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Adamo's Social Studies Benchmark

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was Sacagawea ?

a)

Was a Native American girl who fought for her freedom

b)

Was a pioneer who settled in America

c)

Was a Native American girl who helped lead the expedition with Lewis and Clark

d)

Was a Native American girl who tried to buy new land from the settlers

2.

Who were Lewis and Clark?

a)

explorers who traveled down South, and found new cotton plantations

b)

explorers who discovered new land, plants, animals while traveling Westward

c)

explorers who traveled across the ocean and brought new settlers to America

d)

explorers who were not very sucessful and the king was not happy with them

3.

What does the Legislative Branch of Government do?

a)

Make the Laws

b)

enforce the laws

c)

obey the laws

d)

judge the laws

4.

What does the Executive Branch of Government do?

a)

make the laws

b)

enforce the laws

c)

obey the laws

d)

judge the laws

5.

What does the Judicial Branch of government do?

a)

makes the laws

b)

enforces the laws

c)

obeys the laws

d)

judges the laws

6.

What is a map key used for on a map?

a)

it shows landforms on a map

b)

Longitude and Latitude lines that will show the exact location on a map

c)

it shows symbols on a map,and a scale so you will know how many miles you have gone

d)

it shows street names on a map

7.

What is the Grid lines on a map used for?

a)

it shows exact location of a place using lines of latitude and longitude

b)

it shows directions-North, South, East and West

c)

it shows street names on a map

d)

it shows symbols on a map,and a scale so you will know how many miles you have gone

8.

What is a Compass Rose ?

a)

it shows street names on a map

b)

it shows symbols on the map mean, as well as a scale so you will know where to go

c)

it shows exact location of a place using lines of latitude and longitude

d)

it shows directions- North , South, East and West

9.

What is a non-profit organization?

a)

an organization who makes people pay money or makes a profit off of people

b)

an organization who gets donations or help without making a profit

c)

an organization who buys products from people or stores

d)

an organization who works for the government

10.

What are taxes ?

a)

money that is given away to a non-profit organization

b)

money citizens must pay to the government

c)

money the goverment pays to all people that work

d)

any group of people living together in a community

11.

What type of Organization is  The American Red Cross?

a)

a organization that boys and girls can join to play sports

b)

a organization who buys and sells clothes

c)

a organization who helps people with food, clothing and housing after a fire or a natural disaster

d)

a group of people who volunteer to build houses for people who have lost their job

12.

Who was Clara Barton?

a)

Clara Barton is the women who started the American Red Cross to help people in need .

b)

Clara Barton is the women who freed slaves

c)

Clara Barton is the women who led Lewis and Clark on their Expedition

d)

Clara Barton is the women who had to sit in the back of a bus because of the color of her skin

13.

Who was Harriet Tubman?

a)

Harriet Tubman was the lady who had to sit on the back of a bus

b)

Harriet Tubman was the lady who led Lewis and Clark on their Expedition

c)

Harriet Tubman was the lady who started the American Red Cross

d)

- Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the Underground Railroad who help over 300 people escape to freedom

14.

What was the Underground Railroad ?

a)

A group of people that help capture runaway slaves

b)

A railroad that would take slaves to their freedom

c)

people that believed it was okay to own slaves

d)

A group of people who led people through tunnels and hid runaway slaves in their home until they reached freedom

15.

People in the United States have a Government which expect people ...

a)

who live in a community to go to the same school

b)

who live in a community to follow the same rules and laws

c)

who live in a community to work at the same job

d)

who live in the same community that are all friends

16.

A volunteer is someone who...

a)

a volunteer is someone who will do something and not expect anything in return

b)

a volunteer is someone who works for the government

c)

a volunteer is someone who doesn't like to help others

d)

a volunteer is someone who wants money for a job they did

17.

What  are goods ?

a)

things that are made or grown by people that can be bought

b)

things that people do for you without asking

c)

things people do for you, like cutting hair, or mowing lawns.

d)

things you cannot live without

18.

What is a service?

a)

things that are made or grown by people that can be bought

b)

things that people do for you without asking

c)

things people do for you, like cutting hair, or mowing lawns.

d)

things you cannot live without

19.

How long is a decade

a)

ten years

b)

five years

c)

two years

d)

one hundred years

20.

How long is a century?

a)

ten years

b)

two years

c)

one hundred years

d)

five years