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(SS) Massachusetts Our Home - Lesson 1 Topics - Quiz
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  • 1. What is an almanac?
A) a book of words with lists of other words that mean about the same thing
B) a book of information about weather and places
C) a book of information on many subjects and people
D) a drawing that represents an area of land
  • 2. What is an encyclopedia?
A) a drawing that represents an area of land
B) a book of information about weather and places
C) a book of information on many subjects and people
D) a book of words with lists of other words that mean about the same thing
  • 3. What is a map?
A) a book of words with lists of other words that mean about the same thing
B) a drawing that represents an area of land
C) a book of information about weather and places
D) a book of information on many subjects and people
  • 4. What is a thesaurus?
A) a book of words with lists of other words that mean about the same thing
B) a book of information on many subjects and people
C) a drawing that represents an area of land
D) a book of information about weather and places
  • 5. What is a biography?
A) a story about animals who can talk
B) the story of a person's life
C) a story about famous places in history
D) a picture book of all the presidents
  • 6. History is:
A) the story of the past
B) a quest for information
C) a place close to home
D) the story of the future
  • 7. What is not a good way to study history?
A) study artifacts
B) watching television
C) visit a historic site
D) read a biography
E) ask questions
  • 8. What do we call a WOMAN who is admired or remembered for something?
A) a legend
B) heroine
C) famous
D) journalist
E) archeologist
  • 9. Something used by a person from the past is:
A) a century
B) an explorer
C) a lesson
D) an artifact
E) a story
  • 10. Which date falls in the 17th century?
A) 2001
B) 1792
C) 1832
D) 1654
E) 1392
  • 11. Which word means close to home?
A) urban
B) distant
C) local
D) country
E) suburban
  • 12. How many years is a century?
A) 10
B) 100
C) 1,000
D) 1
  • 13. How many years is a decade?
A) 10
B) 100
C) 6 months
D) 1,000
  • 14. A place where history is made is called:
A) an artifact
B) social studies
C) a log
D) an historic site
  • 15. If you wanted to learn how to say a word, what would you use:
A) a map
B) an almanac
C) a dictionary
D) an encyclopedia
  • 16. If you wanted to find how many people live in New York you would use:
A) a map
B) a thesaurus
C) the television
D) an almanac
  • 17. The year 1492 is in what century:
A) the 18th century
B) the 13th century
C) the 15th century
D) the 19th century
  • 18. Something that hasn't happend yet takes place:
A) in the future
B) in the past
C) now
D) before
E) during
  • 19. An object, picture, or design that stands for something is called
A) a lesson
B) a symbol
C) a map
D) a hero
E) a biography
  • 20. What is the best reason to bury a time capsule?
A) to teach people from the future what life was like today
B) to store things that you will need
C) to keep things that you don't want to lose
D) to pretend you are from the future
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