5 th grade Social Studies Sample Test Questions

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1 5 th grade Social Studies Sample Test Questions Some objectives are not represented here yet. That s because they are not tested on the state level. istrict teachers and administrators are currently preparing sample test questions to fill in these gaps. PSS 2.1 Standard 2: The student will describe the early exploration of merica. PSS OJETIVE 2.1: Examine the reasons for, the problems faced in, and the results of key expeditions of Portugal, Spain, France, the Netherlands, and England (e.g., olumbus, Ponce de León, Magellan, oronado, ortés, Hudson, Raleigh, and La Salle) and the competition for control of North merica. 1. How did the European exploration of the New World affect European relations? The exploring countries formed a trade alliance. The exploring countries cooperated with each other to share information. The exploring countries issued loans without interest to other European nations. The exploring countries competed for resources in the mericas. PSS X In the 1600s, the area represented by the Letter X was settled by Spain. Portugal. France. England.

2 PSS Why did France want to control the land at the mouth of the Mississippi River? to start tobacco plantations to access shipping routes to make cooperation with New Spain easier to prevent the growth of the ritish colonies

3 PSS 2.2 Standard 2: The student will describe the early exploration of merica. PSS OJETIVE 2.2: Identify the impact of the encounter between Native mericans and Europeans. 4. Native mericans taught Europeans to grow corn. How did the Europeans benefit from this? orn became an important source of fuel. orn provided a way to protect the environment. The ability to grow corn led to plantation farming. The ability to grow corn helped the settlers survive. PSS Which is an example of Europeans trying to change the Native merican culture? the French trading for furs the Spanish establishing hristian missions the Spanish naming their territory New Spain the French building forts in the Shenandoah Valley PSS What part of the Native mericans way of life did Spanish missionaries try to change most? work housing food religion

4 PSS 3.1 Standard 3: The student will examine the growth and development of colonial merica. PSS OJETIVE 3.1: escribe early European settlements in colonial merica (e.g., Jamestown, Plymouth Plantations, Massachusetts ay, and New msterdam), and identify reasons people came to the mericas (e.g., economic opportunity, slavery, escape from religious persecution, military adventure, and release from prison). 7. How did weather in 1607 affect the success of the Jamestown colony? Spring storms wrecked their ship. The hot summer killed their cattle. Fall winds destroyed their shelters. The cold winter limited their harvest. PSS Which was the most profitable export of the Jamestown settlement? cocoa cotton lumber tobacco PSS uction!!! STRONG WORKERS RRIVE MEN WOMEN HILREN MY 11, 1762 PORT of NORFOLK, VIRGINI TO the HIGHEST IER For ONLY the Price of Their Passage uy as Many Workers s Your usiness Requires THEY WILL WORK FOR YOU FOR 3 to 7 YERS!!! The people who were sold at this event were known as slaves. indentured servants. wage earners. soldiers.

5 PSS 3.2 Standard 3: The student will examine the growth and development of colonial merica. PSS OJETIVE 3.2: escribe the similarities and differences (e.g., social, agricultural, and economic) in the New England, mid-tlantic, and southern colonies, and compare and contrast life in the colonies in the eighteenth century from various perspectives (e.g., large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, slaves, and indentured servants). 10. t first, the Georgia colony was different from other Southern colonies because James Oglethorpe outlawed indentured servitude. slavery. firearms. free enterprise. PSS colonial merican farmer needs to buy some supplies for his farm. He tells the shopkeeper that he will pay for the supplies when he sells his crops at the end of the summer. The shopkeeper agrees to sell the supplies to the farmer. This is an example of what kind of economic change? paying with cash using credit using checks bartering for goods PSS person who worked in exchange for the ship fare to North merica was called an apprentice. a burgess. a freed slave. an indentured servant.

6 PSS 3.3 Standard 3: The student will examine the growth and development of colonial merica. PSS OJETIVE 3.3: Relate the contributions of important individuals and groups (e.g., John Smith, John Rolfe, Puritans, Pilgrims, Peter Stuyvesant, Roger Williams, nne Hutchinson, Lord altimore, Quakers, William Penn, and James Oglethorpe). 13. Roger Williams founded Rhode Island as a place of free worship because he was cast out by the Puritans. inspired by the Quakers. encouraged by William Penn. persecuted by the king of England. PSS What led to Roger Williams leaving the Massachusetts ay olony? He wanted more land for his own farm. He did not agree with the Puritan leaders. He thought that he should start his own religion. He believed in a different god than the Puritans. PSS In 1681, I received a charter to start a new colony. I made this colony a safe place for Quakers, a religious group that was not wanted in England. We practice religious freedom in our colony and we have made peace with the Native mericans. In our colony we have a city of brotherly love. Who is being described? Roger Williams James Oglethorpe William Penn John Smith

7 PSS 4.1 Standard 4: The student will examine the lasting impact of the merican Revolution. PSS OJETIVE 4.1: escribe the causes and results of conflicts between England and olonial merica (e.g., the French and Indian War, Stamp ct, oston Massacre, Intolerable cts, attles of Lexington and oncord, attle of Saratoga, and attle of Yorktown). 16. Which of the following explains why the attle of Saratoga was important? It was the first time the merican Navy was called into action. The merican victory caused the French to offer assistance. It gave merican troops time to escape from Valley Forge. The merican defeat forced ongress to draft more soldiers. PSS Which caused tension between Great ritain and the colonists following the French and Indian War? The ritish no longer traded with the colonists. The colonists had to give up land to the ritish. The ritish raised colonial taxes to pay for the war. The colonists no longer had the support of the ritish king. PSS In the 1760s, the merican colonists accused Great ritain of taxation without representation. This meant that Parliament taxed all imported goods. the colonists did not have to pay taxes. English citizens were taxed at the beginning of each year. the colonists were not involved in voting for the taxes.

8 PSS 4.3 Standard 4: The student will examine the lasting impact of the merican Revolution. PSS OJETIVE 4.3: Identify and interpret the basic ideals expressed in the eclaration of Independence (e.g., "all men are created equal" and "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"). 19. The ideal to establish justice is found in which historical document? rticles of onfederation eclaration of Independence Preamble to the U.S. onstitution ill of Rights in the U.S. onstitution PSS One purpose for writing the eclaration of Independence was to settle conflicts with foreign nations. express loyalties to the ritish Parliament. appoint governors for each colony. explain complaints against the king of England. PSS Which document stated that the merican colonies were no longer under ritish rule? Mayflower ompact eclaration of Rights United States onstitution eclaration of Independence

9 PSS 4.4 Standard 4: The student will examine the lasting impact of the merican Revolution. PSS OJETIVE 4.4: Recognize the contributions of key individuals and groups involved in the merican Revolution (e.g., Samuel dams, the Sons of Liberty, Paul Revere, Mercy Otis Warren, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette, King George III, Hessians, and Lord ornwallis). 22. How did King George III help start the merican Revolution? He sold land in the colonies to Spain. He sent ritish troops to the colonies. He invited the French to help rule the colonies. He sent slaves in the colonies to Great ritain. PSS The Sons of Liberty are best known for enforcing the Intolerable cts. freeing frican merican slaves. writing laws for the merican colonies. organizing protests against ritish rule. PSS Which group would most likely agree with the ideas presented in ommon Sense? Patriots Loyalists utch sailors Spanish soldiers

10 PSS 5.2 Standard 5: The student will describe the changing nation during the early federal period. PSS OJETIVE 5.2: Identify and interpret the basic ideals expressed in and the reasons for writing the United States onstitution (e.g., weaknesses of the rticles of onfederation and Shays' Rebellion, and the goals listed in the Preamble), and outline the major provisions of the onstitution, including the federal system and the three branches of government. 25. The U.S. onstitution gives the legislative branch of government the power to veto bills. make laws. appoint judges. enforce amendments. PSS The judicial branch can limit the powers of the legislative branch by vetoing bills. overriding vetoes. ruling laws unconstitutional. approving federal judges.

11 PSS These ideas influenced the people who helped create the government of the United States. Which part of the U. S. onstitution is a result of Idea? the ill of Rights the Electoral ollege the amendment process the three branches of government

12 PSS 5.3 Standard 5: The student will describe the changing nation during the early federal period. PSS OJETIVE 5.3: escribe the struggles involved in writing the United States onstitution (e.g., the interests of large states and small states and the major compromises over representation in ongress), its ratification (e.g., Federalists vs. nti-federalists), and the addition of the ill of Rights; and explain the rights and responsibilities of citizens The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan both addressed the states conflict over economic differences. geographic differences. political differences. population differences. PSS One way the First mendment protects individual rights is by guaranteeing a trial by jury. allowing ownership of guns. securing freedom of religion. requiring rules for police searches. PSS The first ten amendments to the U.S. onstitution are known as the Preamble. ill of Rights. rticles of onfederation. eclaration of Independence.

13 PSS Why are Letters to the Editor an important part of a newspaper? The readers can exercise their right of free speech. The government can know the opinions of citizens. The schools can determine the needs of local people. The readers can show their knowledge of current events.

14 PSS 7.1 Standard 7: The student will review and strengthen geographic skills. PSS OJETIVE 7.1: Identify, evaluate and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, and other sources and representations, such as aerial and shuttle photographs, satellite-produced images, the geographic information system (GIS), encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, atlases, and computer-based technologies; and construct and use maps of locales, regions, continents, and the world that demonstrate an understanding of mental mapping, relative location, direction, latitude, longitude, key, legend, map symbols, scale, size, shape, and landforms. 32. What lies directly east of the forest? island mountains river state park PSS When does latitude increase on a map? distance from the equator distance from the prime meridian distance from the tropic of ancer distance from the International ate Line

15 PSS On the map, the line marked number 1 is the international date line. tropic of ancer. prime meridian. equator. PSS Which formed the western boundary of the 13 English colonies? ppalachian Mountains St. Lawrence River tlantic Ocean Rocky Mountains

16 PSS 7.2 Standard 7: The student will review and strengthen geographic skills. PSS OJETIVE 7.2: Evaluate how the physical environment affects humans and how humans modify their physical environment. 36. Which of the following best explains the greenhouse effect? Smoke in the air has harmed human health. Pollution from factories has caused acid rain. urning fossil fuel has changed the atmosphere. uilding roads has damaged available farmland. PSS Which shelter was created by people who lived in a hot climate with little vegetation?

17 PSS y 1790, the merican Frontier extended to which landform in the West? Ohio River Gulf of Mexico Rocky Mountains ppalachian Mountains

18 PSS 7.3 Standard 7: The student will review and strengthen geographic skills. PSS OJETIVE 7.3: nalyze the physical characteristics of historical places in various regions and the role they played (e.g., Jamestown for the English, St. ugustine for the Spanish, New Orleans for the French, and the herokee lands in the arolinas and Georgia) by using a variety of visual materials and data sources at different scales (e.g., photographs, satellite and shuttle images, pictures, tables, charts, topographic and historical maps, and primary documents). 39. tlantic Ocean ppalachian Mountains Mississippi River Which is the best title for the list above? ulture Regions of the United States North merica s Largest Physical Regions arriers to Early North merican Settlement Locations of the First Revolutionary War attles PSS griculture was more important in the Southern colonies than in the New England colonies because in the Southern colonies the climate was cooler. wind was less damaging. growing season was longer. rainfall was more predictable. PSS Philadelphia, Pennsylvania New Orleans, Louisiana New York ity, New York Jamestown, Virginia Which is a common geographic feature shared by each city above? established on the Great Plains founded west of the ppalachian Mountains established on the coast located on a river

19 PSS 7.4 Standard 7: The student will review and strengthen geographic skills. PSS OJETIVE 7.4: Interpret geographic information to explain how society changed as the population of the United States moved west, including where Native mericans lived and how they made their living. 42. Early European settlers changed the lives of Native mericans the most by the contagious epidemic diseases that they carried. new ways of hunting that they taught. trade for furs that they engaged in. food supplies that they shared.

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