3rd grade Social Studies practice sheet
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
A family moves from a hot place to a cold place. What will they need?
🧥- warmer clothes and a heated home
- a home with no walls
- fewer clothes
warmer clothes and a heated home
Hint: In a cold place, people need clothing and homes that keep the heat in.
Question 2
You are playing with a new classmate. A kind thing to do is…
- leave them out
- invite them to join
- ignore them
invite them to join
Hint: Inclusion makes a friend.
Question 3
Organizing information means…
- losing it
- putting it in a clear order or chart
- hiding it
putting it in a clear order or chart
Hint: Organizers keep facts neat.
Question 4
Cyrus McCormick invented a reaper that helped farmers…
- build houses
- catch fish
- harvest grain faster
- make clothes
harvest grain faster
Hint: A reaper cuts wheat.
Question 5
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the Little House books about…
- pioneer family life
- robots
- space travel
- the ocean floor
pioneer family life
Hint: Her family moved west in a covered wagon.
Question 6
The direction between north and east is…
- southeast
- northwest
- northeast
- southwest
northeast
Hint: Put the two words together.
Question 7
A photo shows tall buildings and busy streets. It is likely a…
- desert
- forest
- farm
- city
city
Hint: Cities have many people.
Question 8
Some officials, like many judges, are appointed. Appointed means…
- picked at random
- born into the job
- chosen by a leader, not by voters
- chosen by a race
chosen by a leader, not by voters
Hint: A governor or president can appoint people.
Question 9
Why might a baker and a farmer depend on each other?
- the baker needs wheat, the farmer needs buyers
- they make the same thing
- they never meet
the baker needs wheat, the farmer needs buyers
Hint: Trade makes groups interdependent.
Question 10
Culture is a group's way of life, including…
- only the weather
- only the time
- food, language and celebrations
food, language and celebrations
Hint: Culture is how a group lives.
Answer key
- 1. warmer clothes and a heated home (Needs Around the World)
- 2. invite them to join (Working Together Fairly)
- 3. putting it in a clear order or chart (Ask, Find & Record)
- 4. harvest grain faster (People Who Built Communities)
- 5. pioneer family life (Heroes, Writers & Artists)
- 6. northeast (Maps, Scale & Grids)
- 7. city (Land & People)
- 8. chosen by a leader, not by voters (Rules, Laws & Government)
- 9. the baker needs wheat, the farmer needs buyers (Money, Business & Voting)
- 10. food, language and celebrations (Culture & Celebrations)
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