3rd Grade Social Studies Unit Four - People & Culture
A person who comes to live in our country from somewhere else in the world in called an ________________ .
A _________ uses the actions of gods and goddesses to explain why something in nature is the way it is.
- tradition
- folk tale
- myth
- legend
Athena gave the people of Athens ______________ ; the gods judged this the best gift and named the city after her.
- water
- fire
- an olive tree
- metal
- plains
Some parts of a legend may have been made up, and never really
happened.
- True
- False
You are reading a book. The people, things, events, dates and places are all real and can be checked in other reference books. This book is:
- fiction
- a tall tale
- based on facts
- a myth
A medicine that keeps people from getting a disease is a _____________ .
Check two primary ways people honor their leaders or remember persons or events:
Check all the holidays that Americans would celebrate to honor their
heritage:
Stories and poems are two kinds of ____________
Mount Rushmore honors four American:
Jonas Salk developed a vaccine for:
- diphtheria
- small pox
- polio
- malaria
Your family has a ______________ of baking lots of different kinds of cookies every Christmas season.
Between 1840 and 1850 many people came to America from Ireland to escape the:
- draft
- potato famine
- lack of oil
- bad water
In the 1800's most immigrants came to America:
- by train
- by sailing ships
- by airplane
- by horseback
_____________ is the words or signs people use to
communicate.
Immigrants tend to settle in larger cities primarily to:
- have fun
- find jobs
- avoid being lonely
- avoid too much sun
After native Americans, the first group of immigrants to arrive in America in the 1600's came from:
- Mexico
- Germany
- China
- England
Rosa Parks is admired because she:
- was the first woman Senator.
- fought for the basic rights of all Americans as the First Lady.
- refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white person.
- was a representative to the United Nations.
July Fourth is a national holiday and honors:
- Americans who have died in wars.
- the landing of the Pilgrims.
- the declaration of our independence from England.
- the end of World War II.
Today, the largest groups of immigrants come from:
- European countries
- African countries
- Mexico, Central America and Asian countries
- Canada