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Worksheets3rd Grade Social Studies QSE1- Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A Community is defined as
A place with great natural resources
A group of people with shared values and behaviors
The way of life for a group of people
Goods and services shared between others
The main reason that communities make rules and laws is to
govern and protect their citizens
encourage people and families to leave
provide better transportation systems
provide jobs for citizens
The list above is an example of ways people in the community meet the needs for-
education
government
recreational activities
transportation
How might a community meet its needs for education and communication?
Open a public pool
Build more roads
Elect new leaders
Publish a newspaper
Which of the following best explains the change above?
Klein ISD built bigger schools to educate more students.
Klein ISD has stayed the same size over the years.
Klein ISD as not grown since the first school was built.
Klein ISD has stayed in all of its original buildings.
What term refers to a community hero who helps victims immediately after a natural disaster?
First Responder
Entrepreneur
Four Chaplains
Protester
Who was responsible for the construction of Washington, D.C.?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Banneker
Abraham Lincoln
Which of the following is the best title for the list?
Events that can change communities
Reasons for moving to rural communities
Effects of low population in communities
Ways that people travel through communities
If someone found an area of important natural resources in a community, how might that community change?
People who enjoy skiing, camping and hiking would move to the community.
The community would change from a suburban to an urban community.
People looking for religious freedom would move to the community.
Businesses that use those resources would move to the community.
The images above are all examples of -
new ideas that changed communities
ways to transport goods
recreational activities
new technology for communicating
What was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To establish Washington D.C., as the capital of the new nation.
To explain why the colonies were breaking away from Great Britain.
To describe how the government of the new nation should be run.
To explain to Great Britain why they wanted to go to war.
The quote above is from which document-
In the Declaration of Independence
In the United States Constitution
In each state's constitution
In a city charter
What is the highest law in the United States?
The Texas Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The United States Constitution
The Mayflower Compact
This passage explains the purpose of which document-
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Mayflower Compact
Bill of Rights
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
It lists the rights and freedoms of all American citizens.
It contains the words to the national anthem
it declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain
it explains why there are three branches of government.
Which three branches of government are found at the local, state and national levels?
courts, capital, governor
president, army, navy
local, state, federal
executive, legislative, judicial
Which of the following duties could you add to the Judicial Branch section of the chart?
Deciding punishments for people who break the law
Nominating Supreme Court justices
Raising and collecting taxes
Being in charge of the United States military
Congress is the lawmaking branch of which level of government?
national
local
state
county
What is a service that a local government can provide?
Building and fixing roads
Providing and maintaining a military
Running the United States Postal Service
Deciding on U.S. Supreme Court cases
What is a service that the national government provides but other levels of government do not?
Printing paper money and making coins
Collecting taxes
Clearing snow from the roads
Setting up fire departments
