fourth grade social studies review katie washington 4 th grade bethlehem elementary locust grove, ga

Fourth Grade Social Studies Review

Katie Washington4th Grade Bethlehem Elementary

Locust Grove, GA

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Native Americans-100

Where did the Inuit Tribe settle?


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The Artic (Alaska and Canda)


What types of houses did the Kwakuitul live in?



Longhouse or Plankhouse

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What type of shelters did the Nez Perce and Pawnee live in?

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Teepee

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Why did the Hopi have to rely on corn and beans for food?



Hunting was weak in the Southwest

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What was the land like for the Seminole Tribe in Florida?



Swamp- hot and humid, but good for farming and some hunting

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European Explorers-100

Which European Explorer thought that he landed in India and named the native people Indians?


And the answer is…

Christopher Columbus

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Which two European Explorers faced the challenge of not having maps on their explorations?



Christopher Columbus and John Cabot

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Which two European explorers faced the challenge of fighting with the Native Americans?



Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Juan Ponce de Leon

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Which European explorer’s crew turned against him or mutinied against him in the cold weather?



Henry Hudson

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Which European explorer sailed along the St. Lawrence River in Canada?



Jacques Cartier

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Colonial America-100

Which colonial region had rocky soil that was very poor for farming?



The New England Colonies

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Why would you find indentured servants in the Southern Colonies?



Because the Southern Colonies had plantations, which were huge farms and they needed people to work on those farms.

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Which colonial region was known as the bread basket?



The Middle Colonies

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Since the soil was so rocky in the New England Colonies, what did the colonists do instead to make a living?



They built ships, caught fish, and traded furs.

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What types of crops did the people in the Southern Colonies grow?



Cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, and corn

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American Revolution-100

Why were the colonists so made with King George III?



They did not want to pay for the French and Indian War and they did not like the King imposing all of the taxes on the colonists

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Which act allowed British soldiers to live in colonists homes and the colonists had to feed, cloth, and house them without any type of pay?



The Quartering Act

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What was the name of the group of colonists from Boston that formed a secret group to protest the Stamp Act?



The Sons of Liberty

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What was the name of the document that Thomas Jefferson wrote after the Second Continental Congress that stated that the colonies were independent from England?



The Declaration of Independence

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Who was the lawyer that defended the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial, but then became a member of the Sons of Liberty?



John Adams

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Government-100

What are the names of the two houses that make up Congress, part of the Legislative Branch of government?

Government-100


The Senate and the House of Representatvies

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Government-200

What is the job of the Judicial Branch of Government?

Government-200


The review the laws and make sure that they follow the Constitution

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Government-300

Who is the leader of the Executive Branch of Government?

Government-300


The President

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Government-400

What two plans were merged together to make up the House of Representatives and the Senate?

Government-400


The Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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Government-500

What was the name of the first document that established government in the United States? Did it work out well?

Government-500


The Articles of Confederation. No, it did not work out because it had a weak central government.

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Westward Expansion-100

What does someone who believes in Manifest Destiny think?



That the Americans had a duty to spread democracy and civilization throughout the country.

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What group of people lost their homes and were forced off their land during the time of Westward Expansion?



The Native Americans

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What were the men called that were the first people to go explore the west and set up trails and maps for others to follow?



Trappers

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What territory did Thomas Jefferson purchase in 1803 from France?



The Louisiana Territory

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Put the following events of Westward Expansion in chronological order: The Louisiana Purchase, The U.S. acquires California from Mexico, and Oregon becomes a state.



1. The Louisiana Purchase2. The US acquires California from

Mexico3. Oregon becomes a state

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Geographic Features-100

Which geographic feature is a series of mountains stretching from Alaska to Mexico that forms the watershed of North America?



The Continental Divide

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What is the name of the geographic feature that is an artificial waterway that extends about 360 miles across central New York from Albany to Buffalo?



The Erie Canal

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Which geographic feature is an arid region in the western US between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains that includes most of Nevada and parts of adjacent states such as Utah, California, Idaho, Wyoming, and Oregon?



The Great Basin

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Which geographic feature is a lowland in North American that stretches along the Atlantic Coast of the United States from New York to the tip of the Florida Peninsula?



The Atlantic Coastal Plain

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Which geographic feature is a group of five freshwater lakes of central North America between the United States and Canada, including Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario, and Michigan. French traders first sighted the lakes in the early 17th century. Today the Great Lakes connect Midwestern ports with the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway?



The Great Lakes

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Final JeopardyPut the following events in American History in chronological order.

• The Declaration of Independence was signed• The War of 1812• Christopher Columbus discovered what he thought was India• The American Revolution• Colonists got angry with King George III for imposing so many

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Final JeopardyThe answer is…1. Christopher Columbus discovered what he thought was India2. Colonists got angry with King George III for imposing so many taxes3. The Declaration of Independence was signed4. The American Revolution5. The War of 1812

fourth grade social studies review katie washington 4 th grade bethlehem elementary locust grove, ga

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