1. Grade 4 Social Studies Test Chapter 5 KEY Out of 20 Part 1
Watertown City School District
Grade 4
Social Studies Test
Chapter 5
Part 1
Multiple Choice
Part 2
Constructed Response Questions
Student Name:
School Name:
Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above.
The test has two parts.
Part I contains several multiple-choice questions.
Part II consists of several short-answer questions. Write your answers to Part II in this test booklet.
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

2. Answer all Questions in this part.
Part I
Answer all Questions in this part.
1. The thirteen colonies were located along this ocean.
(A) Gulf of Mexico (C) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Hudson River (D) Pacific Ocean
2. During the colonial period, what was the occupation of most New Yorkers?
(A) farming (C) silversmithing
(B) tinsmithing (D) blacksmithing
3. Which term is used to describe money collected to pay for the services that a community provides?
(A) savings (C) interest
(B) profit (D) taxes
4. Importing goods from other countries is important mainly because it helps people
(A) get items their country needs
(B) visit other countries
(C) know where other countries are located
(D) prepare to move to another country
5. When the amount of chocolate available for people to eat goes down, the price of chocolate goes up. This shows
(A) profit (C) a boycott
(B) supply and demand (D) taxation
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3. (A) built villages near rivers (B) made clothing at home by hand
6. How did early settlers in colonial America meet some of their basic needs?
(A) built villages near rivers
(B) made clothing at home by hand
(C) farmed and hunted
(D) all of the above
7. A place where ships load and unload their goods is called a
(A) station (C) strait
(B) gorge (D) port
8. What was the main reason there were many Africans in the early colonies?
(A) They were forced to come to America as slaves.
(B) They wanted farmland that was not available to them in Africa.
(C) They were searching for religious freedom in America
(D) They wanted to live in a new land.
9. Which term is defined as a settlement ruled by another country?
(A) state (C) region
(B) village (D) colony
10. Which of these is NOT a way that enslaved people tried to gain freedom?
(A) by buying their freedom
(B) by escaping to Native American lands
(C) by planning revolts
(D) by voting to make slavery illegal
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4. Population of The Middle Colonies, 1760
11. Which of these workers is NOT a type of service job?
(A) doctor (C) teacher
(B) mail carrier (D) farmer
12. Which of the following goods was NOT made from New York’s natural resources?
(A) beef (C) sugar
(B) wheat (D) wood
Base your answer to question 13 on the picture graph below.
Population of
The Middle Colonies, 1760
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Pennsylvania
= 10,000 people
13. What was the population of New York in 1760?
(A) 60,000 (C) 110,000
(B) 95, (D) 120,000
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5. 50 years 14. How did apprenticeships help young people?
(A) They learned skills that helped them earn a living as adults.
(B) They made money that could help pay for school.
(C) They had a better chance of being accepted to college.
(D) They were able to travel to other countries.
15. Which of these is NOT a common skill that children learned as apprentices?
(A) how to be tailors (C) how to be carpenters
(B) how to be governors (D) how to make shoes
Part II
Directions: Write your answers to the questions that follow in the spaces provided in this test booklet.
/ How many years does each equal part of this time line represent?
50 years
1650
1700
1750
1800
1664: about 700 African American live in New York
1761: Jupiter Hammon becomes the first African American to publish a poem
1700’s: more than 7,000 enslaved Africans are brought to New York
1712: a group of enslaved people try to gain freedom by setting fire to a building in New York City
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6. corn fish wild berries wool flax (plants) animal skins
The colonial family tried to provide all their own food, fuel, and clothing. Food was not always plentiful. Sometimes the fish did not bite. Still more often, the deer hid themselves in thickets. The settler depened on corn to feed his family and his animals. To make johnnycakes go down more easily, maple sugar or molasses was used. Wild berries were eagerly gathered by children. Clothing was homemade out of wool, flax (a plant), or animal skins.
/ Using this document, list two sources of food for a colonial family.
(a)
(b)
corn
fish
wild berries
Using this document, list two sources of clothing for a colonial family. .
(a)
(b)
wool
flax (plants)
animal skins
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