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Social Studies Review Game

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What have we been learning about during Social Studies?

a)

Government

b)

Westward Expansion

c)

Citizenship

d)

Economics

2.

What is this map feature called?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Map scale

c)

Longitude and Latitude

d)

Legend/Key

3.

What is this map feature called?

a)

Compass rose

b)

Map scale

c)

Latitude and Longitude

d)

Map key/legend

4.

Use the map key to determine how many flower gardens are in this park.

a)

4

b)

7

c)

9

d)

12

5.

How did the map of the U.S. change because of the California Gold Rush?

a)

People could own and farm land for low prices

b)

Travel to the west became easier and faster

c)

The U.S. doubled in size

d)

California became a state

6.

How did the map of the U.S. change because of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Travel became easier and faster

b)

The U.S. doubled in size

c)

California became a state

d)

People thought that they had the God-given right to take the land

7.

Why did the Homestead Act make more people move west?

a)

They wanted to get gold

b)

They were able to own and farm land for low prices

c)

They believed they deserved to take that land

d)

Thomas Jefferson purchased more land

8.

How did the Transcontinental Railroad increase travel to the west?

a)

It made travel easier, faster, and less expensive

b)

It gave people land to farm that was really cheap

c)

It allowed people to find a lot of gold

9.

What is Manifest Destiny?

a)

A law that allowed people to own land for really cheap prices

b)

A railroad that ran from the east to the west

c)

The belief that it was their God-given right to take the land

d)

Land that Thomas Jefferson bought from France

10.

Which country did Thomas Jefferson purchase land from for the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

11.

Which president created the Homestead Act?

a)

George Washington

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Thomas Jefferson

12.

True or false, women were able to purchase land under the homestead act

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What would be a good title for this map?

a)

The United States of America

b)

South America

c)

Really cool map

d)

Map of states

14.

Which continent do we live on?

a)

South America

b)

North America

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

15.

What state do we live in?

a)

Illinois

b)

America

c)

St. Charles

d)

Missouri

16.

What are the four CARDINAL directions on a compass?

a)

Left, right, up, down

b)

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

c)

North, South, East, West

d)

North, east, southwest, west

17.

Which map feature tells you the distance between two places?

a)

Map scale

b)

Map title

c)

Map key

d)

Compass Rose

18.

Which map feature tells us what the map is about?

a)

Map scale

b)

Map title

c)

Map key

d)

Latitude and Longitude

19.

Which map feature tells us what the symbols on the map mean?

a)

Map scale

b)

Map key

c)

Map title

d)

Compass Rose

20.

Which state is NORTH of Missouri?

a)

Kansas

b)

Iowa

c)

Arkansas

d)

Nebraska

21.

Which state is SOUTH of Missouri?

a)

Arkansas

b)

Ohio

c)

Kansas

d)

Illinois

22.

What is this map feature called?

a)

Map scale

b)

Map title

c)

Map key

d)

Compass Rose