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Social Studies Year Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of a map key/legend?

a)

To display cardinal directions

b)

To explain symbols and colors

c)

To describe what the map is about

d)

To show you where to go

2.

The ______ divides the globe into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

a)
Equator
b)

prime meridian

c)

   International Data Line

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

3.

What is climate?

a)

A rainstorm

b)

The weather in a place over a long period of time

c)

The weather in a place over a week

d)

The tool that you use to see how hot it is outside

4.

Read the sentence. Hazards are dangers in the physical environment that people cannot control. Which word helps the read understand the meaning of hazards?

a)

Control

b)

Dangers

c)

Environment

d)

People

5.

Read the passage. Most towns have alarm systems to warn people about tornadoes. Digging underground shelter modifies the land. What idea does this passage support?

a)

People have adapted to tornadoes

b)

Tornadoes do not damage the environment

c)

No one knows when a tornado is approaching

d)

Digging underground shelters is not a modification

6.

Why does Abraham Lincoln have a special memorial?

a)

He created the banking system

b)

He was a founder of the United States

c)

He doubled the size of the United States

d)

He freed enslaved people during the Civil War

7.

What is an example of a primary source?

a)

A map

b)

A textbook

c)

A documentary

d)

An encyclopedia

8.

Which day celebrates America becoming a country?

a)

Memorial Day

b)

Thanksgiving Day

c)

Valentine’s Day

d)

Independence Day

9.

The ______ is the national bird of the United States.

a)
Bald eagle
b)

Black Turkey

c)

red hawk

d)

brown pelican

10.

What was one of the main reasons the 13 colonies wanted to be independent?

a)

All colonists wanted religious freedom from England

b)

Colonists wanted to create new treaties with other countries

c)

Many colonists did not want to pay taxes to England

d)

Colonists wanted to create their own monarchy

11.

What is the Bill of Rights?

a)

A document that explains how government should be run

b)

A document gives rights to the citizens

c)

A document that officially broke ties with Great Britain

d)

A document that explains why the colonists did not want to pay taxes

12.

What is the job of the legislative branch of government?

a)

To enforce laws

b)

To make laws

c)

To interpret laws

13.

Who is responsible for making sure all people are treated fairly by laws?

a)

Schools

b)

Government

c)

Business

d)

Libraries

14.

What are TWO ways that people can participate in their community?

a)

Starting conflicts with other people

b)

Voting for officials to represent them

c)

Staying in formed about what is going on

d)

Sending away people who don’t belong

15.

Which of the following is a need?

a)

Video games

b)

Food

c)

Books

d)

Basketball

16.

Which is not an example of a service?

a)

Haircut

b)

Teaching

c)

Furniture

d)

Car repair

17.

______ is the movement from one place to another.

a)
Migration
b)

   Exploration

c)

Settlement

d)

Sailing

18.

How can a person earn an income?

a)

By donating

b)

By spending

c)

By working

d)

By budgeting

19.

______ are freedoms every person has.

a)
Rights
b)

Traits

c)

Responsibilities

20.

______ are things we are expected to do.

a)

Citizenship

b)

Responsibilities

c)

    Rights

21.

What is the purpose of a map scale?

a)

to show the distance between places

b)

to show where the next lake is

c)

to tell you what the symbols on a map mean

d)

to help you find south

22.
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
23.
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
24.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good citizen?

a)

Trustworthiness and honesty

b)

Practicing thoughtful decision making

c)

Service to your school/local community

d)

Showing up late to work/school

25.

The organization that makes the laws in a country, state, or community and has the power to enforce them.

a)

landform

b)

physical feature

c)

government

d)

globe

26.

What is the capital of Louisiana?

a)

Baton Rouge

b)

New York

c)

Opelousas

d)

Dallas

27.

What is the most import civic responsibility?

a)

Voting

b)

Driving

c)

going to school