Social Studies · Unit 1 · Weeks 1–6 · 30–35 min

Communities & Geography

46 points total · Name: ____________________ Date: __________

For the adult

You may read every item, every choice and every source box aloud. This test checks social studies thinking, not reading, so reading aloud is always fine, and your child may answer out loud while you write the words. Sections 3 and 5 begin with a box: a map described in words and two short sources. Read the box together before your child answers, and let your child look back at it as often as they like; going back to the source is a skill, not a hint. Scrap paper is handy for drawing the Willow Creek map. No ruler is needed. Items that say "Answers vary" can have more than one good answer; use the "Look for" notes to decide. Speak about Native nations in the present tense, as the lessons did. Use the scoring notes under each section, add up the points, and find the level at the end. If your child earns less than half of the points in a section, go back to the weeks and days listed for that section.

Part 1: Communities, Needs & Helpers

9 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

1.
Rosa belongs to her family, the town of Elmwood, the state of Ohio and the Elmwood swim team. Which one is a community of shared interest, not a place?
(2 pts)
○ her family○ the town of Elmwood○ the Elmwood swim team
2.
The town's buses stop running for a week. Which community need is now hardest to meet?
(2 pts)
○ getting around○ health○ gathering
3.
Name one community need that the local government usually meets and one need that a business usually meets.
(2 pts)
4.
The only library in Elmwood will close on Saturdays. Name two groups of people who would be affected. Then tell one way people could work together to solve the problem.
(3 pts)

Part 2: Urban, Suburban & Rural

9 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

5.
Dev rides a ferry to work, and his apartment building has 30 floors. What type of community does he live in?
(2 pts)
○ urban○ suburban○ rural
6.
Which clue best shows that a place is suburban?
(2 pts)
○ houses with yards near a big city, where most families drive○ fields and barns with miles between homes○ subway trains under crowded streets
7.
Name one way rural communities and urban communities depend on each other.
(2 pts)
8.
Mr. Lee wants to raise cows and grow corn. Should he choose an urban, a suburban or a rural place? Give two reasons.
(3 pts)

Part 3: Map Skills

9 points

Use the map box to answer items 9–13. You may draw the map on scrap paper first.

9.
Map box (read it first): Map of Willow Creek. North is at the top. Scale: 1 inch = 5 miles. Key: a flag means school, a tent means campground, a cross means hospital, a blue line means river, and a green triangle means forest. The school is in the middle of the map. The campground is 3 inches north of the school. The hospital is 4 inches east of the school. The forest is southwest of the school. The river runs from the top of the map to the bottom, west of the school. What does the tent symbol stand for?
(1 pt)
10.
What direction is the hospital from the school?
(1 pt)
11.
The forest is southwest of the school. What direction is the school from the forest?
(2 pts)
12.
How many real miles is the campground from the school? Show your thinking.
(2 pts)
13.
Is the river east or west of the hospital?
(1 pt)
○ east○ west
14.
Mia wants to see the streets of her own town up close. Should she use a globe or a map? Tell why.
(2 pts)

Part 4: Land, Water, Climate & Resources

9 points

Read each question. Circle or write your answer.

15.
Write L for landform or W for body of water: plain, lake, valley, ocean, mountain, river.
(2 pts)
16.
Which sentence tells about CLIMATE, not weather?
(2 pts)
○ It snowed 3 inches last night.○ Summers in this town are usually hot and dry.○ It is foggy this morning.
17.
A town sits beside a river, with forests all around it. Name one natural resource there and one thing people could make or do with it.
(2 pts)
18.
Why might a town with cold, snowy winters have different homes and jobs than a town in a hot, dry desert? Give one example about homes and one about jobs.
(3 pts)

Part 5: Native Nations, Past and Present

10 points

Read the source box. Then answer items 19–22. You may look back at the sources.

19.
Source box (read both sources first). Source A, a museum card written for this test: "Long ago and today, the Menominee Nation has lived in the forests of what is now Wisconsin. Menominee families have used the forest for wood, food and medicine plants for many generations." Source B, facts shared by a Menominee forester, told in simple words: "The Menominee Reservation was set up in 1854. Since then, the Menominee have cut only some trees each year and let young trees grow. Today their forest has more standing timber than it had in 1854, and its edge is easy to see in pictures taken from space." Copy the words from Source A that show the Menominee Nation still lives in Wisconsin today.
(2 pts)
20.
Name one fact that appears only in Source B, not in Source A.
(2 pts)
21.
Long ago, Hopi families in the dry Southwest built homes of stone and adobe (sun-dried clay brick) with thick walls. Which reason best explains why? (Hopi people still live in Arizona today.)
(2 pts)
○ Stone and clay were easy to find in the desert, and thick walls kept homes cool on hot days.○ There were no rocks or clay in the Southwest.○ Stone homes were the only homes anyone knew how to build.
22.
Claim question: Does the Menominee Nation use deep knowledge to care for its land? Write a claim. Then give two pieces of evidence from Source A or Source B.
(4 pts)