Grade 3 History and Social Studies: Cumulative Review of Chapters 2–7
Work independently. Explain at least three answers using a map, example or source. Keep completed work private. This review samples the published chapters and is not a full-year examination.
- 1. What does a map legend or key explain?
- 2. Which direction is between north and east?
- 3. A map scale says 1 inch represents 20 miles. How far do 3 inches represent?
- 4. Which reference line divides the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
- 5. Name one Alabama geographic region studied in Chapter 7.
- 6. Name two major river systems associated with Alabama.
- 7. What is the difference between a physical map and a political map?
- 8. Give an example of a natural resource and explain one way people use it.
- 9. Why might a waterway affect where a community develops?
- 10. What is a primary source? Give one example.
- 11. Why might two accounts of the same event differ?
- 12. What does a timeline help a historian show?
- 13. Why should a historian distinguish an observation from an inference?
- 14. Why is it inaccurate to treat all Indigenous nations as one identical community?
- 15. Imagine a photograph showing a bridge over a river. State one observation from that description and one question that requires another source.