Sample Assessment Items
SS3G2 The student will describe the cultural and geographic systems associated with the
historical figures in SS3H2a.
a. Identify on a political map specific locations significant to the life and times of these
historic figures.
b. Describe how place (physical and human characteristics) had an impact on the lives
of these historic figures.
c. Describe how each of these historic figures adapted to and was influenced by his/her
environment.
d. Trace examples of travel and movement of these historic figures and their ideas across
time.
e. Describe how the region in which these historic figures lived affected their lives and
had an impact on their cultural identification.
Multiple Choice:
Which two American leaders lived in Massachusetts?
a. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
b. Paul Revere and Frederick Douglass
c. Susan B. Anthony and Cesar Chavez
d. Lyndon Johnson and Mary McLeod Bethune
Answer: b
Which American leader was born in Arizona?
a. Cesar Chavez
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Thurgood Marshall
Answer: a
Which American leader was born in Texas?
a. Cesar Chavez
b. Lyndon Johnson
c. Eleanor Roosevelt
d. Thurgood Marshall
Answer: b
Where was Mary McLeod born?
a. Maryland
b. New York
c. Massachusetts
d. South Carolina
Answer: d
Which of these had the BIGGEST impact on the life of César Chávez?
a. He was stricken with polio at an early age.
b. He refused to serve in the United States Navy.
c. He witnessed his mother being denied the right to vote.
d. He was born to parents who immigrated to Arizona from Mexico.
Answer: d
During the Great Depression, Cesar Chavez’s family lost their farm in Arizona. Where did
his family go to find work?
a. Florida
b. New York
c. Southeastern United States
d. Southwestern United States
Answer: d
After returning from Europe, why did Frederick Douglass move to New York?
a. to go to college
b. to become a sailor
c. to start a newspaper
d. to meet the president
Answer: c
Which of these had a major impact on the political career of President Lyndon B.
Johnson?
a. He grew up a millionaire in Boston.
b. He refused to participate in World War II.
c. He was born in a poor town in rural Texas.
d. He worked on a farm instead of going to college.
Answer: c
Which of these BEST describes why President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the New
Deal?
a. Americans were making a lot of money.
b. Many businesses and banks were opening.
c. Americans were out of work and needed jobs.
d. Many immigrants were moving into the country.
Answer: c
Which of these BEST explains why Eleanor Roosevelt earned the nickname "the first lady
of the world"?
a. She fought for people's rights everywhere.
b. She married President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
c. She wrote more than 2,500 newspaper articles.
d. She gave more than seventy speeches each year.
Answer: a
Open ended:
Where was _______________________ born? (Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B.
Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood
Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, César Chávez)
How did geography influence actions taken by Paul Revere?
How did growing up in the south affect Frederick Douglass’ feelings about how different
groups of people were treated?
How did geography influence actions taken by Mary McLeod Bethune?
In which way was _________________ influenced by his environment? (Paul Revere,
Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, César Chávez)
What affect did location and culture have on Thurgood Marshall’s location play in his
work to improve civil rights?
How did the region in which Lyndon B. Johnson lived have an impact on the people of
America?
In which way was Thurgood Marshall influenced by his environment?