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Essentials of Social Studies

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is social studies?

a)

Study of evolution

b)

Various branches of the study of human societies

c)

Reading and writing different forms of literature

d)

Studying the ground and the minerals in it

2.

What kind of source is it?

A baseball bat used by Jackie Robinson in the 20th century

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

3.

What kind of source is it?

A biography on Elvis

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

4.

What kind of source is it?

An autobiography from a soldier in the Civil War

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

5.

What kind of source is it?

A history textbook

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

6.

A sequence of events in time are called a

a)

chronology

b)

artifact

c)

question

d)

sourcing

7.

______________ is the way of looking at something that may be shaped by things like a person's age, job, religion or political views.

a)

Primary source

b)

Secondary source

c)

Perspective

d)

Bias

8.

A document or record of past events created by people who were present at that time is called ____________.

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

c)

Corroboration

d)

Sourcing

9.

A ________________ is written after the time period by an expert or historian and can include books, magazines, and short articles.

a)

primary Source

b)

secondary Source

c)

bias

d)

artifact

10.

What is a historian?

a)

Someone writes about and reads about history

b)

Someone who creates maps

c)

Someone who studies earth natural and man made features

d)

Someone who excavates sites and digs up artifacts to study

11.

What is a geographer?

a)

Someone writes about and reads about history

b)

Someone who creates maps

c)

Someone who studies earth natural and man made features

d)

Someone who excavates sites and digs up artifacts to study

12.

What is a cartographer?

a)

Someone writes about and reads about history

b)

Someone who creates maps

c)

Someone who studies earth natural and man made features

d)

Someone who excavates sites and digs up artifacts to study

13.

What is an archaeologist?

a)

Someone writes about and reads about history

b)

Someone who creates maps

c)

Someone who studies earth natural and man made features

d)

Someone who excavates sites and digs up artifacts to study

14.

True or False: You should never ask questions whens studying history

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What does letter B represent?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

India

c)

Asia

d)

South America

16.

What does letter D represent?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

India

c)

Asia

d)

South America

17.

Longitude is ___________ .

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

18.

Latitude is ___________ .

a)

Vertical

b)

Horizontal

19.
Timelines are read from
a)
right to left
b)
left to right
c)
upside down
d)
not read
20.

Which event on this timeline happened FIRST?

a)

Last use of hieroglyphic writing

b)

Rosetta Stone is carved

c)

Settlers in Nile Valley

d)

Development of hieroglyphic writing

21.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
22.

What was released in 2006?

a)

Office 2003

b)

BluRay Players

c)

Xbox 360

d)

Facebook

23.

What does BCE stand for?

4 lines
24.

What does CE stand for?

4 lines