Social Studies 2nd Semester Exam
- 1. What type of community would you live in if you lived on a farm?
A) rural
B) urban
C) domestic
D) suburb
- 2. A place where people live, work, and play is a ___________.
A) bus
B) transportation
C) community
D) citizen
- 3. People who live in cold climates need to wear _______ clothes.
A) warm
B) cool
C) adapt
D) funny
- 4. According to the Landform map on page 38, what 2 landforms are found in Mississippi?
A) plains and hills
B) plateaus and hills
C) mountains and plateaus
D) plains and mountains
- 5. A person who lives in a community and has certain rights and duties.
A) worker
B) citizen
C) teacher
D) community
- 6. Resources found in nature that are limited and cannot be replaced.
A) nonrenewable resources
B) minerals
C) recycle
D) natural resources
- 7. Resources found in nature that can be replaced.
A) nonrenewable resources
B) water
C) renewable resources
D) trees
- 8. Look at the chart on page 59. What are two things we get from oil?
A) building and lumber
B) fuel and plastic
C) steel and building
D) drinking and watering crops
- 9. A place that is ruled by another country.
A) town
B) bay
C) slavery
D) colony
- 10. The first colony set up by English settlers.
A) bay
B) Jamestown
C) colonist
D) Powhatan
- 11. Who was known as the "Pathfinder?"
A) Sacagawea
B) George Washington
C) William Clark
D) Daniel Boone
- 12. An ___________ is something that has been made for the first time.
A) elevator
B) skyscraper
C) house
D) invention
- 13. Who invented the light bulb?
A) Henry Bessemer
B) Thomas Edison
C) George Washington
D) Elisha Otis
- 14. People in your family who came before you and your parents.
A) ancestors
B) festival
C) holiday
D) celebrations
- 15. A day on which people or events are honored.
A) ancestor
B) festival
C) dance
D) holiday
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