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Watertown City School District
Grade 4
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Social Studies Test
Part 1
Chapter
3
Multiple Choice
Part 2
Constructed Response Questions
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Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above.
The test has two parts.
Part I contains several multiple-choice questions.
Part II consists of several short-answer questions. Write your answers to Part II in
this test booklet.
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.
Part I
Answer all Questions in this part.
1.
Which describes how the earliest people probably traveled to reach North
America?
(A) by train across a glacier or by boat on water from melted glaciers
(B) on horse back or by wagon from Mexico or by boat along the coast of Mexico
(C) by foot across the Bearing Strait land bridge or by boat along the coast of the
land bridge
(D) by boat to the shores of California
2.
Which does NOT describe the lives of early Americans living during the Ice
Age?
(A) They were hunter-gatherers.
(B) They lived near streams or lakes.
(C) They found shelter in caves or under tents built of wood and animal skins.
(D) They grew corn and traded with Europeans.
3.
Which is an example of how early people of New York used natural resources to
meet their needs?
(A) They hunted forest animals.
(B) They used wood for building shelters.
(C) They fished in streams and lakes.
(D) All of the above.
4.
How have archaeologists learned about early life in New York?
(A) by studying artifacts such as spear points
(B) by studying books left behind in caves
(C) by reading letters early people wrote to each other
(D) by talking to relatives of early New Yorkers
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5.
What is one important way in which farming changed the lives of early New
Yorkers?
(A) People began to move away from rivers.
(B) People began to move more frequently from place to place.
(C) People were able to stop hunting and fishing altogether.
(D) People were able to stay in one place longer and built villages.
6.
Which of the following is true of the Algonquian and the Iroquois?
(A) They were the main Native American groups in the land that is now New
York.
(B) They spoke the same language.
(C) They both built longhouses in the forest.
(D) They were both part of the Iroquois Confederacy.
7.
Which was NOT one of the ways Algonquian people traveled?
(A) in horse-drawn carriages
(B) on foot while carrying birch-bark canoes
(C) in birch-bark canoes on rivers
(D) along trails in the woods
8.
What is the main reason why Algonquians moved their villages into the forest
when winter arrived?
(A) the forest was warmer and provided better shelter in the cold winter
months.
(B) It was the best time of year for hunting and they wanted to be closer to the
animals.
(C) They were forced to move by the Iroquois.
(D) All summer long they stored food in forest caves.
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9.
Which of the following tasks did Algonquian children perform during the
Harvest Moon?
(A) They helped plant corn and other vegetables.
(B) They scared birds away from growing crops.
(C) They helped pick ripe vegetables.
(D) They helped collect sap in buckets.
10. What was the reason the Iroquois League was formed?
(A) Iroquois groups needed to find a way to live together in peace.
(B) Iroquois groups wanted to find a way to live without farming the land.
(C) Explorers from the other countries were threatening the Iroquois.
(D) Bad weather was driving many Iroquois from their land, and they needed
to plan new villages.
11. Which of the following statements about the Iroquois League is false?
(A) The Iroquois learned to solve their problems peacefully.
(B) Some Iroquois groups fought more than ever before.
(C) At the Grand Council, sachems regularly met and talked about important
issues.
(D) The Iroquois became one of the most powerful Native American groups in
North America.
12. Why did the Iroquois call themselves the “People of the Longhouse”?
(A) Longhouses were buildings where sachems met to discuss problems.
(B) Iroquois kept the animals they hunted in buildings called longhouses.
(C) Iroquois families lived in buildings called longhouses.
(D) Longhouses were forts.
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13. What is the main reason why the Iroquois Trail was so important?
(A) It gave the children a place to explore and exercise.
(B) It was a place for farmers to plant a variety of crops.
(C) It helped people in villages stay in touch with each other.
(D) It allowed hunters to find animals easily in the forest.
14. Which was NOT the purpose of most Iroquois festivals?
(A) to tell stories
(C) to give thanks and celebrate
(B) to dance and play games
(D) to discuss problems
Base your answers to question 15 on the graphic organizer below and on your
knowledge of social studies.
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Cayuga
Onondaga
Mohawk
Seneca
Oneida
15. Which Indian group includes the five tribes shown in the graphic organizer?
(A) Algonquian
(C) Cherokee
(B) Sioux
(D) Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
16. A family member who lived long ago is called
(A) a citizen
(C) an ancestor
(B) a mayor
(D) an adult
17. Nomads are most likely to
(A) form a permanent settlement
(C) start a farm community
(B) move from place to place
(D) build a school
18. The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) built longhouses out of wood. This is an
example of how the Haudenosaunee relied on their
(A) environment
(C) trading system
(B) representatives
(D) government
Base your answers to question 19 on the illustration below.
19. Hunters and gatherers used the bones of the wooly mammoth to
(A) make clothing
(C) make weapons and tools
(B) provide meat
(D) build fires
Base your answers to question 20 on the chart below and on your knowledge of
Social Studies.
20. As part of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) village council, village members have
the right to
(A) appoint council leaders
(C) make council plans
(B) make decisions
(D) speak at council meetings
21. Early Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) villages were usually located near
(A) streams
(C) mountains
(B) deserts
(D) city
Part II
Directions: Write your answers to the questions that follow in the spaces provided in
this test booklet.
22. Read the paragraph then use the charts to compare and contrast the lives of the
Algonquian and Iroquois. Compare and Contrast
The Algonquian and Iroquois formed the two largest groups of Native
Americans in what is now New York. Both groups were hunter-gatherers as
well as farmers. The Iroquois relied more on farming. The Algonquian often
lived near lakes and rivers. Their homes were called wigwams. Iroquois
families usually lived inland. Their homes were called longhouses.
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Iroquois
Algonquian
Both
1.
2.
lived near lakes and rivers
homes called wigwams
1.
2.
Formed two largest Native
American groups in NY
hunters and gatherers
1.
relied more on farming
2.
lived inland
3. homes called longhouses
/4 23. Give 3 roles of women in Iroquois villages. (Use TTQA)
Clan mothers and other Iroquois women were in charge of the longhouses,
made decisions about farmland, and chose sachems.
24. Directions: Read each document and answer the questions that follow the
documents in the space provided.
Games
The most popular ball game of the North American Indians … was Tokonhan,
or “Little-brother-of-war.” This free-for-all sport, with few fixed rules, was later
adopted by the French settlers and renamed lacrosse…
Source: Alex Whitney, Sports and Games the Indians Gave Us, David McKay Co.
Guessing Games
Guessing Games were popular (among Native American children), with as
many versions as the players could thing up. The “Hand Game” had two
versions:
(1)
A stone or small object was hidden in one hand. Players tried to
guess which hand.
(2)
Two objects were hidden, one in each hand. Players tried to guess
which hand held which object…
“Cat’s Cradle” was popular with the girls, and played just the way it is played
today except with string made from sinews (animal muscle).
Source: E. Cleaery, Woodland Indians, Evan-Moor, Corp
/2
Name two different games originally played by Native American Indians that
are still played today.
Any 2 out of the 3 possible answers
(A) Tokonhan or Little-brother-of-war (lacrosse)
(B)
The Hand Game
Cat’s Cradle
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Chapter 3 Test- Multiple Choice
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Chapter 3 Test- Multiple Choice
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