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Grade 4 Social Studies

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is a national hero?

a)

A coward person

b)

Someone who talks a lot

c)

Someone who has done brave and important work that has helped in the development of his or her own country.

2.

In what year did Jamaica gained independence?

a)

January 1st 1530

b)

August 1, 1966

c)

December 25, 1962

d)

August 6,1962

3.

What are some of the characteristics of a national hero?

a)

Friendly, cowardly, brave, talkative

b)

Selfish, weak, unjust, brave

c)

Unselfish, kind, strong, brave

4.

Which national hero started the Morant Bay Rebellion?

a)

Samuel Sharpe

b)

Nanny of the Maroon

c)

Paul Bogle

d)

Marcus Garvey

5.

What's the name of the national hero that was born on August 17,1887?

a)

Nanny of the Maroon

b)

Alexander Bustamante

c)

Marcus Garvey

d)

Samuel Sharpe

6.

Jamaica's first national hero was Bustamante?

a)

False

b)

True

7.

Which of the following best describes a map.

a)

A map is statement

b)

A map is a drawing which shows a part of Earth's surface

c)

A map is a chart

d)

A map is a chart of the road

8.

Which list has the correct features of a map?

a)

Key, lock, time, title, lines, grid lines

b)

Title, date, keys, scale, compass, grid lines, border

c)

Date, compass, road , time, keys

9.

We use a (a)   to locate places using cardinal points.

10.

Only write the answers

The main water bodies in the Caribbean are the __________ and the ___________.

(a)  

11.

What's is Jamaica's location?

a)

South of Cuba and West of Haiti

b)

West of Cuba and South of Haiti

c)

North of Cuba and South of Haiti

d)

North of Haiti and West of Cuba

12.

Another name for the compass rose is the _______

a)

South point

b)

West point

c)

North point

d)

East point

13.

Which of the following shows direction?

a)

The key

b)

The legend

c)

The compass

d)

The scale

14.

(a)   identified the area shown, topic, focus or purpose of a map.

15.

Which feature of a map explains the meaning of symbols and colours used on a map?

a)

Title

b)

Border

c)

Scale

d)

Non of the above

16.

A (a)   explains the meaning of symbols and colours used on a map.

17.

What is the function of the scale of a map?

a)

Shows border

b)

Show directions

c)

Shows grid line

d)

Shows distance

18.

(a)   is an area which rises above 500 metres.

19.

A large area of flat or gentle rolling land



(a)  

20.

Highland area usually below 500 metres in height.

a)

Hill

b)

Mountain

c)

Plateau

d)

Valley

21.

A large area of flat or gentle rolling land

(a)  

22.

What is the name of an area that lies between two hills?

a)

Plateau

b)

Steep

c)

Valley

d)

Plain

23.

A (a)   is a body of water that flows into the sea.

24.

A flat land with no mountain or hills, is called a?

(a)  

25.

What is the name of an area that lies between two hills?

a)

Plateau

b)

Steep

c)

Valley

d)

Plain

26.

A (a)   is an area of raised land that is flat at the top.

27.

Physical feature means?

a)

The natural landforms of landscape

b)

The forest and trees

c)

Houses

28.

What is the name of an area that lies between two hills?

a)

Plateau

b)

Steep

c)

Valley

d)

Plain

29.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

Pedro Plains- Westmoreland

Vere Plains- Clarendon

St Jago Plains- St Catharine, Ligunea- Kingston & St Andrew

b)

Georges- Kingston, Pedro- Westmoreland, St Jago- St Catherine

c)

Ligunea- Spanish Town, Cockpit- Trelawny, Pedro- Clarendon

30.

A hill is defined as an area that is:

a)

elevated

b)

raised above 500 metres in height

c)

Steep with a flat top

d)

Raised below 500 metres

31.

Which best describes the physical features of Jamaica?

a)

Its coastlines are mountainous with a flat centre.

b)

The island’s centre is mountainous with coastal plains.

c)

Its western section is all lowlands.

d)

It is a very low-lying country.

32.

Which of the following parishes lie on the western side of the island?

a)

Westmoreland

b)

St Thomas

c)

St Mary

d)

Portland

33.

In which of the parishes below can the Hope River be found?

a)

Trelawny

b)

Clarendon

c)

St Andrew

d)

Portland

34.

Jodiann and her mother are going to the Rio Cobre to wash their clothes, this is an example of the river being use for

a)

Recreation

b)

Tourisn

c)

Domestic

35.

Which of the following is a limestone area in Jamaica?

a)

Blue Mountains

b)

Cockpit Country

c)

May Day Mountain

d)

Pedro plain