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Ch 4 Study Guide

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define Monument

a)

A big skyscraper

b)

A special statue

c)

Something that honors people, place, or events

d)

Something that grows naturally in the earth

2.

Define Innovation

a)

Old ideas

b)

New Ideas

c)

Old things

d)

New Things

3.

Define Drought

a)

When it rains too much

b)

When a state floods

c)

A surplus of water due to floods

d)

A shortage of water due to lack of rainfall

4.

What are taxes?

a)

Money collected by the government

b)

When the government needs money

c)

When the government spends money

d)

What the government spends money on

5.

What are public services?

a)

A service supplied to a specific country

b)

A service supplied to the whole world

c)

A service supplied to specific members of a community

d)

A service supplied to all members of a community

6.

What is Menlo Park, New Jersey? Why would tourists visit there?

a)

Thomas Edison's grave site; to visit his grave

b)

Thomas Edison's home; to visit where he used to live

c)

Thomas Edison's laboratory; to explore an inventor's laboratory

d)

Thomas Edison's boyhood home; to visit where he grew up

7.

Why is the Oculus in New York City important?

a)

It honors the people who died during a important event in history

b)

It's a statue that pays respects to fallen soldiers

c)

It's a big building

d)

It's an important train stationi in New York City

8.

How are names of places in a community related to history?

a)

Names of places and objects in a community can give clues about people or events from a community's future

b)

Names of places and objects in a community can give clues about people or events from a community's present

c)

Names of places and objects in a community can give clues about people or events from the worlds past

d)

Names of places and objects in a community can give clues about people or events from a community's past

9.

How might a community change to protect against flooding?

a)

It would move closer to the water.

b)

It would build levees and build using pilings.

c)

It would evacuate people far away.

d)

It would build bigger buildings.

10.

What impact did settlers have on the Native Americans?

a)

Native Americans got more land from the settlers.

b)

Native Americans gained more resources from the settlers.

c)

Native Americans lost much of their land to settlers.

d)

Native Americans lost more resources from the settlers.

11.

What did Benjamin Banneker, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks have in common?

a)

They struggled for equal rights and they had to overcome unfair treatment.

b)

They were slaves.

c)

They fought for American Independence.

d)

They moved to the Northeast.

12.

List the events in order by putting the letter of the event below in order from earliest to latest.

A. Ponce de Leon explored the coasts of Florida for Spain

B. Cabot explored Canada's coast for England

C. Columbus sailed from Spain looking for a way to travel to Asia

D. La Salle canoed the Mississippi

(a)