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Long ago and Now

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is this item from long ago or today?

a)

long ago

b)

today

2.

Is this item from the past or present?

a)

past

b)

present

3.

Is this a house from long ago or today?

a)

today

b)

long ago

4.

Life today is the same as life in the past?

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Studying pictures can help us learn about life long ago?

a)

false

b)

true

6.

Long ago, children liked to ___________because they didn't have TV.

a)

tell stories

b)

do chores

c)

use electric lights

d)

make a fire

7.

Long ago what did people use to light at night?

a)

candle

b)

electric lights

8.

Now what do we use to light at night?

a)

candle

b)

electric lights

9.

Long ago people cleaned room by____________________

a)

Broom

b)

Vacuum Cleaner

10.

Long ago people washed clothes by___________

a)

Washing machines

b)

Hand

11.

Now people wash clothes by _______________

a)

Washing machines

b)

Hand

12.

We use a quill & ink.

a)

Long Ago

b)

Today

13.

We use a computer.

a)

Long Ago

b)

Today

14.

A covered wagon was used for travel in the...

a)

long ago

b)

today

15.

A grocery store is somewhere we shop in the...

a)

long ago

b)

today

16.

A quill was a tool used to write...

a)

long ago

b)

today

17.

Students were taught in a one room school house...

a)

long ago

b)

today

18.

A computer is something we use...

a)

long ago

b)

today

19.

Books are used to gain knowledge...

a)

long ago

b)

today

c)

both long ago and today

20.

People listen to music...

a)

long ago

b)

today

c)

both long ago and today

21.

People got their groceries from the General Store and grew their food...

a)

long ago

b)

today

22.

Jacks is a game children played...

a)

long ago

b)

today

23.

This is a music player from the 1950's called a ...

a)

Pod Box

b)

Jukebox

c)

Music Machine

d)

Cell Phone

24.

This is a _______ from the 1950's.

a)

Phone

b)

Car

c)

Boat

d)

Lawn Mower

25.

What is a invention?

a)

old stuff

b)

something that solves a problem

c)

something that existed in nature when someone found it

26.

What is an example of communication

a)

riding a horse

b)

talking with a friend

c)

taking out the trash

27.

What is an example of transportation

a)

riding a train

b)

watching a movie

c)

singing in music class

28.

What is an example of recreation?

a)

a space shuttle

b)

writing a letter

c)

swimming in a pool for fun

29.

A word to describe this iron is...

a)

future

b)

past

c)

present

30.

A word to describe this airplane is...

a)

past

b)

future

c)

present

31.

Check all the things that are facts about Schools TODAY

a)

Most classrooms have some kind of technology like computers.

b)

Classrooms were heated by a stove.

c)

Schools often ONLY had one classroom in the whole school.

d)

Schools are divided by grade levels (1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and so on)

32.

How do you think they used the slate and chalk back 100 years ago?

a)

to play with

b)

to write/practice their work at school

c)

to hit their friends

33.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
36.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
37.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.

Match the two pictures, (Past and Present) that belong together

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.

Why were there more people walking in the past than now?

a)

Because people liked to walk

b)

Because they got paid to walk

c)

Because the "car" was just invented and not that many people could afford to buy one.

40.

Transportation, or how people move from place to place, has changed a great deal in the past 100 years.

a)

True

b)

False