5th grade Social Studies practice sheet
Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Pennsylvania welcomed people of many faiths because William Penn and the Quakers believed in…
- religious tolerance
- banning newcomers
- rule by bishops
- one official church
religious tolerance
Hint: Penn called it a holy experiment.
Question 2
Increasing productivity means…
- Paying more taxes
- Making nothing
- Working longer for less
- Making more in the same amount of time
Making more in the same amount of time
Hint: Better tools and skills help.
Question 3
Why might a colonial merchant be a Loyalist?
- He hated trade
- He was French
- His business depended on trade with Britain
- He wanted no government at all
His business depended on trade with Britain
Hint: Follow the money.
Question 4
Why is the Declaration of Independence still important today?
- Its ideas about rights and equality still guide Americans
- It created the presidency
- It lists the 50 states
- It is the current tax law
Its ideas about rights and equality still guide Americans
Hint: People quote it in struggles for equal rights.
Question 5
How many of the 13 states had to approve the Constitution for it to take effect?
- 1
- 9
- 50
- 13
9
Hint: Two-thirds of 13, rounded up.
Question 6
Put these events in order, earliest first.
- The Declaration of Independence
- Georgia is founded
- Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law
- The cotton gin is invented
Georgia is founded → The Declaration of Independence → Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law → The cotton gin is invented
Hint: In order: Georgia is founded (1732), The Declaration of Independence (1776), Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law (1780), The cotton gin is invented (1793).
Question 7
On a map, Spain's land claims in 1700 included…
- Hudson Bay
- the Great Lakes
- New England
- Florida, Mexico and the Southwest
Florida, Mexico and the Southwest
Hint: Spain held the south and west.
Question 8
Slave traders made money by…
- growing their own food
- building schools
- buying and selling human beings
buying and selling human beings
Hint: The trade treated people as property.
Question 9
Which colony is one of the Southern Colonies?
- Connecticut
- New York
- Georgia
- New Hampshire
Georgia
Hint: It was the last of the 13, founded in 1732.
Question 10
How did trade link the colonies to other parts of the world?
- Ships carried goods to and from Europe, Africa and the Caribbean
- They traded only with China
- They traded only with each other
- Trade was banned
Ships carried goods to and from Europe, Africa and the Caribbean
Hint: The Atlantic connected many places.
Answer key
- 1. religious tolerance (The Thirteen Colonies)
- 2. Making more in the same amount of time (Colonial Trade & Work)
- 3. His business depended on trade with Britain (Road to Revolution)
- 4. Its ideas about rights and equality still guide Americans (The American Revolution)
- 5. 9 (Building a Government)
- 6. Georgia is founded → The Declaration of Independence → Pennsylvania's gradual abolition law → The cotton gin is invented (Colonies to Constitution)
- 7. Florida, Mexico and the Southwest (Explorers & Encounters)
- 8. buying and selling human beings (Slavery & Resistance)
- 9. Georgia (The Thirteen Colonies)
- 10. Ships carried goods to and from Europe, Africa and the Caribbean (Colonial Trade & Work)
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