WorksheetsSocial Studies CBA Review March FVE
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who uses his art to connect people to their African-American culture?
Tomie dePaola
Kadir Nelson
Bill Gates
Jonas Salk
Who wrote the book, Strega Nona, and uses his Italian heritage in his stories?
Tomie dePaola
Kadir Nelson
Bill Gates
James A. Lovell
Who used her paintings as illustrations in books that celebrated Mexican-American culture?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Harriet Tubman
Maria Mitchell
Carmen Lomas Garza
Who wrote autobiographical books about being a pioneer as a child?
Carmen Lomas Garza
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Maria Mitchell
Harriet Tubman
Who was the scientist who created the Polio vaccine?
Jonas Salk
Cyrus McCormick
Bill Gates
James A. Lovell
Whose invention made it easier and faster for farmers to harvest their cotton crops?
James A. Lovell
Cyrus McCormick
Jonas Salk
Bill Gates
What scientific breakthrough made milk safer to drink?
vaccines
computers
mechanical reaper
pasteurization
How do vaccines help society?
They help people use computers more easily
They make milk safer to drink by removing bacteria
They keep people from getting sick from diseases
They celebrate culture
Who made computer technology easier and cheaper for people to use?
James A. Lovell
Todd Beamer
Harriet Tubman
Bill Gates
What do Kwanzaa and Hanukkah have in common?
They both light candles in their celebrations
They both have a game using a dreidel
They both celebrate the harvest
They both have latkes, or potato pancakes, as one of their special dishes
Choose all that would usually be done at a traditional Christmas celebration.
decorating a tree
hanging stockings
going to a Christmas Eve church service
Playing the dreidel game
lighting green, black, and red candles for your heritage
Who was a doctor in the army, created the G.I. Bill, and worked for the rights of Mexican-Americans?
James A. Lovell
Todd Beamer
Hector P. Garcia
Tomie dePaola
What were the qualities of the 4 Chaplains that made them heroes?
cowardly, nice, worried
brave, heroic, selfish
brave, selfless, sacrificing
selfish and mean
Click on the following people who were heroes. Think about why each one is heroic.
Carmen Lomas Garza
Hector P. Garcia
James A. Lovell
Cyrus McCormick
Harriet Tubman
Who was a slave who freed herself, then using the Underground Railroad, freed more than 300 slaves?
Harriet Tubman
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Carmen Lomas Garza
Maria Mitchell
What is a heroic deed?
A vaccine
A deed that you do where you put the safety of others before yourself.
A deed that you do where you put the safety of yourself before others.
Being a superhero
How has communication changed since computers became affordable and easy to use?
We have to write letters to communicate that take a week to get across the country.
We have to use the Pony Express.
We can email, text, and call people on the phone.
We have to use Morse code
How was Todd Beamer heroic?
He helped bring down Flight 93 during the 9/11 terrorist activities, preventing it from striking its intended target.
He helped people escape slavery in the South and travel safely to the north into Canada before the Civil War.
He was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence freeing the American colonies from Great Britain’s rule.
He was the first African American child to attend an all white school in 1960 despite the protests surrounding it.
How was James Lovell heroic?
He was one of the first astronauts and was on the first flight around the moon.
He landed on the moon.
He was a doctor who helped Mexican-Americans.
He freed slaves.
Choose all the ways that Helen Keller overcame adversity and helped others.
She graduated from college.
She was able to speak, read, and write even though she became deaf and blind as a young child.
She advocated for the rights of women and the poor.
She gave lectures and classes.
She founded the American Red Cross.
Who created the American Red Cross, a civic organization that helps others during disasters?
Ruby Bridges
Helen Keller
Clara Barton
Carmen Lomas Garza
Who was the 6-year-old African-American girl who integrated into an all-white school?
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Clara Barton
Ruby Bridges
Helen Keller
What does a civic organization like the American Red Cross do?
Create vaccines.
Fight for our country.
Help others.
Raise money for themselves.
What does the legislative branch do and how are they chosen?
Enforces laws,
elected
Makes laws,
elected
Decides if laws are fair, elected
decides if laws are fair, appointed
Who makes up the executive branch of the government and how are they elected?
President; electoral college (voted by US residents)
Congress; appointed
Supreme Court; appointed
President; appointed
