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Social Studies Benchmark Review

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A year is _____ days.

a)

100

b)

10

c)

20

d)

365

2.

A decade is _____ years.

a)

100

b)

10

c)

20

d)

365

3.

A century is _____ years.

a)

100

b)

10

c)

20

d)

365

4.

A score is _____ years.

a)

100

b)

10

c)

20

d)

365

5.

An _____ is a person who moves permanently to another country from his or her native land.

a)

citizen

b)

emigrant

c)

immigrant

6.

What modes of transportation do people use to immigrate to another country?

a)

airplanes

b)

ships

c)

submaries

d)

car

7.

A _____ is something that you desire to have. For example: toys and a bike

a)

need

b)

want

8.

A _____ is a tangible item that consumers desire or own.

a)

good

b)

service

9.

______ are jobs that people do to help other people.

a)

service

b)

goods

10.

_____ is how much of a good or service a producer has.

a)

supply

b)

demand

11.

_____ is how much consumers want/need to good or service.

a)

supply

b)

demand

12.

Dan is selling tea in her neighborhood. She has 20 cups of tea to sell. There are 30 people in the neighborhood. Jan is selling the tea for $5. Dan has:

a)

low supply and high demand

b)

low supply and low demand

c)

high supply and high demand

d)

high supply and low demand

13.

A person who moves to a new country is an _______

a)

citizen

b)

service

c)

immigrant

14.

Which mode of transportation is a way people immigrate to another country?

a)

plane

b)

ship

c)

walk

15.

Immigrants decided to stay in large cities because _________

a)

they had a better chance of finding work

b)

they like to visit the large museum

c)

they thought it was beautiful

16.

What would be a positive way people can impact the environment?

a)

polluting the environment

b)

litter

c)

planting trees

17.

What is NOT a positive impact on our environment?

a)

recycling

b)

littering

c)

planting trees

18.

What would have a positive impact on our environment?

a)

littering

b)

recycling

c)

polluting the water

19.

The _______ element tells what the map is showing.

a)

compass rose

b)

legend

c)

title

d)

scale

20.

______ ______ shows directions on a map.

a)

scale

b)

legend

c)

compass rose

d)

title

21.

The _______ shows the relationship of the map distance to the ground distance.

a)

title

b)

compass rose

c)

legend

d)

scale

22.

The ______ indicates the theme of the map.

a)

title

b)

scale

c)

compass rose

d)

legend

23.

_______ are horizontal lines that measure distance north or south of the equator.

a)

eqatior

b)

latitude

c)

longitude

d)

border

24.

______ are vertical lines that measure east or west of the meridian.

a)

latitude

b)

equator

c)

longitude

d)

border

25.

______ is an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

a)

equator

b)

longitude

c)

latitude

d)

border

26.

A ______ identifies exactly where the mapped area stops.

a)

latitude

b)

border

c)

longitude

d)

equator

27.

Features on a political map include mountains, plains, rivers, oceans, deserts, and _______

a)

cars

b)

forests

c)

birds

d)

houses

28.

Where is the Christmas Tree located?

a)

(7,1)

b)

(2,3)

c)

(3,1)

d)

(6,6)

29.

What direction is missing?

a)

NW

b)

NE

c)

S

d)

SE

30.

Which direction on the compass rose is missing?

a)

NW

b)

W

c)

SE

d)

NE

31.

Which direction from the compass rose is missing?

a)

SW

b)

SE

c)

NE

d)

NW

32.

Which direction is missing?

a)

SW

b)

E

c)

SE

d)

NE