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Social Studies Survival Guide Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What term is the "big question for the unit?"

a)

Supporting Question

b)

Civilization

c)

Learning Target

d)

Compelling Question

2.

What continent is highlighted on the map?

a)

Europe

b)

North America

c)

Asia

d)

Australia

3.

What happened in 8000BCE? (Look at your calander)

a)

Christ dies and set the foundation for Christianity

b)

People grew crops for food

c)

The Golden Age of India

d)

The Great Pyramids were built

4.

What is our 5th unit going to be?

a)

Africa

b)

India

c)

China

d)

Mesoamerica

5.

What direction goes in the box?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

Northwest

d)

West

6.

What continent is highlighted on the map?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Europe

d)

Australia

7.

What is the definition of "civilization?"

a)

Settled and stable communities

b)

The study of places and the people who live there

c)

An eyewitness to an event

d)

A time period of peace and prosperity (money)

8.

What ocean lies directly east of North America?

a)

Southern

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Indian

9.

BCE stands for...

a)

Current Era

b)

Before Common Era

c)

Before Common Event

d)

Because Current Event

10.

Take a look at the timeline. Which event happened 3rd?

a)

Fall of Roman Empire

b)

French Revolution

c)

First human species 2.5 million years ago

d)

Agriculture begins

11.

Look at the timeline in the question above. What happened in 3000 BC?

a)

The invention of writing

b)

Fall of Western Roman Empire

c)

Agriculture Begins

d)

Columbus discovers America

12.

Which direction is Australia from Asia?

a)

South

b)

West

c)

North

d)

East

13.

What is our 3rd unit going to be?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Greece

c)

Rome

d)

Mesoamerica

14.

Which direction is missing from the compass?

a)

North

b)

Northern

c)

Northwest

d)

Northeast

15.

Take a look at the timeline. How many years passed between when Columbus arrived in the Bahamas and when the Black Death decimated Europe?

a)

140 years

b)

146 years

c)

99 years

d)

200 years

16.

Which era were you born in?

a)

BCE

b)

AD

c)

CE

d)

BC

17.

What is the northernmost ocean in the world?

a)

Southern

b)

Pacific

c)

Atlantic

d)

Artic

18.

What is the difference between a primary and secondary source?

a)

A primary source is an eyewitness to an event while a secondary source is not.

b)

A primary source is a book that was written after the time period. A secondary source is an artifact from that time period.

c)

A primary source is not an eyewitness to an event. A secondary source is an eyewitness to an event.

d)

None of the above

19.

Which ocean is highlighted on the map?

a)

Artic

b)

Southern

c)

Pacific

d)

Atlantic

20.

I am going to do my absolute best in social studies this year.

a)

True

b)

False