off their debt.
Someone who owes someone or something
To have one's teeth removed
A jagged surface
A texture
Determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following sentence by using context clues.
The archaeologist discovered several artifacts that told them that the Native Americans were skilled at creating pottery.
Objects or fragments of objects left behind or buried after many years
Pieces of art left over from the last 5 years
Pieces of highly valuable treasure left by pirates
Trash
A ___________ is someone who pays or funds a person or a crew to do something.
Parent
Boss
Servant
Sponsor
The growing need for people to grow tobacco, led to a demand for ______________ in Jamestown.
Laborers
Farmers
Artists
Plumbers
The _________ for tobacco in England made the Jamestown farmers wealthy.
Supply
Demand
System
Stores
A ___________ is a prediction or unproved idea about a topic.
Dream
Guess
Theory
Sponsor
Select the best defintion for the word Entrepreneur.
Someone who enters a room
A person who starts a business
A person who runs someone else's business
A high paying job
The ___________ factory has several different fabrics that they make.
Fabric
Textile
Tile
Rubber
What does it mean to acquire something?
Loose
Gain
Sell
Steal
The word prevalent is best used in which sentence
The Indians were prevalent in the new world.
The colonists were prevalent in the new world.
The prevalent student was mean.
The prevalent dog refused to share his toys.
Choose the best definition for the word, 'commodity.'
A highly desired item for trade or sale
A common house where many people lived
A type of corn grown for profit
A place where common people celebrated holidays
Choose a synonym for the word, 'clambered.'
Desired
Found
Lost
Hoped
Fur trade began to ________ , or slowly decrease in the 1880s and many fur traders had to find other ways to earn a living.
Shrink
Wane
Thin out
Dissapear
The skin, or the ____ of an animal was often harvested and sold to make hats or clothes for the colonists.
Fur
Pelt
Hide
skin
Abridged means
A shorter version of a longer story or passage
A shortcut across a lake, using a bridge
A type of bridge used by story writers when they loose inspiration
The act of building a bridge across a busy intersection
A body of land under the control of a government or ruler
Ordinary
Ordinance
Parish
Town
The Sachem, or _______ of the Indians communicated with the colonists by means of a translator.
Leader
Follower
Colonist
Child
To ensure the furtherance or ________________ of the success of the Mayflower Compact governing Plymouth colony,
stopping
continuation
moving
thwarting
Choose the definition below that matches the meaning of contribute.
To give something
A dedication
To loose a battle
To win a battle
The term, sovereign, refers to
a supreme ruler, like a judge
a supreme ruler, like a king or monarch
a second level ruler, like a bishop
a third level ruler, like a duke
Choose the best definition for the underlined word in the reference sentence below by using context clues:
"Having undertaken for the Glory of God... [we] voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia..."
To give up
To commit and begin a task
To steal
To pray
Choose the best synonym for the word, solemnly.
Seriously
Jokingly
Amusingly
Terrified
When a person forms a covenant, they are
Agreeing to something
Breaking a promise
Telling a lie
Promising to pay someone back
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the italicized word below:
When a government sets laws, they must make sure they are equal and just.
Unfair
Fair
Poor
Rich
If something convenient, it is:
hard or impossible
difficult, or impossible
easy or fits in with someone's plans
tiresome
When someone subscribes to something they are:
to remove oneself from a situation
signing up to a reoccurring product
giving up on a task
Ignoring a task
Use context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word in the following source sentence:
"The first enduring settlement in new England - the second in English America- resulted from the discontent of a congregation of Puritan separatists in England."
short
tall
long-lasting
brief
Select the best synonym for the italicized word in the following statement.
The Quakers and the Puritans were discontent with the rule in Europe that they must belong to the Church of England so they set off to the New World to practice their own religion.
happy
angry
unhappy
volatile
A _________________ of Puritan Separatists decided to leave Europe to settle in the New world.
Bus
congregation
few people
airplane full
Choose the best word to fill in the blank.
"For years, Separatists had been periodically imprisoned and even ____________________, [or killed], for defying the government and the Church of England..."
imprisoned
executed
drowned
squashed
Often we see words used in school work that also pop up in the more "fun" parts of life, like the word, interference, which can both be found in social studies and in a typical football game. Read both uses for the word interference below:
The football player illegally interfered with an opponent's ability to catch a kicked ball.
to block, or the act of blocking
to disrupt
to climb
to run
