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Social Studies Week 10

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the population in Alabama change between 1818 and 1820?

a)

It did not change.

b)

It only grew a little.

c)

It got smaller.

d)

It grew very fast - 100%

2.

What did the children on the frontier study?

a)

3 R's

b)

3 T's

c)

3 A's

d)

3 Z's

3.

What do the 3 R's stand for?

a)

Reading, recording, responsibility

b)

Arithmetic, responsibility, writing

c)

Reading, writing, arithmetic

d)

Reading, writing, responsibility

4.

What does the armadillo use to protect itself?

a)

stinky smell

b)

bony plates on top of its body

c)

a scary loud hiss

d)

all of the answers are correct

5.

Where did slavery begin first? Latin America or North America?

a)

Latin America

b)

North America

6.

Settlers built a room onto their houses for traveling preachers. What did they call this room?

a)

parson room

b)

holiday inn

c)

spare room

d)

comfort inn

7.

What was the MAIN reason settlers came to Alabama?

a)

gold

b)

land

c)

trees

d)

steel

8.

Who was the first Methodist minister in Alabama?

a)

Byron Vance

b)

John Thweatt

c)

Lorenzo Dow

d)

Abraham Lincoln

9.

When were African slaves first brought to the South?

a)

1526

b)

1626

c)

1726

d)

1826

10.

What did most people on the frontier live in?

a)

brick homes

b)

apartment buildings

c)

log cabins

d)

caves

11.

When building log cabins, what was used to fill in the spaces between the logs?

a)

spit

b)

chink

c)

cement

d)

pudding

12.

What kind of toys did early Alabama children play with?

a)

corn husk dolls and old wagon hoops

b)

barbi dolls and old wagon hoops

c)

corn husk dolls and matchbox cars

d)

corn husk dolls and bicycles

13.

According to the Northwest Ordinance, how many MEN did it take for an area to become a territory?

a)

50

b)

500

c)

5,000

d)

50,000

14.

According to the Northwest Ordinance, how many ADULT MEN did it take for a territory to become a state?

a)

60,000

b)

6,000

c)

600

d)

a million

15.

Who were circuit riders?

a)

mailmen who traveled throughout the country

b)

preachers who traveled around preaching in different churches

c)

doctors who traveled throughout the country

d)

sheriffs who traveled around making people obey the law

16.

Who helped establish some of Alabama's first schools?

a)

lawyers

b)

doctors

c)

nurses

d)

preachers