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HIstory Tools Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An example of absolute location

a)

It is near the Gulf of Mexico.

b)

Next to Jack-in-the-Box.

c)

123 John Smith Drive

d)

Chimney Rock Road is near Glenmont Road

2.

The branch of government that makes the law is...

a)

Executive

b)

Judicial

c)

Congress

d)

Legislative

3.

Which is a primary source?

a)

A cave painting the Caddo Tribe.

b)

A biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

An Encycopedia page.

d)

An internet journal article.

4.

A political map shows...

a)

Physical things, like landforms.

b)

Climate

c)

Human-made boundaries like countries, states, and cities.

d)

Battle sites

5.

Which of the following are secondary sources? Check all that apply.

a)

An internet article by an expert.

b)

Your Social Studies textbook.

c)

A weapon from the Battle of the Alamo.

d)

A biography about Sam Houston.

6.

Which is an example of relative location?

a)

Texas is North of Mexico.

b)

The Houston is 5 degrees above sea level.

c)

Texas is 35 degree latitude and 75 degree longitude.

d)

5610 Gulfton 77081

7.

Which is an example of absolute chronology?

a)

The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776.

b)

The Caddo Indians lived in Texas before Spanish settlers arrived.

c)

There were nomadic people in North America before European exploration.

d)

The Civil War happened after the Texas Revolution.

8.

Bias would show which of the following...

a)

A hard fact

b)

An opinion based on emotion

9.

A century is (a)   years.

10.

Which are landforms? Select all that apply.

a)

Mountain

b)

Valley

c)

River

d)

Delta

11.

Which is an example of urban?

a)

Houston

b)

a farm

c)

the ocean

d)

a plantation

12.

Popular sovereignty is...

a)

government

b)

Rule by the people

c)

Congress

d)

electives

13.

The executive branch includes with of the following?

a)

Supreme Court

b)

Congress

c)

legislators

d)

The president

14.

A person who legally belongs to a country and has full rights and protections of that country

a)

immigrant

b)

president

c)

citizen

d)

landform

15.

A republic is...

a)

Congress

b)

a democracy

c)

a monarchy

d)

a government withelected representatives

16.

Which is a monarchy?

a)

no government

b)

a government ruled by king or queen

c)

a government ruled by a religious group

d)

a government that has total control

17.

An era is..

a)

a time period known for characteristics such as events or people.

b)

100 years

c)

10 years

d)

a citation

18.

The U.S. has what type of economic system?

a)

traditional

b)

communist

c)

free enterprise/capitalism

d)

anarchy

19.

How many years is a decade?

(a)  

20.

Which is an example of human-interaction with the environment?

a)

rain flooding a river

b)

volcano errupting

c)

grass dying in a drought

d)

pollution caused by a factory