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WorksheetsYear 5 end of year humanities quiz
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 37mins
What was the name of the famous Maya ball game?
Temple run
pok a tok
Pizz
Puluc
What would happen to the losers of pok a tok?
Offered as sacrifices to the gods
thrown out of town
Lost their families
Had to do all the hunting
Who was the first man on the moon?
Peter Legstrong
David Neckstrong
George Backstrong
Neil Armstrong
What is the "ISS"?
International Space Station
Indian Spider Station
Italian Spicy Station
Internal Spice Station
The Maya had advanced scientific knowledge, but they did not develop
a system of numbers.
a system of writing
an accurate calendar
telescopes
In the Maya culture, priests were
not that important
the second to lowest class of society, above serfs
equal to farmers because there were so many of them
ranked just below the king and revered as equally as warriors
Most Maya scribes recorded their people's history in a folded book made of tree bark called
a glyph
a book
a stelae
a codex
Which of these refers to underground oil that has been discovered but not yet used?
Natural gas
Oil reserves
Geothermal energy
Per capita
Which of these products is NOT made from oil?
Paper
Gasoline
Plastic
Asphalt
Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
Oil was formed a very long time ago.
Oil is usually found in pockets deep in the earth.
Oil is distributed evenly throughout the world.
Oil is sometimes found beneath the ocean floor.
____________________ is energy that can be replaced as quickly as it is used.
nonrenewable
renewable
nuclear
kinetic
____________________ energy is created by transforming radiant energy from the sun.
geothermal
biomass
solar
nuclear
_____________________ energy comes from underground pockets of hot water.
hydroelectric
nuclear
solar
geothermal
Energy created from wood, peat moss, and manure is called __________________ energy.
biomass
geothermal
natural
solar
_________________________ is created when the kinetic energy from falling water is converted into electricity.
geothermal energy
biomass energy
wind energy
hydroelectricity
Who was the first American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Who became the first person to journey into outer space traveling aboard Vostok 1 in April of 1961?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Yuri Gagarin
Which country was the first to send a man into space?
Soviet Union
United States of America
Which country was the first to send an artificial satellite into the Earth's orbit?
Soviet Union
United States of America
The Soviet Union launched ________, the worlds first artificial satellite, into the Earth's orbit in 1957.
Sputnik
Explorer I
During the Apollo 11 space mission, which astronaut piloted the spacecraft and stayed in orbit around the moon?
Michael Collins
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
The term that best describes a moving to a new location is
migration
mobility
immigration
globalization
The reasons people migrate are called what?
negative and positive factors
refugee factors
immigration and emigration factors
push and pull factors
Is the example describing a push or pull factor?
Tom is moving to Italy because he loves the architecture and culture.
push factor
pull factor
Opportunity to make more money is a .....
push factor
pull factor
What is a refugee?
people who flee their country because of war, oppression, famine...
people who travel to exotic places
people who return to their country
people who visit other countries
Select TWO pull factors
religious freedom
better health system
natural disaster
prejudices
Select TWO push factors
persecution
better job opportunities
armed conflicts
political freedom
Why will the world have to rely on renewable resources at some point in the future?
Nonrenewable sources of energy will be gone.
Leaders will be unwilling to sell their resources.
Anti-pollution laws
Modern technology only works properly when powered by renewable resources.
Where once ancient Mayas lived, we can find the following countries:
Spain
North America
Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize and El Salvador
Brazil, Guatemala, Argentina
