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Year 5 end of year humanities quiz

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the famous Maya ball game?

a)

Temple run

b)

pok a tok

c)

Pizz

d)

Puluc

2.

What would happen to the losers of pok a tok?

a)

Offered as sacrifices to the gods

b)

thrown out of town

c)

Lost their families

d)

Had to do all the hunting

3.

Who was the first man on the moon?

a)

Peter Legstrong

b)

David Neckstrong

c)

George Backstrong

d)

Neil Armstrong

4.

What is the "ISS"?

a)

International Space Station

b)

Indian Spider Station

c)

Italian Spicy Station

d)

Internal Spice Station

5.

The Maya had advanced scientific knowledge, but they did not develop

a)

a system of numbers.

b)

a system of writing

c)

an accurate calendar

d)

telescopes

6.
The large stepped pyramids of the Maya served as ______________ to the Gods.
a)
Ball-game courts
b)
Temples
c)
Military Barracks
d)
Trade Ports
7.
The pictures and symbols used in Mayan writing are called
a)
numbers
b)
letters
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
lines
8.

In the Maya culture, priests were

a)

not that important

b)

the second to lowest class of society, above serfs

c)

equal to farmers because there were so many of them

d)

ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors

9.

Most Maya scribes recorded their people's history in a folded book made of tree bark called

a)

a glyph

b)

a book

c)

a stelae

d)

a codex

10.

Which of these refers to underground oil that has been discovered but not yet used?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Oil reserves

c)

Geothermal energy

d)

Per capita

11.

Which of these products is NOT made from oil?

a)

Paper

b)

Gasoline

c)

Plastic

d)

Asphalt

12.

Which of the following is NOT a true statement?

a)

Oil was formed a very long time ago.

b)

Oil is usually found in pockets deep in the earth.

c)

Oil is distributed evenly throughout the world.

d)

Oil is sometimes found beneath the ocean floor.

13.

____________________ is energy that can be replaced as quickly as it is used.

a)

nonrenewable

b)

renewable

c)

nuclear

d)

kinetic

14.

____________________ energy is created by transforming radiant energy from the sun.

a)

geothermal

b)

biomass

c)

solar

d)

nuclear

15.

_____________________ energy comes from underground pockets of hot water.

a)

hydroelectric

b)

nuclear

c)

solar

d)

geothermal

16.

Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called __________________ energy.

a)

biomass

b)

geothermal

c)

natural

d)

solar

17.

_________________________ is created when the kinetic energy from falling water is converted into electricity.

a)

geothermal energy

b)

biomass energy

c)

wind energy

d)

hydroelectricity

18.
Non-Renewable resources are also known as what?
a)
Fossil Fuels
b)
Renewable
c)
Solar Energy
d)
Hydroelectric Energy
19.
what is a non renewable resource?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
coal
d)
biomass
20.
Where does most of earth`s energy come from?
a)
The sun
b)
Mars
c)
Wind
d)
Water
21.
Both renewable and non-renewable resources give us what? 
a)
Energy
b)
Pollution
c)
Heat
d)
Both Heat and Energy
22.

Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

23.

Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?

a)

John Glenn

b)

Alan Shepard

c)

Neil Armstrong

d)

Yuri Gagarin

24.

Which country was the first to send a man into space?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

25.

Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States of America

26.

The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.

a)

Sputnik

b)

Explorer I

27.

During the Apollo 11 space mission, which astronaut piloted the spacecraft and stayed in orbit around the moon?

a)

Michael Collins

b)

Neil Armstrong

c)

Buzz Aldrin

28.

The term that best describes a moving to a new location is

a)

migration

b)

mobility

c)

immigration

d)

globalization

29.

The reasons people migrate are called what?

a)

negative and positive factors

b)

refugee factors

c)

immigration and emigration factors

d)

push and pull factors

30.

Is the example describing a push or pull factor?

Tom is moving to Italy because he loves the architecture and culture.

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

31.
Which of the following could be a push factor?
a)
Better schools
b)
More job opportunities
c)
Hope for a better way of life
d)
Violence
32.
Why did early humans migrate?
a)
For Food.
b)
to be near beach
c)
to live near work
d)
to be near their planted crops
33.

Opportunity to make more money is a .....

a)

push factor

b)

pull factor

34.
emigrate
a)
to move from a country
b)
to move to a country
c)
the constant flow of migrannts from one country into another country
d)
someone who seeks safety by going into another country
35.

What is a refugee?

a)

people who flee their country because of war, oppression, famine...

b)

people who travel to exotic places

c)

people who return to their country

d)

people who visit other countries

36.
A force that draws people to MOVE TO a place is a 
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
37.
A force that drives people to LEAVE a place is called a
a)
Push Factor
b)
Pull Factor
38.

Select TWO pull factors

a)

religious freedom

b)

better health system

c)

natural disaster

d)

prejudices

39.

Select TWO push factors

a)

persecution

b)

better job opportunities

c)

armed conflicts

d)

political freedom

40.

Why will the world have to rely on renewable resources at some point in the future?

a)

Nonrenewable sources of energy will be gone.

b)

Leaders will be unwilling to sell their resources.

c)

Anti-pollution laws

d)

Modern technology only works properly when powered by renewable resources.

41.

Where once ancient Mayas lived, we can find the following countries:

a)

Spain

b)

North America

c)

Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador

d)

Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina