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4th Grade SS Review #1

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A __________ is a thick mountain of ice that forms over many years.

a)

ice age

b)

mammouth

c)

glacier

d)

Beringia

2.

A time when the Earth was much colder and large areas were covered with snow was called the __________.

a)

Ice Age

b)

migration

c)

glacier

d)

continent

3.

The land bridge first used by people to come to America was called __________.

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Beringia

c)

continent

d)

migration

4.

Two animals tracked and eaten by ancient hunters were __________ and __________. (Choose two answers.)

a)

mammouth

b)

antelope

c)

tiger

d)

mastodon

5.

The __________ is the waterway that separates Alaska and Asia.

a)

Bering Strait

b)

Beringia

c)

Nile River

d)

Indian Ocean

6.

__________ is the movement of people or animals to go live in different places.

a)

Continent

b)

Beringia

c)

Migration

d)

Mammouth

7.

An ____________ is a man or woman made item that allow scientists to study what the world was like before written history.

a)

continent

b)

fossil

c)

artifact

d)

archaeologist

8.

An ancient hunting tool used to hurl a spear with great force is called a __________.

a)

atlatl

b)

Clovis

c)

arrow

d)

continent

9.

What was the role of Beringia in the peopling of the Americas?

a)

Beringia allowed humans and animals to migrate between Asia and North America

b)

Beringia formed during the last Ice Age

c)

Beringia connected Asia and North America through a land bridge

d)

Beringia was discovered recently

10.

What was the role of Beringia during the last Ice Age?

a)

Beringia connected Asia and North America

b)

Beringia formed due to the accumulation of water in glaciers

c)

Beringia allowed migration between continents

d)

Beringia is submerged under the Bering Sea

11.

What is the significance of Beringia in the peopling of the Americas?

a)

Beringia was a land bridge connecting Asia and North America

b)

Beringia played a crucial role in the migration of early humans

c)

Beringia is supported by fossil remains, genetic studies, and archaeological findings

d)

Beringia was formed during the last Ice Age

12.

What caused the end of Beringia?

a)

Rising sea levels

b)

Harsh climate

c)

Migration of early humans

d)

Abundant wildlife

13.
What hemisphere do you live in?
a)
Canadian
b)
Northern
c)
Southern
d)
Mexican
14.
What Continent do you live on?
a)
South America
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
Australia
15.
The four main points of the compass North, South, East, and West.
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Cardinal Directions
c)
Intermediate Directions
d)
Map Scale
16.
A circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
a)
A Point
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map Scale
d)
Direction
17.
What is the map element that tells what symbols on the map mean?
a)
Key/Compass
b)
Key/Legend
c)
Legend/Scale
d)
Inset/Scale
18.
This map element tells the purpose of the map
a)
Title
b)
Scale
c)
Legend
d)
Key
19.
How many continents are there?
a)
4
b)
1
c)
5
d)
7
20.
What is this symbol?
a)
scale
b)
key
c)
compass rose
d)
map
21.
What is a map scale?
a)
a tool to measure distance
b)
a tool to tell direction
c)
a tool to start a fire
d)
a tool to build a house
22.
Which state borders Ohio to the West?
a)
California
b)
Indiana
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Michigan
23.
Which state is "the state up North"
a)
Canada
b)
Florida
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Michigan
24.
Which state is on the Southwest border of Ohio?
a)
Kentucky
b)
West Virginia
c)
New York
d)
Florida
25.
West Virginia would be considered in which intermediate direction to Ohio?
a)
South
b)
Southeast
c)
North
d)
Southwest
26.

What is a round model of the Earth?

a)

hemispheres

b)

globe

c)

prime meridian

d)

map scale

27.

_______________ are halves of the Earth.

a)

Grids

b)

Latitudes

c)

Hemispheres

d)

Degrees

28.

_____________ directions are north, south, east, and west.

a)

Intermediate

b)

Symbol

c)

Cardinal

d)

Map

29.

What is a line drawn around Earth halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole?

a)

equator

b)

prime meridian

c)

latitude

d)

longitude

30.

What is a flat drawing of all or part of Earth?

a)

globe

b)

grid

c)

map

d)

degree

31.

What are directions that are midway between cardinal directions?

a)

intermediate directions

b)

cardinal directions

c)

compass rose

d)

map scale

32.

Which group of people came to Ohio first?

a)

Fort Ancients

b)

Adena

c)

Hopewell

d)

Paleo-Indians

e)

Archaic people

33.

Which group developed in Ohio around 3,000 years ago?

a)

Fort Ancients

b)

Hopewell

c)

Archaic people

d)

Adena

e)

Paleo-Indians

34.

Which group did NOT build mounds?

a)

Adena

b)

Hopewell

c)

Archaic people

d)

Fort Ancients

35.

Which group was the last prehistoric people to live in Ohio?

a)

Paleo-Indians

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancients

d)

Adena

e)

Archaic people

36.

Which group lived in small villages with circular huts?

a)

Hopewell

b)

Fort Ancients

c)

Paleo-Indians

d)

Adena

37.

Which group of prehistoric people were NOT farmers?

a)

Paleo-Indians

b)

Hopewell

c)

Fort Ancients

d)

Adena

38.

Which group came to Ohio around 8,000 years ago?

a)

Paleo-Indians

b)

Adena

c)

Hopewell

d)

Archaic people

e)

Fort Ancients

39.

Which group of prehistoric people lived in simple tents and caves?

a)

Fort Ancients

b)

Paleo-Indians

c)

Hopewell

d)

Adena

40.

Which group used materials they traded to make jewelry and art?

a)

Archaic people

b)

Fort Ancients

c)

Adena

d)

Hopewell

41.

Which group moved constantly to hunt large animals, such as caribou and mammoths?

a)

Paleo-Indians

b)

Archaic people

c)

Hopewell

d)

Fort Ancients

42.

Study of artifacts, often unearthed by excavation to study people of the past

a)

archaeology

b)

history

c)

geography

d)

paleontology

43.

Someone who uses artifacts to study the way people lived in the past

a)

historian

b)

paleontologist

c)

archeologist

d)

geologist

44.

very old

a)

historic

b)

artifact

c)

culture

d)

archaic

45.

handmade object made by people from the past

a)

culture

b)

artifact

c)

archaic

d)

flint

46.

the way of life shared by a group of people

a)

culture

b)

artifact

c)

archaic

d)

Paleo

47.

the description of a family of plants or animals that has died out

a)

Paleo

b)

archaic

c)

prehistoric

d)

extinct

48.

a kind of hard rock used for making tools and points for arrows and spears

a)

Paleo

b)

archaic

c)

flint

d)

extinct

49.

the written story of the past

a)

Paleo

b)

historic

c)

prehistoric

d)

archaic

50.

Moving from one place to another to stay there

a)

Paleo

b)

extinct

c)

prehistoric

d)

migrate

51.

A time before written records

a)

prehistoric

b)

historic

c)

extinct

d)

migrate

52.

Which group was the first to arrive in Ohio?

a)

Paleo Indians

b)

Archaic Indians

53.

Which two animals did Paleo Indians hunt?

a)

Wooly Mammoth

b)

plants

c)

fish

d)

Saber-tooth tigers

54.

Which Indian group have villages near waterways?

a)

Archaic Indians

b)

Woodland indians

c)

Late Prehistoric Indians

d)

Paleo Indians

55.
How long did it take to build mounds
a)
Days
b)
Weeks
c)
A year
d)
Hundreds of Years
56.
What were the Adena People Mounds mostly used for?
a)
Living in
b)
Burying dead and holding ceremonies
c)
Where they kept their food
d)
Where they built their tool
57.
What time period did the Adena People live in
a)
Early Woodland
b)
Archaic
c)
Late Woodland
d)
Paleoindian
58.
What time period did the Hopewell live in
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Middle Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
59.
Who do they think built Serpent Mound during the Late Prehistoric Time Period
a)
Adena
b)
Hopewell
c)
Fort Ancient
d)
Shawnee
60.
How big is Serpent Mound
a)
50 feet
b)
1 mile
c)
4 football fields
61.
What time period did the Fort Ancient people live in
a)
Paleoindian
b)
Archaic
c)
Woodland
d)
Late Prehistoric
62.
Serpent Mound faces the Summer Solstice Sunset possibly for annual _______________
a)
Parties
b)
Celebrations or Ceremonies
c)
Hunts
d)
Fires
63.
Where is Serpent Mound located
a)
Portsmouth Ohio
b)
Columbus Ohio
c)
Adams County Ohio
d)
Scioto County Ohio
64.

What is culture?

a)

the type of food that people eat

b)

the way of life of a group of people

c)

the type of accent someone has

d)

the place someone lives

65.

What is an economy?

a)

the way of life of a group of people

b)

a type of plant

c)

the system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods

d)

a type of house

66.

Why did the first people migrate South?

a)

They wanted to visit their family.

b)

They wanted to live where it was colder.

c)

They were bored.

d)

They were tracking animals to hunt.

67.
Which types of crops were NOT grown in Native American gardens in Ohio? 
a)
A.  pumpkins
b)
B.  watermelons
c)
C.  corn
d)
D.  beans
68.
Native Americans entered into trade agreements with Europeans in the 1700's.  What did the Native Americans bring to the post for trade?  
a)
A.  Tipis
b)
B.  corn
c)
C.  muskets
d)
D.  animal furs
69.
Which type of dwelling could be found in Ohio as housing for Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands? 
a)
A.  buffalo Tipis
b)
B.  wigwams
c)
C.  log cabins
d)
D.  tents
70.

Women had several responsibilities within Native American Culture. Which of these options is NOT a primary responsibility of women within this culture? 

a)
A.  Hunting
b)
B.  collecting food from the forest.
c)
C.  building the wigwams
d)
D.  making maple syrup
71.
Men had certain responsibilities within the Native American culture.  Which answer lists the primary responsibilities of the men? 
a)
A.  collecting nuts and berries
b)
B.  hunting, fishing and trapping
c)
C.  building homes and furnishing them
d)
D.  making baskets from birch bark
72.
In which ways did Native Americans use their environment to survive?
a)
A.  They used muskets to hunt for food
b)
B.  They over hunted and over trapped fish in the rivers
c)
C. They traded for metal knives
d)
D.  They responsibly used resources from the forest to make the things they needed
73.
Which of these names belongs to a group of Ohio's historic Native Americans?
a)
A. Cheyanne
b)
B.  Wyandot
c)
C.  Hopi
d)
D.  Plains
74.
Which of these names does NOT belong to a group of Ohio's historic Native Americans?
a)
A.  Mingo
b)
B.  Shawnee
c)
C.  Ottowa
d)
D.  Pawnee
75.

Which statement best describes the religious or spiritual practices of Ohio's Native Americans

a)

A. Native Americans worshiped Jesus.

b)

B. Native American religion was based on nature.

c)

C. Native Americans worshiped other Native Americans.

d)

D. Native Americans worshiped in churches.

76.

Which statement best describes how Native American and European ideas about land were different?

a)

A. Native Americans believed in owning land and would live on the same land for their entire lives.

b)

B. Native Americans believed that land could not be owned and Europeans believed that it could. This often caused conflict.

c)

Europeans were not interested in owning land in Ohio.

d)

Native Americans sold their land to Europeans for a fair price.

77.

Which statement about Native American family life is false?

a)

A. Family was the center of the community.

b)

B. Families lived together in the same area or the same house.

c)

C. Families often chose to separate.

d)

D. Families would take care of each other and provide food and shelter.

78.

What effect did the fur trade have on animal populations in Ohio?

a)

A. None

b)

B. Animal populations increased

c)

C. Animal populations decreased due to over-hunting for trade.

d)

D. Animal populations remained the same even though they were being hunted for trade.

79.

How did many Native American communities govern themselves.

a)

A. They elected a president.

b)

B. They had a king.

c)

C. They chose a village council to help make decisions.

d)

D. One chief would make decisions for all.

80.

Larger rectangular homes in which several Native American families lived were called ___.

a)

cultures

b)

teepees

c)

longhouses

d)

wigwams

81.

The period of time before the development of written history is called ______.

a)

unknown

b)

culture

c)

history

d)

prehistory

82.

Circular homes made by bending tree branches into a dome-shaped frame are called ___.

a)

wigwams

b)

cultures

c)

teepees

d)

longhouses

83.

The Adena, Hopewell, and the Fort Ancient were all known as ___.

a)

Algonquian Indians

b)

Mound Builders

c)

Iroquoian Indians

d)

Paleo Indians

84.

How were the Adena different from the Hopewell?

a)

The Adena did things bigger and better than the Hopewell.

b)

The Hopewell were Historic Indians and the Adena were Prehistoric.

c)

The Hopewell were Mound Builders and the Adena were not.

d)

The Hopewell did things bigger and better than the Adena.

85.

Most Prehistoric Indian tribes got their food through ____.

a)

hunting only

b)

farming and gathering.

c)

gathering only.

d)

hunting and gathering.

86.

Which is a primary source?

a)

a movie about the life of Walt Disney

b)

a journal Walt Disney kept

c)

a biography about Walt Disney

d)

a student's report about the life of Walt Disney

87.

Which is a secondary source?

a)

a letter Mrs. Neckel wrote to her dad

b)

a photograph of Mrs. Neckel with her dad

c)

an email from Mrs. Neckel to her dad

d)

a story a friend told you about Mrs. Neckel and her dad

88.

Which shows the Prehistoric Native Americans in the order that they lived (oldest to most recent)?

a)

Paleo, Hopewell, Adena, Archaic, Ft. Ancient

b)

Paleo, Archaic, Adena, Ft. Ancient, Hopewell

c)

Paleo, Archaic, Adena, Hopewell, Ft. Ancient

d)

Ft. Ancient, Hopewell, Adena, Archaic, Paleo

89.

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

a)

French against Indians

b)

England against France

c)

England against France and Indians

d)

Indians against England

90.

What were the 2 main reasons for the French and Indian War?

a)

Control of land and trade with Native Americans

b)

Land and Slaves

c)

Gold

d)

Claim to land in Europe

91.
Who was the King of England during this time?
a)
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
b)
King Henry VIII
c)
Queen Elizabeth
d)
King George III
92.
Who won the French and Indian War?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Indians
d)
Spain
93.

In order to help pay for the HUGE cost of the war, what did King George III do to the colonists?

a)

Killed them

b)

Removed them from the land in the colonies.

c)

Passed the Sugar Act and Stamp Act to make the colonists pay more taxes.

d)

Paid for the war out of his own pocket

94.
What slogan did the colonists begin to use in order to express their frustrations with the British government?
a)
"No Taxation!"
b)
"We Need Representation!"
c)
"No Taxation without Representation!"
d)
"We Want Freedom!"
95.

The Stamp Act added extra money to everyday items that colonists HAD to use. What are some examples of items that would be taxed?

a)

Sugar

b)

Official documents

c)

Coffee

d)

Newspapers

96.
The land fought over was the
a)
Ohio River Valley
b)
Appalachian Mountains
c)
Florida
d)
Canada
97.

George Washington was a leader for for which country during the French & Indian War.

a)

England

b)

France

c)

America

d)

Confederate Army

98.
Who had more support from the Native Americans?
a)
French
b)
British
99.

When King George III passed the taxes down to the colonists, what were they most angry about?

a)

The taxes being passed without a representative for the colonists there to speak for them.

b)

That is wasn't enough taxes, they wanted to pay more.

100.

What does the word "ally" mean?

a)

a person or group that joins with another to work towards a common goal

b)

a group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject

c)

a fight against the government

d)

an official public statement

101.

What does the word "proclamation" mean?

a)

a person or group that joins with another to work towards a common goal

b)

a group of representatives who meet to discuss a subject

c)

a fight against the government

d)

an official public statement

102.

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

a)

Said that the colonists could NOT settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

Said that the colonists could have as much land as they wanted

c)

There is no Proclamation of 1763...

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