Are You Smarter Than a 5 th Grader?

1,000,000 5th Grade Topic 1 5th Grade Topic 2 4th Grade Topic 3 4th Grade Topic 4 3rd Grade Topic 5 3rd Grade Topic 6 2nd Grade Topic 7 2nd Grade Topic 8 1st Grade Topic 9 1st Grade Topic , , , ,000 50,000 25,000 10,000 5,000 2,000 1,000

5th Grade Topic 1 Question / How might an anthropologist and an archaeologist explain why their work can help us understand a culture as it is today?

5th Grade Topic 1 Answer / Anthropologists provide information about people today by studying, observing, and interviewing cultures while living among groups and communicating with them. / Archaeologists study elements and artifacts of past cultures. These past cultures form the background of cultures today. / Anthropologists provide information about people today by studying, observing, and interviewing cultures while living among groups and communicating with them. / Archaeologists study elements and artifacts of past cultures. These past cultures form the background of cultures today. Return

5th Grade Topic 2 Question / How is education important to all cultures?

5th Grade Topic 2 Answer / Children are not born knowing a culture. Education (schools) and informal education (family) provide an understanding of culture to each generation. Return

4th Grade Topic 3 Question / Marshall McLuhan first used what term to illustrate how radios, television, telephones, and computers have shrunk the distances between cultures?

4th Grade Topic 3 Answer / Global village Return

4th Grade Topic 4 Question / How does studying other cultures help us understand our own?

4th Grade Topic 4 Answer / America is made up of many cultures besides our own. These traditions and customs are shown in our shared American culture. Understanding these differences and how we related to one another may help ease tensions and conflict among different cultures. Return

3rd Grade Topic 5 Question / The major preserver and shaper of families is…

3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer / The major preserver and shaper of families is… / its families. / The major preserver and shaper of families is… / its families. Return

3rd Grade Topic 6 Question / Why are coming of age ceremonies important?

3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer / Coming-of-age ceremonies reaffirm a culture’s basic beliefs.

2nd Grade Topic 7 Question / An anthropologist is likely to … A. collect bits of pottery, seeds, and bones. B. talk to people in villages or cities. C. study ancient artifacts D. use shovels and brooms to uncover fossils / An anthropologist is likely to … A. collect bits of pottery, seeds, and bones. B. talk to people in villages or cities. C. study ancient artifacts D. use shovels and brooms to uncover fossils

2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer B. talk to people in villages or cities. Return

2nd Grade Topic 8 Question / An archaeologists is most likely to … / A. learn a local language. / B. share in the daily life of people being studied. / C. use artifacts to reconstruct past cultures. / D. collect oral histories and stories. / An archaeologists is most likely to … / A. learn a local language. / B. share in the daily life of people being studied. / C. use artifacts to reconstruct past cultures. / D. collect oral histories and stories.

2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer / C. use artifacts to reconstruct past cultures. Return

1st Grade Topic 9 Question / Vocabulary / the entire way of life of a group of people / Vocabulary / the entire way of life of a group of people

1st Grade Topic 9 Answer / culture Return

1st Grade Topic 10 Question / Vocabulary / an object made by people from the past / Vocabulary / an object made by people from the past

1st Grade Topic 10 Answer / artifact Return

Million Dollar Question Grade Level Topic 11 Culture

1,000,000 Question / What are some examples of elements that make up someone’s culture?

1,000,000 Answer / Language, dress, stories, food, music, dance, rituals, government, art, economy, beliefs, families, and hobbies are just a few of the elements of someone’s culture. Return

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