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Suzi's S.S. 5th Grade GMAS Review
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Review of social studies concepts for the GMAS
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1
Adolf Hitler was dictator of
Japan
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
2
This New Deal Program helped Americans by planting trees and helping with Conservation efforts.
Tennessee Valley Authority
Civilian Conservation Corps
Works Progress Administration
The New Deal
3
The Chisholm Trail started and ended where?
Texas to Oklahoma
Oklahoma to Kansas
Texas to Nebraska
Texas to Kansas
4
Joseph Stalin was dictator of
Germany
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
5
Eleanor Roosevelt devoted a large amount of time to this organization.
United States
League of Nations
New Deal
United Nations
6
Who was the activist who worked for the rights of migrant farm workers?
Ceasar Chavez
Rosa Parks
Louis Armstrong
Chavez Ceasar
7
Thomas Edison was an inventor and businessman most well known for his development of the...
telephone
telegraph
radio
light bulb
8
What was the final result of the bus boycotts in Montgomery, Alabama?
The buses were integrated.
MLK was assassinated.
None of the Above
Buses remained segregated.
9
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made segregation illegal in which of the following?
public accomodations
churches
private universities
houses
10
Which of the following is the best definition for the word immigrant?
people who travel to other planets
people who move from one side of US to another
people who move from Spain to France
people who move to US from a foreign land
11
The Assembly line is a great example of workers performing separate tasks.
Voluntary Exchange
Specialization
Productivity
Prices
12
The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when......
Cuba attempted to invade the U.S.
Soviet Union built missiles in Cuba
the Soviet Union fired missiles at the U.S. from Cuba.
the Soviet Union fired missiles at Cuba.
13
After the Stock Market Crash, many people lost their life savings because _______________.
banks gave away their money
they invested it
banks closed
the stole it
14
The Korean war occurred when North Korea attacked:
South Korea
U.S.
Japan
China
15
The Wright Brothers forever changed travel by..........
inventing the bicycle
inventing the railroad
having the first successful flight
inventing the automobile
16
Who is best known for his agricultural experiments with peanuts?
George Washington Carver
Henry Ford
George Washington
Thomas Edison
17
Who was arrested for refusing to give up their seat on a bus?
Harriet Tubman
Charlayne Hunter
Rosa Parks
Rebecca L Felton
18
Germany surrenders to the US
VE Day
D-Day
VJ Day
E-Day
19
Louis Armstrong was a ...............
famous African American writer
baseball hero from the 1920's
heroic pilot
great jazz musician
20
What is the first major step to amending the Constitution?
Unanimous
3/4 Congress
2/3 Congress
The President
21
Joseph McCarthy was a U.S senator that:
helped the U.S. win WWII
afraid communists were trying to take over America
started the Cold War
helped U.S. win the Cold War
22
Allied soldiers invaded northern France on the beaches of Normandy. This is known as:
E-Day
VE Day
VJ Day
D-Day
23
Which of the following was
not
a new weapon/technology during WWI?
poisonous gas
airplanes for dropping bombs
machine guns
atomic bomb
24
who flew a plane, non stop, from New York to France
Henry Ford
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
25
What did Brown v Board of Education do?
Separated public schools
"Integrated the Buses"
Integrated public schools
"Separate but Equal"
26
This is a plan on how to spend money.
market
loan
budget
economy
27
This Amendment ended the use of poll taxes
13th Amendment
24th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
28
Benito Mussolini was the dictator of
Japan
Germany
Soviet Union
Italy
29
The United State joined World War II because
Fear of Germany
Pearl Harbor
To help the Axis Powers
To Fight Germany
30
Which of the following Soviet leaders worked with Ronald Reagan to reform the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
31
This New Deal Program helped Americans by building
public
buildings.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennesse Valley Authority
The New Deal
Works Progress Administration
32
Women began working where during World War II?
factories
home
offices
schools
33
The 19th amendment is very important in history be cause it____________
prohibited alchohol
gave us freedom
women can vote
abolished slavery
34
What is given up when a decision is made in economics.
Markets
Specialization
Opportunity Cost
Incentives
35
Which of the following said the term "iron curtain"?
John F. Kennedy
Winston Churchill
Thomas Jefferson
Rosa Parks
36
This New Deal program built dams, which provided hydroelectric power to Tennessee and Georgia
ABC
WPA
CCC
TVA
37
Which of the following signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr.
Lyndon B. Johnson
38
Hirohito was dictator of
Japan
Italy
Germany
Soviet Union
39
What were the villages, full of shacks, with unemployed Americans called?
Okies
Army Base
Rooseveltowns
Hoovervilles
40
Who was the President when the Great Depression began?
Teddy Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
41
African Americans that served as pilots in WWII
Tuskegee Airmen
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Farmers
Tuskegee Navy
42
This African-American became to first athlete to win 4 gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1936
Babe Ruth
Jesse James
Jesse Owens
Jesse Jackson
43
The lawyer who represented Linda Brown and her family in their case against the school system.
MLK Jr.
Rosa Parks
Thurgood Marshall
Medgar Evers
44
Which of the following is a reason that the United States entered WWI?
anger over the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
German U-boats attacked U.S. ships
President Wilson hated Germany
Mexico and Germany attacked the US
45
President T. Roosevelt wanted to improve U.S. by making travel and trade easier. How?
He stopped shipping goods to Cuba.
He bought more ships
He built the Panama Canal
he told ships to go to other countries to buy goods
46
Buyers and sellers willingly exchanging goods and services.
Voluntary Exchange
Rations
Markets
Business
47
In this event the allied nations had to fly supplies to the people of Berlin.
The Berlin Wall
The Allied Airlift
The Berlin Airlift
The iron airlift
48
Which was not a member of the Axis Powers
Japan
Italy
France
Germany
49
Which of the following best describes the cause of the Korean War?
Communist North Korea invaded China.
Communist Korea invaded the United States.
Communist China invaded North and South Korea.
Communist North Korea invaded South Korea.
50
If Joseph, Ryan, and Grace open a new business, they assume all risks. What are they?
Entrepreneur
Household
Partners
Business
51
Who became President during 1932 and introduced the New Deal?
Teddy Roosevelt
FDR
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
52
The Atomic Bombs were dropped on which two Japanese cities?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Berlin and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Atlanta
Hiroshima and Bejing
53
Which is NOT a reason for U.S. entering WWI
Pearl Harbor
Zimmerman Telegraph T
Lusitania
54
The imaginary dividing line between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War was called
The Iron Curtain
The Berlin Wall
The Steel Curtain
The Iron Bars
55
What is one of the MAIN benefits of the Internet?
It makes communication faster
It makes people healthier
People can make funny websites
You can watch TV on it
56
Author of Gone with the Wind
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Margaret Mitchell
Dorothea Lange
J.K. Rowling
57
This divided the Eastern and Western part of a city in Germany.
Berlin Wall
Pearl Harbor
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
58
Although the Cold War never involved fighting, it was a state of tension between the U.S. &
Soviet Union
Japan
Germany
Italy
59
The Vietnam War was another attempt by the U.S. and Allied troops to ...
spread capitalism and freedom to communist countries.
stop the spread of slavery.
divide Vietnam into two separate countries.
stop the spread of communism.
60
Babe Ruth was a...............
great jazz musician
baseball hero of the 1920's
heroic pilot
famous African American writer
61
A revival in African American arts (music, dance, poetry) was called
Harlem Globetrotters
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem, NY
Harlem Shake
62
Japanese surrender to the US
VJ Day
VE Day
E-Day
D-Day
63
Father of the Civil Rights Movement, "I have a dream" speech at the March on Washington
Lester Maddox
Thurgood Marshall
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Medgar Evers
64
Who changed the car industry through the use of the assembly line to help make the Model T
Henry Ford
Thomas Ford
Mr. Mosley
Henry Clay
65
What is a boycott? (relate to Civil Rights Movement)
When you block entry into a place of business.
block entry into a place of business.
Buying a good or service.
Not buying a good or service. Bus Boycotts.
66
A cost or decision that
motivates
a consumer.
Business
Price
Incentive
Specialization
67
Allowed citizens in Washington D.C. to vote in presidential elections.
26th Amendment
27th Amendment
19th Amendment
23rd Amendment
68
Which document punished Germany after World War I?
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
69
What symbol encouraged women to enter the workforce?
Tuskegee Airmen
The Iron Curtain
Rosie the Riveter
None of the Above
70
In WWI, countries built their armies and also agreed to defend each other. They were forming
alliances
support systems
bonds
treaties
71
Which one is NOT a reason people immigrated to America?
better lives
be a part of the plan to become a world power
escape wars
freedom of religion
72
9/11/2001, terrorists attacked the U.S. in New York and Washington, D.C.. Our response?
war in Afghanistan
war in India
war in Africa
war in Europe
73
No rain (drought) in the Great Plains was called what
Great Depression
Great Bowl
Arena Bowl
Dust Bowl
74
Abraham Lincoln and this other President were the only ones to be assassinated
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
FDR
U.S. Grant
75
During the Great Depression, people who couldn’t find work or buy food went to
soup kitchens
TVA
homeless shelters
food stamps
76
Langston Hughes was a ............
heroic pilot
great jazz musician
baseball hero of the 1920's
famous African American writer