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1st 6-Weeks Social Studies Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are the 4 main reasons people form communities?

a)

Columbus, Boone, Franklin, and Washington

b)

Material well being, security, food, and friends

c)

Friends, electricity, security, and sickness

d)

Material well being, laws, security, and religious freedom

2.

What did people do to see before electricity was invented?

a)

Only do things during the day.

b)

Used candles and oil lamps

c)

Used a flashlight

3.

What is Daniel Boone most known for?

a)

Inventing electricity

b)

Creating the Wilderness Road

c)

Being a nice man

d)

Sailing to the New World

4.

How many years make a decade?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

100

d)

1000

5.

What does it mean to have material well being?

a)

To be pretty and nice

b)

To like your materials

c)

To go to work

d)

To have enough money

6.

Why is the Declaration of Independence Important?

a)

It is a symbol of exploring

b)

It is a symbol of our freedom

c)

It is a symbol of Christmas

d)

It is a symbol of citizens

7.

What is recreation?

a)

to create something

b)

the past and the present

c)

taxes

d)

to do something for fun

8.

Which of the following shows examples of recreation types?

a)

working, living, and playing

b)

skating, going to the park, and visiting Six Flags

c)

decades, years, and centuries

d)

urban, rural, and suburban

9.

What is a timeline?

a)

A number line that shows an ordering of events from history

b)

A line to tell time

c)

Time spent standing on a line

10.

How many years represent a century?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

50

d)

100

11.

How many days are in a year?

a)

100

b)

225

c)

365

d)

1085

12.

What is a week?

a)

5 days

b)

7 days

c)

10 days

d)

20 das

13.

Which answer represents different types of communication?

a)

telephone, food, government, and transportation

b)

transportation, mail, education, and food

c)

food, communities, electricity, and transportation

d)

Email, telephone, newsletters, and mail

14.

What is a citizen?

a)

a person who invents things

b)

a person who builds things

c)

a legal and loyal person that lives in a community

d)

a person who comes from somewhere else

15.

Why is the constitution important?

a)

It tells how America's government will run

b)

It is cool looking

c)

It is the same as the Declaration of Independence

d)

It isn't important

16.

The Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights are all old documents. Why are they important?

a)

They are written by founding fathers

b)

Colonists became upset and didn't want to pay taxes

c)

They show how citizens have rights, freedom, and how the government is set up.

d)

They really aren't important

17.

Why is Christopher Columbus important?

a)

He was an explorer and his efforts led Europeans to colonize America

b)

He was an explorer that had three boats

c)

He got money from the king and queen of Spain

d)

He wanted spices, silk, and treasure

18.

What might you see in a rural community?

a)

tall buildings, taxis, and a lot of people

b)

neighborhoods, cars, stores, and parks

c)

open space, farms, tractors, animals, and crops

d)

tall buildings, stores, and parks

19.

What kind of transportation do people in an urban community use?

a)

The mostly drive cars

b)

They mostly walk, use taxis, use buses, and subways

c)

They don't go anywhere

20.

Which answer shows all forms of transportation?

a)

schools, teachers, and libraries

b)

phones, newspapers, and emails

c)

urban, rural, and suburban

d)

boats, taxis, and buses

21.

What type of community is represented in the picture?

a)

rural

b)

urban

c)

suburban

22.

What type of community is represented in the picture?

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

suburban

23.

What type of community is represented in the picture?

a)

urban

b)

rural

c)

suburban

24.

Fill in the blank for the following statement:

"A community a place where groups of people live, _________, and play."

a)

sleep

b)

work

c)

have families

d)

eat

25.

Fill in the blank on the following statement:

"A community is where groups of people _________, work , and play."

a)

live

b)

eat

c)

sleep

d)

love

26.

Fill in the blank on the following statement:

"A community is where groups of people live, work, and ______."

a)

eat

b)

sleep

c)

love

d)

play

27.

What types of communication are most commonly used in the present (now)?

a)

email and phones

b)

telegraph and mail

c)

phones and telegraph

d)

newspaper and telegraph

28.

According to the timeline, what happened in 1828?

a)

Removal Act

b)

Polk was elected president

c)

The steamboat was invented

d)

Andrew Jackson was elected president

29.

According to the timeline, when was Super Mario Galaxy made?

a)

1989

b)

2007

c)

2010

d)

1992

30.

What does it mean to have security?

a)

have fun and laugh

b)

feel safe and protected

c)

get mad and frustrated

d)

to work and make money