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NC Final Exam
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Grade 4 Social Studies
Public Schools of North Carolina
State Board of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6314
Copyright ã 2015 by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. All rights reserved.
Student Booklet
Released Items
GRADE 4 SOCIAL STUDIES — RELEASED ITEMS
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The price will be similar to that of other items.
B
The price will stay the same.
C
The price will decrease.
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The price will increase.
Scots-Irish Settlers of North Carolina
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If supply is high and demand is low, what will happen to the price of an item?
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To educate men for all parts of life, the Scots-Irish opened elementary schools,
high schools or academies, and colleges everywhere they settled in America. They
believed that without education their communities would fail and their families
would be unhappy.
What effect did the Scots-Irish people have on the Piedmont region?
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They opened many schools in the region.
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They fought for minority rights in the region.
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They fought for equal religious rights in the region.
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They opened many churches in the region.
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People from various cultures, such as the Scots, Germans, and English, settled in
different regions of North Carolina. How did they contribute to local culture in
these regions?
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They brought new ideas and traditions to the area.
B
They brought new monarchies to govern the area.
C
They brought gold and jewels to the area.
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They brought state parks to the area.
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GRADE 4 SOCIAL STUDIES — RELEASED ITEMS
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In the early Moravian church services of North Carolina, people sang together in
German—the language spoken in the community. Moravian schools taught both
African-American and white children how to play classical flute and violin. As
North Carolina grew, the Irish and Scots contributed fiddle music and melodies to
local dances. Some of these music styles later grew into what we now call
bluegrass. These styles of music are now popular throughout the state.
How did the early people of North Carolina affect the type of music found in the
state?
B
Children learned how to play the fiddle in church, which explains people
singing during services today.
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Germans sang the first bluegrass songs and were the first to play
instruments while others sang.
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People of diverse cultures and different languages were willing to play music
and learn together, and so a new kind of music was born.
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African Americans created North Carolina bluegrass music, as well as blues.
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How did the creation of the railroad in western North Carolina affect the
Mountain Region economy?
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The railroad gave people and businesses easy access to the region.
B
Railroads left few roads for horse travel, which made trade difficult.
C
Railroad smoke caused heavy pollution to the mountain areas.
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The noise and smoke from railroad traffic caused tourists to stop visiting the
area.
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GRADE 4 SOCIAL STUDIES — RELEASED ITEMS
This is the end of the Grade 4 Social Studies Released Items.
Directions:
1. Look back over your answers for the test questions.
2. Make sure all your answers are entered on the answer sheet. Only what is
entered on your answer sheet will be scored.
3. Put all of your papers inside your test book and close the test book.
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4. Stay quietly in your seat until your teacher tells you that testing is
finished.
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5. Remember, teachers are not allowed to discuss items from the test with
you, and you are not allowed to discuss with others any of the test
questions or information contained within the test.
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GRADE 4 SOCIAL STUDIES — RELEASED ITEMS
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MC
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55%
4.E.1.1
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MC
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71%
4.C.1.1
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MC
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70%
4.C.1.1
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MC
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49%
4.C.1.1
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MC
A
38%
Standard
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Grade 4 Social Studies
RELEASED Items1
Spring 2015
Answer Key
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These released items were administered to students during a previous test administration. This
sample set of released items may not reflect the breadth of the standards assessed and/or the
range of item difficulty found on the NC Final Exam. Additional items may be reviewed at
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/common-exams/released-forms/. Additional
information about the NC Final Exam is available in the Assessment Specification for each exam
located at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/common-exams/specifications/.
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This NC Final Exam contains only multiple-choice (MC) items.
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Percent correct is the percentage of students who answered the item correctly during the
Spring 2014 administration.
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GRADE 4 SOCIAL STUDIES — RELEASED ITEMS
Standard Descriptions
Only clarifying objective descriptions addressed by the released items in this booklet are listed
below. A complete list of the North Carolina Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies
may be reviewed at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/.
4.H.1.3
Explain how people, events and developments brought about changes to communities in various
regions of North Carolina.
4.E.1.1
Understand the basic concepts of a market economy: price, supply, demand, scarcity,
productivity and entrepreneurship.
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4.C.1.1
Explain how the settlement of people from various cultures affected the development of regions
in North Carolina (languages, foods and traditions).
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