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Generation Date: 12/10/2014
Generated By: Cheryl Shelton
Title: Grade 5 Blizzard Bag 2014-2015 Social Studies Day 1
Exploration Timeline
1. Look at the timeline above. When did Cartier explore the St. Lawrence River Valley?
A. 1607
B. 1492
C. 1534
D. 1513
Pre-Civil War Timeline
2. Which of these events signaled the beginning of the Civil War?
A. Confederates fired on Fort Sumter.
B. Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
C. South Carolina seceded from the Union.
D. Davis was elected president of the Confederacy.
3. When did South Carolina leave the Union?
A. December 20, 1860
B. February 9, 1861
C. April 12, 1861
D. November 6, 1860
4. Which of these statements is true regarding the Incan religion?
A. The Inca got the conquistadors to practice their religion.
B. The Inca worshipped many different gods.
C. The Inca worshipped the Greek gods.
D. The Inca only worshipped one god.
5. The Aztecs were conquered by Spain in 1521. Which of these statements is true regarding
the defeat of the Aztecs?
A. The siege of Tenochtitlan wasn't very long and the battle was over quickly.
B. The Aztec's enemies helped to defend the Aztecs from the Spanish.
C. Smallpox and hunger killed more people than actual battles.
D. The Aztecs were greatly outnumbered by the Spanish army.
6. Look at the diagram.
What belongs in the empty circle?
A. Mississippian civilization
B. Maya civilization
C. Aztec civilization
D. Inca civilization
7.
Which letter on the map above is the location of the Inca Empire?
A. Z
B. W
C. X
D. Y
8. Which of these statements is true about the achievements of the ancient Mayans?
A. The ancient Mayans developed the world's first telescope.
B. The ancient Mayans developed a calendar of great accuracy and complexity.
C. The ancient Mayans were the first civilization to study farming and agriculture.
D. The ancient Mayans invented gunpowder and used it in many types of weapons.
9.
Which letter on the map above is the location of the center of Aztec culture and its capital,
Tenochtitlan?
A. W
B. Y
C. X
D. Z
10. Spanish conquistadors were outnumbered by the Incas, yet the Incas were defeated when
their leader, Atahualpa, was tricked into being captured and was then killed. The Spanish
believed they were justified in going to war with the Incas because
A. the Spanish had made a treaty with Atahualpa's enemies.
B. the Spanish were out of food and the Incas wouldn't feed them.
C. Atahualpa refused to convert to Christianity.
D. Atahualpa was going to return to his capital to build an army.
Timeline of Events Following the Civil War
11. Which of these events happened first?
A. Reconstruction Acts were passed.
B. Blacks were given the right to vote.
C. Ulysses S. Grant was elected president.
D. Lincoln was killed.
12. At the time that Ulysses S. Grant became president, which of these was true?
A. Former slaves had no rights.
B. Former slaves were U.S. citizens.
C. Black men had the right to vote.
D. Abraham Lincoln was president.
Civilization
Crops
Practices
Maya
corn, beans, squash, sweet potatoes, chili
peppers
drained swamps, built
terraces
Inca
corn, cotton, potatoes, quinoa grain
used simple tools, built
irrigation canals
Aztec
corn, beans, squash, sweet potatoes,
avocados, cotton, tomatoes, cacao beans
(chocolate)
used slash-and-burn
agriculture, built irrigation
canals
13. The Maya, Inca, and Aztec lived in different locations with different climates and landforms.
However, there were some similarities between the crops grown in each area. What crop did all
three civilizations grow?
A. squash
B. corn
C. avocados
D. cotton
14. What farming practice did the Inca and Aztec have in common?
A. using slash-and-burn techniques
B. building terraces for support
C. using irrigation to water crops
D. draining swamps to make farmland
15. According to the timeline, what happened in the 40 years from 1640 to 1680?
A. Connecticut and Rhode Island outlawed the slave trade.
B. Many slaves were brought from Africa to work in the sugar trade.
C. 200,000 slaves were imported into the United States.
D. The first indentured servants were brought to America.
16. In what year was an indentured servant caught escaping and sentenced to serve his
master for life?
A. 1619
B. 1641
C. 1774
D. 1640