Savvas 5th Grade Pre-Assessment

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What country set up a colony along the James River in the 1600s?

England

Portugal

France

Spain

Why did France want to control the land at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

to make cooperation with New Spain easier

to access shipping routes

to prevent the growth of the British colonies

to start tobacco plantations

Native Americans taught Europeans to grow corn. How did the Europeans benefit from this?

Corn became an important source of fuel.

The ability to grow corn led to plantation farming.

Corn provided a way to protect the environment.

The ability to grow corn helped the settlers survive.

Which is an example of Europeans trying to change the Native American culture?

the French building forts in the Shenandoah Valley

the Spanish naming their territory New Spain

the Spanish establishing Christian missions

the French trading for furs

What part of the Native Americans' way of life did the Spanish missionaries try to change most?

food 

work

housing

religion

How did weather in 1607 affect the success of the Jamestown colony?

Spring storms wrecked their ship.

The cold winter limited their harvest.

Fall winds destroyed their shelters.

The hot summer killed their cattle.

Which was the most profitable export of the Jamestown settlement?

cocoa

lumber

tobacco

cotton

Read the message and answer the question.

AUCTION!!!
Strong Workers Arrive
Men Women Children
May 11, 1762
Port of Norfolk, Virginia
To the Highest Bidder
For ONLY the Price of Their Passage
Buy as Many Workers
As Your Business Requires
THEY WILL WORK FOR YOU FOR 3 TO 7 YEARS!!

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Read the paragraph and answer the question.

A colonial American 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.

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A person who worked in exchange for the ship fare to North America was called

an indentured servant.

a burgess.

a freed slave.

an apprentice.

Which caused tension between Great Britain and the colonists following the French and Indian War?

The colonists had to give up land to the British.

The British no longer traded with the colonists.

The colonists no longer had the support of the British king.

The British raised colonial taxes to pay for the war.

In the 1760s, the American colonists accused Great Britain of taxation without representation. This meant that

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.

Parliament taxed all imported goods.

The ideal "to establish justice" is found in which historical document?

Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution

One purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to

appoint governors for each colony.

settle conflicts with foreign nations.

explain complaints against the king of England.

express loyalties to the British Parliament.

The U.S. Constitution gives the legislative branch of government the power to

enforce amendments.

veto bills.

appoint judges.

make laws.

The judicial branch can limit the powers of the legislative branch by

overriding vetoes.

approving federal judges.

vetoing bills.

ruling laws unconstitutional.

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the

Articles of Confederation.

Declaration of Independence.

Preamble.

Bill of Rights.

Use the map to answer the question.

What is west of the school?

library

city hall

post office

hospital

When does latitude increase on a map?

distance from the equator

distance from the tropic of Cancer

distance from the International Date Line

distance from the prime meridian

Which of the following best explains the greenhouse effect?

Building roads has damaged available farmland.

Burning fossil fuel has changed the atmosphere.

Smoke in the air has harmed human health.

Pollution from factories has caused acid rain.

Which is the best title for the list below?

Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River

Culture Regions of the United States

Locations of the First Revolutionary War Battles

North America's Largest Physical Regions

Barriers to Early North American Settlement

Read the sentence and answer the question below.

The bank gave her credit to purchase her first home.

What is the definition of credit in this sentence?

money loaned that will be paid back later

realization of the success of a person

responsibility for completing an action

an amount of money that is owed

Which of the following was a social consequence of the Civil War on the former Confederate states?

The Southern cotton crop was destroyed.

One fourth of Southern workers were killed.

The South was led by a strong federal government.

Slavery was abolished in the South.

Which is an example of citizens being involved in the political process?

running for an elected office

learning more about history

starting a new business

sending their children to school

Every day your town throws away lost of plastic bottles. What can you do to show better citizenship?

take the trash to an incinerator

use a larger trash receptacle

take the trash to the next town

support a recycling center

Use the list of physical features below to answer the question.

Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River

Which region of the United States would have states that border or include these physical features?

Northeast

Northwest

Southeast

Midwest

The national government of the United States is divided into three branches. These branches are called

executive, legislative, and judicial.

interstate, state, and intrastate.

international, federal, and local.

federal, state, and local.

People have different "roles" in the economy, such as producer, consumer, provider, and investor. When your family buys groceries at the store, which of the following are they doing?

investing

consuming

producing

providing

Students studying topics in history often are required to use primary sources. Which of the following best describes a primary source?

a first-hand account of the event

a movie that shows the event

information provided by a teacher

information from the library

There is a local law that limits the speed on a city street. The purpose of this law is to

protect the common good.

take rights away from citizens.

make sure trucking companies don't make money.

stop burglaries.

Which of these is NOT an example of international trade?

The United States buying kiwis from Australia.

The United States buying bananas from Honduras.

The United States buying olives from Greece.

The United States buying pineapples from Hawaii.

Josh owns the rookie card of a famous baseball player. Josh bought the card when the player was not very famous and it cost only $2. Now his friend Eric wants to buy the card from him because he can't find one anywhere. Josh sells it for $20. What is the most likely reason the card now sells for $20?

When the supply is high, the price goes down.

When the supply is low, the price is zero.

When the supply is high, the price stays the same.

When the supply is low, the price goes up.

Many Native Americans, living in the Pacific Northwest before European settlers arrived, lived on the Pacific Coast. What was their typical form of transportation?

horses

wagons and carts

dog sleds

canoes or dugouts

Where might you find helpful information in a newspaper about a political issue?

editorial

sports page

movie listings

want ads

A group of fifth graders would like to understand why skateboarding is not allowed on downtown sidewalks or in the library parking lot. To find the answers to their questions, the students might

attend a school board meeting.

attend a city council meeting.

call the fire department.

call the police department.

The part of government mainly responsible for deciding if a law is constitutional is the

President.

Congress.

judicial branch.

legislative branch.

Which of the following is not helpful to the environment?

overpopulating areas

conserving water

planting trees

recycling products

What country set up a colony along the James River in the 1600s?

England

Portugal

France

Spain

Why did France want to control the land at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

to make cooperation with New Spain easier

to access shipping routes

to prevent the growth of the British colonies

to start tobacco plantations

Native Americans taught Europeans to grow corn. How did the Europeans benefit from this?

Corn became an important source of fuel.

The ability to grow corn led to plantation farming.

Corn provided a way to protect the environment.

The ability to grow corn helped the settlers survive.

Which is an example of Europeans trying to change the Native American culture?

the French building forts in the Shenandoah Valley

the Spanish naming their territory New Spain

the Spanish establishing Christian missions

the French trading for furs

What part of the Native Americans' way of life did the Spanish missionaries try to change most?

food 

work

housing

religion

How did weather in 1607 affect the success of the Jamestown colony?

Spring storms wrecked their ship.

The cold winter limited their harvest.

Fall winds destroyed their shelters.

The hot summer killed their cattle.

Which was the most profitable export of the Jamestown settlement?

cocoa

lumber

tobacco

cotton

The people who were sold at this event were known as

indentured servants.

soldiers.

wage earners.

slaves.

This is an example of what kind of economic change?

bartering for goods

using checks

paying with cash

using credit

A person who worked in exchange for the ship fare to North America was called

an indentured servant.

a burgess.

a freed slave.

an apprentice.

Which caused tension between Great Britain and the colonists following the French and Indian War?

The colonists had to give up land to the British.

The British no longer traded with the colonists.

The colonists no longer had the support of the British king.

The British raised colonial taxes to pay for the war.

In the 1760s, the American colonists accused Great Britain of taxation without representation. This meant that

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.

Parliament taxed all imported goods.

The ideal "to establish justice" is found in which historical document?

Articles of Confederation

Declaration of Independence

Preamble to the U.S. Constitution

Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution

One purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to

appoint governors for each colony.

settle conflicts with foreign nations.

explain complaints against the king of England.

express loyalties to the British Parliament.

The U.S. Constitution gives the legislative branch of government the power to 

enforce amendments.

veto bills.

appoint judges.

make laws.

The judicial branch can limit the powers of the legislative branch by 

overriding vetoes.

approving federal judges.

vetoing bills.

ruling laws unconstitutional.

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the

Articles of Confederation.

Declaration of Independence.

Preamble.

Bill of Rights.

Use the map to answer the question.

What is west of the school?

library

city hall

post office

hospital

When does latitude increase on a map?

distance from the equator

distance from the tropic of Cancer

distance from the International Date Line

distance from the prime meridian

Which of the following best explains the greenhouse effect?

Building roads has damaged available farmland.

Burning fossil fuel has changed the atmosphere.

Smoke in the air has harmed human health.

Pollution from factories has caused acid rain.

Which is the best title for the list below?

Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River

Culture Regions of the United States

Locations of the First Revolutionary War Battles

North America's Largest Physical Regions

Barriers to Early North American Settlement

Read the sentence and answer the question below.

The bank gave her credit to purchase her first home.

What is the definition of credit in this sentence?

money loaned that will be paid back later

realization of the success of a person

responsibility for completing an action

an amount of money that is owed

Which of the following was a social consequence of the Civil War on the former Confederate states?

The Southern cotton crop was destroyed.

One fourth of Southern workers were killed.

The South was led by a strong federal government.

Slavery was abolished in the South.

Which is an example of citizens being involved in the political process?

running for an elected office

learning more about history

starting a new business

sending their children to school

Every day your town throws away lost of plastic bottles. What can you do to show better citizenship?

take the trash to an incinerator

use a larger trash receptacle

take the trash to the next town

support a recycling center

Use the list of physical features below to answer the question.

Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River

Which region of the United States would have states that border or include these physical features?

Northeast

Northwest

Southeast

Midwest

The national government of the United States is divided into three branches. These branches are called

executive, legislative, and judicial.

interstate, state, and intrastate.

international, federal, and local.

federal, state, and local.

People have different "roles" in the economy, such as producer, consumer, provider, and investor. When your family buys groceries at the store, which of the following are they doing?

investing

consuming

producing

providing

Students studying topics in history often are required to use primary sources. Which of the following best describes a primary source?

a first-hand account of the event

a movie that shows the event

information provided by a teacher

information from the library

There is a local law that limits the speed on a city street. The purpose of this law is to

protect the common good.

take rights away from citizens.

make sure trucking companies don't make money.

stop burglaries.

Which of these is NOT an example of international trade?

The United States buying kiwis from Australia.

The United States buying bananas from Honduras.

The United States buying olives from Greece.

The United States buying pineapples from Hawaii.

Josh owns the rookie card of a famous baseball player. Josh bought the card when the player was not very famous and it cost only $2. Now his friend Eric wants to buy the card from him because he can't find one anywhere. Josh sells it for $20. What is the most likely reason the card now sells for $20?

When the supply is high, the price goes down.

When the supply is low, the price is zero.

When the supply is high, the price stays the same.

When the supply is low, the price goes up.

Many Native Americans, living in the Pacific Northwest before European settlers arrived, lived on the Pacific Coast. What was their typical form of transportation?

horses

wagons and carts

dog sleds

canoes or dugouts

Where might you find helpful information in a newspaper about a political issue?

editorial

sports page

movie listings

want ads

A group of fifth graders would like to understand why skateboarding is not allowed on downtown sidewalks or in the library parking lot. To find the answers to their questions, the students might

attend a school board meeting.

attend a city council meeting.

call the fire department.

call the police department.

The part of government mainly responsible for deciding if a law is constitutional is the

President.

Congress.

judicial branch.

legislative branch.

Which of the following is not helpful to the environment?

overpopulating areas

conserving water

planting trees

recycling products

The people who were sold at this event were known as

indentured servants.

soldiers.

wage earners.

slaves.

This is an example of what kind of economic change?

bartering for goods

using checks

paying with cash

using credit

Savvas 5th Grade Pre-Assessment

Savvas 5th Grade Pre-Assessment

What country set up a colony along the James River in the 1600s?

Why did France want to control the land at the mouth of the Mississippi River?

Native Americans taught Europeans to grow corn. How did the Europeans benefit from this?

Which is an example of Europeans trying to change the Native American culture?

What part of the Native Americans' way of life did the Spanish missionaries try to change most?

How did weather in 1607 affect the success of the Jamestown colony?

Which was the most profitable export of the Jamestown settlement?

A person who worked in exchange for the ship fare to North America was called

Which caused tension between Great Britain and the colonists following the French and Indian War?

In the 1760s, the American colonists accused Great Britain of taxation without representation. This meant that

The ideal "to establish justice" is found in which historical document?

One purpose for writing the Declaration of Independence was to

The U.S. Constitution gives the legislative branch of government the power to

The judicial branch can limit the powers of the legislative branch by

The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known as the

Use the map to answer the question.What is west of the school?

When does latitude increase on a map?

Which of the following best explains the greenhouse effect?

Which is the best title for the list below?Atlantic OceanAppalachian MountainsMississippi River

Read the sentence and answer the question below.The bank gave her credit to purchase her first home.What is the definition of credit in this sentence?

Which of the following was a social consequence of the Civil War on the former Confederate states?

Which is an example of citizens being involved in the political process?

Every day your town throws away lost of plastic bottles. What can you do to show better citizenship?

Use the list of physical features below to answer the question.Pacific OceanRocky MountainsCascade MountainsColumbia RiverWhich region of the United States would have states that border or include these physical features?

The national government of the United States is divided into three branches. These branches are called

People have different "roles" in the economy, such as producer, consumer, provider, and investor. When your family buys groceries at the store, which of the following are they doing?

Students studying topics in history often are required to use primary sources. Which of the following best describes a primary source?

There is a local law that limits the speed on a city street. The purpose of this law is to

Which of these is NOT an example of international trade?

Many Native Americans, living in the Pacific Northwest before European settlers arrived, lived on the Pacific Coast. What was their typical form of transportation?

Where might you find helpful information in a newspaper about a political issue?

A group of fifth graders would like to understand why skateboarding is not allowed on downtown sidewalks or in the library parking lot. To find the answers to their questions, the students might

The part of government mainly responsible for deciding if a law is constitutional is the

Which of the following is not helpful to the environment?

The people who were sold at this event were known as

This is an example of what kind of economic change?

Use the map to answer the question.

What is west of the school?

Which is the best title for the list below?

Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
Mississippi River

Read the sentence and answer the question below.

The bank gave her credit to purchase her first home.

What is the definition of credit in this sentence?

Use the list of physical features below to answer the question.

Pacific Ocean
Rocky Mountains
Cascade Mountains
Columbia River

Which region of the United States would have states that border or include these physical features?