Social Studies Vocabulary Test Unit 1
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- Q1
What does the word shelter mean in the following sentence? They built a primitive shelter out of tree trunks.
A US flag.
A place in the country.
Something that covers or gives protection
A place in the city.
60s - Q2
Culture means
People that live together.
Culture means a particular set of customs, morals, codes and traditions.
An ancient civilization.
A holiday celebrated by a group of people.
60s - Q3
Place the missing word in the following sentence: We change our____________ and at the same time hold fast to old customs.
shelter
migration
beliefs
civilization
60s - Q4
What does the term migration mean in the following sentence. There was a migration of the Inuit to the northern area of the Arctic.
noun group of people living in north American
Verb run to the north
noun the movement of persons from one country or locality to another
Verb walk to the north
60s - Q5
Which sentence supports that the word civilization means the ability of cultural groups to live together.
They had laws, culture, a regular way of getting food, and ways to protect the people.
There is evidence that they lived in Mesoamerica.
They found a way to protect themselves.
They had a shelter to keep themselves out of the storm.
60s - Q6
Which answer describes an archaeology.
A person that studies animals.
A person that studies cultural groups today.
A person that studies culture.
A person that uses artifacts to study people that lived a long time ago.
60s - Q7
Which sentence is evidence of a cultural group.
People that live in the same house.
Societies that do not have the same beliefs.
Societies with same beliefs or culture.
Societies that learned together long ago.
60s - Q8
Which sentence supports the statement that pre-columbian means before the arrival of Christopher Columbus
Today's American society is not like the Aztecs.
The Spaniard is the only cause of the falling of the Aztec empire.
The Aztec's had an empire before the arrival of Christopher Columbus.
The Aztecs fought for their survival when Christopher Columbus came.
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