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Worksheets4th grade Social Studies Vocabulary
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is an area with unique physical features, natural resources and climates.
a)
Climate
b)
Region
c)
Natural Resource
d)
Economy
2.
What are natural landforms and bodies of water such as mountains and lakes?
a)
Physical Features
b)
Regions
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Explorers
3.
What are the the weather conditions of an area over a long period of time?
a)
Humid
b)
Places
c)
Climate
d)
Economy
4.
What is a resource that humans use that comes from the earth (also called raw materials)?
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Physical Features
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Climate
5.
The wealth and resources of a place are called _________<br />
a)
Economy
b)
Climate
c)
Regions
d)
Population
6.
Farming is also known as what word?
a)
Agriculture
b)
Colony
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Weather
7.
What was the the transfer of plants, animals, culture, humans, technology, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492?
a)
Middle Passage
b)
Columbian Exchange
c)
Columbian Escape
d)
Triangular Track
8.
A land that is owned by a motherland is called a
a)
camp
b)
grassland
c)
colony
9.
The early settlers in America who left England for religious freedom
a)
planters
b)
agents
c)
Pilgrims
10.
Which is the triangular trade route that carried enslaved Africans, cash crops, and goods between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies.
a)
Columbian Exchange
b)
Triangular Trade Route
c)
Triangular Track
d)
The Mississippi River
11.
What was the Middle Passage?
a)
The river in the Midwest
b)
The ship route that brought enslaved people from Africa to the Americas (part of the triangular trade).
12.
A place where people establish a community is also known as a
a)
Climate
b)
Company
c)
Economy
d)
settlement
13.
The people from the continent of Europe who searched different regions of the Earth.
a)
Asian Explorers
b)
Australian Explorers
c)
European Explorers
14.
Who were the first people to live in America?
a)
European Explorers
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Native Americans
15.
A city town or place where ships load and unload?
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Port
d)
Industry
16.
To leave a region on your own freewill is called
a)
Middle Passage
b)
voluntary migration
c)
physical features
d)
involuntary migration
17.
Colonists that supported America’s freedom from Great Britain.
a)
Loyalist
b)
Native Americans
c)
Patriots
d)
Time Keepers
18.
Colonists that stayed loyal to Great Britain were called Patriots?
a)
true
b)
false
19.
Loyalist were
a)
Colonists that stayed loyal to Great Britain.
b)
Colonists that supported America’s freedom from Great Britain.
c)
colonist who had no opinion on the government
20.
A war fought between the 13 American colonies and Great Britain to achieve independence for America from Great Britain.
a)
The Declaration of America
b)
The American Battle of Big
c)
The Trail of Tears
d)
The American Revolution
21.
A government run by the people. - elected officials/representatives working to make our nation a “more perfect union”
a)
preamble
b)
democracy
c)
Declaration of Independence
22.
The document that declared America’s freedom from Great Britain.
a)
Declaration of Love
b)
Constitution
c)
Declaration of Independence
23.
The set of rules that guides how the US government worked. It tells what the branches of government are and what powers they have. It also states the basic rights of citizens.
a)
Constitution
b)
democracy
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The President
24.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution, which gives people specific rights like freedom of speech and religion.
a)
Independence Day
b)
Declaration of Love
c)
Constitution
d)
Bill of Rights
25.
The Preamble is
a)
The introduction to the Constitution
b)
The Introduction to the National Anthem
26.
The branch that makes/writes the laws, controls the budget, and has the power to declare war. Made of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
a)
Executive Brance
b)
Legislative Brance
c)
Judicial Branch
27.
The branch that carries out (enforces) laws. It’s made up of the President, Vice President, and cabinet.
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Executive Branch
28.
The branch that interprets laws and judges if a law is unconstitutional. It is made up of the Supreme Court.
a)
Legislative Branch
b)
Judicial Branch
c)
Executive Branch
29.
Made up of 9 justices who are responsible for interpreting the Constitution.
a)
Senate
b)
Executive Cabinet
c)
Supreme Court
30.
The rights that citizens have to freedom and equality
a)
Civil Rights
b)
Jim Crow Laws
c)
segregation
31.
the laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
a)
Jane Crane Laws
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Jim Crow Laws
32.
the separation of a race, class, or ethnic group
a)
integration
b)
mixing
c)
segregation
33.
A duty, or something that you should do (for example, recycling)
a)
want
b)
responsibility
c)
needs
d)
right
34.
A freedom that is protected (for example, freedom of speech)
a)
right
b)
want
c)
responsibility
d)
need
35.
A change to the U.S. Constitution
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
amendment
c)
arrangement
d)
Blue Print
36.
the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, which guarantees rights such as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
arrangement
c)
Constitution
d)
Jim Crow Laws
37.
The forced migration of Native Americans
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Trail of Tears
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
Oregon Line
38.
The belief that the expansion of the U.S. throughout America was both justified and inevitable
a)
Trail of Tears
b)
Westward Expansion
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Manifest Destiny
39.
A time when Americans rushed Westward to find gold
a)
New York Gold Rush
b)
California Gold Rush
c)
Mississippi Trail
d)
Gold Destiny
40.
An early pioneering route from the central United States to the west
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Trail of Tears
41.
A person who is among the first to explore or settle in a new area
a)
teacher
b)
colonist
c)
Seeker
d)
Pioneer
42.
The way that people or goods are carried from one place to another
a)
transportation
b)
port
c)
visitation
43.
The period of time after the Louisiana Purchase when almost 7 million Americans migrated west in hopes of securing land and riches
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Westward Expansion
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Louisiana Purchase
44.
The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana territory by Thomas Jefferson from France. It doubled the size of the U.S. for only $15 million
a)
Westward Expansion
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Louisiana Purchase
d)
port
45.
What is another word for trade?
a)
demand
b)
take
c)
barter
46.
A person who comes to live permanently in new place, region, or country.
a)
immigrant
b)
native
c)
loyalist
d)
patriot
47.
The development of manufacturing and jobs that helps make an economy stronger
a)
urbanization
b)
industrialization
c)
socialization
d)
partnership
48.
A period of major advancements in manufacturing, technology, and jobs that took place during the late 1800s and early 1900s in the United States
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Economic Elevation
c)
Industrial Race
d)
American Revolution
49.
when many people move to cities and increase the population
a)
urbanization
b)
rural
c)
quiet
d)
industrial
50.
The migration (movement) of 6 million African Americans from the rural farms of the South to the Urban cities of the Northeast for jobs and better opportunities
a)
The Harlem Renaissance
b)
The Trail of Tears
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
The Mississippi Move
e)
The Great Migration
51.
An African American intellectual, social, and artistic rebirth that took place in Harlem, New York
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
The Trail of Tears
c)
The Harlem Renaissance
d)
The Great Migration
52.
A variety of people from different backgrounds
a)
demand
b)
diversity
c)
segregation
53.
a person who makes changes to something in order to improve it
a)
reformer
b)
loyalist
c)
citizen
d)
anchor
54.
machinery and equipment created from scientific knowledge
a)
boycott
b)
news paper
c)
tea bags
d)
paper goods
e)
technology
55.
an arrangement of workers in which work passes from person to person until the product is finished. This is an example of specialization
a)
Navy yard
b)
assembly line
c)
running line
d)
industrialization
56.
buyers who spend money on goods and services
a)
services
b)
goods
c)
consumers
d)
producers
57.
people or companies that provide a good or a service
a)
producers
b)
goods
c)
needs
d)
consumers
58.
something a person cannot live without
a)
want
b)
desire
c)
thing
d)
need
59.
something a person would like to have, but can live without
a)
need
b)
thing
c)
want
d)
desire
60.
the amount of a good available to purchase
a)
demand
b)
supply
c)
excess
d)
model
61.
the amount of a good or service people want to buy
a)
demand
b)
supply
c)
excess
d)
model
62.
A financial gain
a)
demand
b)
risk
c)
decrease
d)
profit
63.
the possibility of losing money
a)
risk
b)
demand
c)
profit
d)
scarcity
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