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Social Studies Skills

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which imaginary line divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Axis
d)
North Pole
2.
Which imaginary line divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
Axis
d)
North Pole
3.
Which part of the map show the directions?
a)
Map Title
b)
Compass Rose
c)
Map key or legend
d)
Grid Lines
4.
Which part of the map shows the symbols located on the map and what they stand for?
a)
Compass Rose
b)
Grid lines
c)
Map title
d)
Map key or legend
5.
Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?
a)
North
b)
West
c)
Southeast
d)
East
6.
Which of the following helps you compare distances on a map with real distances in the world?
a)
map key
b)
compass rose
c)
grid
d)
map scale
7.
In which direction would you travel to get to the Rocky Mountains from Washington, D.C.?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
8.
What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?
a)
Primary Directions
b)
Intermediate Directions
c)
Middle Directions
d)
Subdirections
9.
How many continents are located on Earth?
a)
5
b)
6
c)
7
d)
8
10.
What comes to the right of the N (north) on this compass rose?
a)
S (south)
b)
E (east)
c)
W (west)
d)
N (north)
11.
What is a scale on a map?
a)
a short measurement on a map (such as an inch) that allows you to measure very long distances such as miles
b)
shows you how far places are from each other
c)
All of the above
12.

Name the five oceans

a)

Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Asia Ocean, North America Ocean, Southern Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean, American Ocean, United States Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean

d)

Australia Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Antarctica Ocean, Equator Ocean, Pacific Ocean

13.

Why are globes more accurate than maps?

a)

Globes are bigger than maps.

b)

Globes are round like the Earth, and maps are flat unlike the Earth

c)

Globes are more colorful than maps.

d)

Globes spin on an axis, like Earth does.

14.
Name Continent A!
a)
North America
b)
Africa
15.
Name Continent B!
a)
South America
b)
Europe
16.
Name Continent C!
a)
Antarctica
b)
Europe
17.

Name Continent D!

a)

Asia

b)

North America

18.
Continent E is ________.
a)
North America
b)
Africa
19.
Continent F is ________.
a)
Antarctica
b)
Australia
20.
Continent G is ________.
a)
Asia
b)
Antarctica
21.
Name Ocean #2!
a)
Arctic
b)
Atlantic
22.
Name Ocean #1!
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
23.

information from someone who did not witness an event

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

24.

Which do you think would be a generalization? Select all that apply.

a)

Everyone likes pizza.

b)

All people have technology at home.

c)

Dogs are smarter than cats.

d)

Boys are better than girls at sports.

25.

Why do you need to give credit to someone that you get information from?

a)

Because my teacher told me to.

b)

Because they are an expert.

c)

Because it is dishonest and is considered stealing.

d)

It is not a crime to take someone else's information as my own.

26.

a book describing what it might have been like for Christopher Columbus to sail to America

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

27.

an autobiography written by the 40th president Ronald Reagan (autbiography = author writes about his or her own life)

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

28.

an interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

29.

a cartoon showing Pocahontas meeting John Smith

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

30.

The Diary of Anne Frank - the published diary of a teenage girl who experiences the Holocaust firsthand

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

31.

In what year was the colony of San Miguel de Gualdape established?

a)

1513

b)

1525

c)

1565

d)

1577

32.

When did Ponce de Leon first land in Florida?

a)

1492

b)

1513

c)

1567

d)

1587

33.

Who issued this charter?

a)

Charles I of England

b)

Charles II of England

c)

George I of England

d)

George II of England

34.

What was the charter for?

a)

Florida

b)

Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

35.

What was to be the western border of the land grant?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Rocky Mountains

d)

Appalachian Mountains

e)

Pacific Ocean

36.

From whom did the US gain the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Spain

b)

Great Britain

c)

Mexico

d)

France

37.

How did the US obtain the Mexican Cession from Mexico in 1848?

a)

Treaty

b)

War

c)

Annexation

38.

What does the chart show in regards to the number slaves in the North?

a)

It gradually decreases

b)

It gradually increases

c)

It stays the same

39.

What is true about Free Blacks according to this chart? (Choose all that apply)

a)

The number of free blacks increased in both the North and the South

b)

There were more Free Blacks in the South

c)

Slaves outnumbered free blacks in the South

d)

There were more free blacks than slaves in the North in 1860

40.

__________________ is the total number of people.

a)

Population

b)

Population density

c)

Birth rate

d)

Death rate

41.

the study of past events

a)

history

b)

historian

42.

a sequence of events in the order that they happened

a)

timeline

b)

chronological order

43.

the way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person

a)

effect

b)

point of view

44.

____________ is the information that can prove your point or support your conclusion.

a)

Chronology

b)

Evidence

c)

Point of view

d)

Primary sources

45.

A period of time with similar characteristics

a)

era

b)

decade

c)

century

46.

A historian is....

a)

the story of the past

b)

someone who studies the past

c)

a writer

d)

someone who studies the earth and its geography

47.
What is an artifact?
a)
An imprint of a plant from long ago
b)
The remains of a person from long ago
c)
A food prepared or eaten by humans
d)
An object made or used by humans 
48.

When we look at the reasons for an event in history it is called

a)

Looking through their eyes

b)

Cause and effect

c)

Using the past

d)

Through their eyes

49.

To find the exact location of something, you will use these two things.

a)

Prime Meridian / Equator

b)

Map Key / Scale

c)

Lines of Latitude and Longitude

d)

Elevation / Grid

50.

a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favor that person or thing.

a)

Bias

b)

Likes

c)

Culture

d)

Reference