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Knowledge 9 Assessment

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is the government the group of people who makes decisions and laws for a larger group of people?

a)
b)
2.

Are representatives the people we send to speak for us in the government?

a)
b)
3.

Do spies need to work quietly so the people they are watching don’t see them?

a)
b)
4.

Is Washington, D.C., the capital of Great Britain?

a)
b)
5.

Is the president of the United States a very important leader of our government?

a)
b)
6.

When people receive justice, does it mean they are treated unfairly or meanly?

a)
b)
7.

Is a hamster a symbol of our country, the United States?

a)
b)
8.

Are goods things people buy, sell, and trade?

a)
b)
9.

Are volunteers people who are forced to do something?

a)
b)
10.

Were all people treated equally in the early United States?

a)
b)
11.

Is someone independent if they need help to do everything?

a)
b)
12.

Would someone who has never climbed before probably struggle to climb a very high mountain?

a)
b)
13.

Is the Fourth of July an important anniversary Americans celebrate every year?

a)
b)
14.

Were there thirteen British colonies in North America?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

Was the Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson to declare independence from Great Britain?

a)

Yes

b)

No

16.

Was the Boston Tea Party a fancy party where the colonists and the king of Great Britain sat down and drank tea together?

a)

YES

b)

NO

17.

Was “one, if by land, and two, if by sea” a song that the Redcoats sang when they were marching?

a)

YES

b)

NO

18.

Is the Fourth of July a national holiday to celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence?

a)

YES

b)

NO

19.

According to legend, did Betsy Ross refuse to make a flag for the new nation?

a)

YES

b)

NO

20.

Was the “shot heard round the world” the end of the fighting between the Minutemen and Redcoats?

a)

YES

b)

NO

21.

Are these the beginning words of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal . . .”?

a)

YES

b)

NO

22.

Was our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., named for Thomas Jefferson?

a)

YES

b)

NO

23.

Were Native Americans, African Americans, and women given the same freedoms that colonial men enjoyed in colonial America?

a)

YES

b)

NO

24.

I was commander in chief of the Continental Army that defeated the British army at Yorktown, winning the war for the Americans.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

25.

I invented many things, including bifocal glasses, the rocking chair, and the lightning rod.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

26.

I left Monticello to become the third president of the United States.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

27.

I loved spending time at Mount Vernon with my wife, Martha.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

28.

I wrote the Declaration of Independence.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

29.

I wrote wise sayings and included them in my famous book, Poor Richard’s Almanack.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

30.

I was the first president of the United States of America.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

31.

We were Patriots and Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence.

a)

George Washington

b)

Benjamin

Franklin

c)

Thomas

Jefferson

32.

Choose the Liberty Bell.

a)
b)
c)
33.

Choose the Bald Eagle.

a)
b)
c)
34.

What was the most interesting thing that you learned during the course of this domain?

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