3rd Grade Social Studies Unit Five - History of Communities

How many years are in a century?
1. 10
2. 100
3. 1,000
4. 1
A story of the past that is spoken rather than written is:
1. a history book
2. a musical play
3. an oral history
4. a fictional drama
The first people to live in a new place are called:
1. explorers
2. settlers
3. adventurers
4. strangers
5. plains
The first settlement built by the English in the colony of Virginia was:
1. Plymouth
2. New York
3. Jamestown
4. Richmond
A period of 1,000 years is called a _____________
Which civilization first developed writing?
1. the Greeks
2. The Romans
3. the Sumerians
4. the Egyptians
A _______________ is a tomb or a burial place for a dead Egyptian king or queen. Some are more than 450 feet high.
Check the items below that were invented in ancient China: (Check all that apply).
1. paper
2. wine
3. printing
4. fireworks
5. olive oil
About 2,500 years ago, the government of Athens in Greece was the world's first ______________.
Ancient Rome created the world's first:
1. dictatorship
2. monarchy
3. republic
4. democracy
The special name for an Egyptian king is:
1. mighty one
2. great one
3. highness
4. pharaoh
In a republic,
1. citizens make all the decisions.
2. citizens vote for leaders to make decisions for them in the government.
3. a dictator makes all the decisions.
4. a small group of wealthy people make all the decisions.
_______ is all the land and people under control of a powerful nation.
1. A city
2. An empire
3. A county
4. A state
A group of Native American tribes organized under one leader is called:
1. an empire
2. a nation
3. a team
4. a country
Native Americans who did not settle in one place but followed herds to hunt were called:
1. settlers
2. explorers
3. nomads
4. colonists
When people settle in one place what are some of the things they can do? (Check all that apply.)
1. farm
2. travel continuously
3. build permanent residences
4. acquire many tools, pottery, furniture
The primary mode of transportation used by Native Americans on the rivers was the _____________.
Which oceans did the European explorers travel on? (Check all that apply.)
1. Arctic
2. Atlantic
3. Pacific
4. Indian
In 1775, the American colonialists began the ________________ to achieve their independence from England.
1. Civil War
2. War of 1812
3. 30 Year War
4. Revolutionary War
On July Fourth, we celebrate the signing of the _________________________.
The leader of the American army during the Revolutionary War was ______________________.
1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Benjamin Franklin
4. Patrick Henry
The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution.
1. True
2. False
In the Revolutionary War, the Untied States won their independence from ______________.
The capital city of the United States is now:
1. New York
2. Philadelphia
3. Washington, D.C.
4. Annapolis
Check below what can be found in Washington, D.C. (Check all that apply.)
1. the Washington Monument
2. the Statue of Liberty
3. the White House
4. the nation's Capitol Building
5. the Empire State Building
President Thomas Jefferson more than doubled the size of the United States with the:
President Thomas Jefferson sent _______________ to explore the western lands.
1. Christopher Columbus
2. Lewis & Clark
3. Davy Crockett
4. Alexander Hamilton
The primary reason for the Civil War was:
1. religious arguments
2. to end slavery in all the states
3. to help England
4. to bring manufacturing jobs to the South
The amendment to the Constitution that made it illegal to own slaves was the:
1. twelfth amendment
2. fourteenth amendment
3. thirteenth amendment
4. fifteenth amendment
The President of the United States during the Civil War was _____________________ .
Originally, there were __________ colonies in the United States.
Today there are __________ states in the United States.
The first ships to bring slaves to the new American colonies belonged to the:
1. French
2. Dutch
3. English
4. Germans
The first long-lasting European settlement in America was at:
1. New York
2. Jamestown
3. St. Augustine
4. Boston
It is generally accepted that the original Native Americans came from:
1. Europe
2. Antarctica
3. Asia
4. Africa