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    Unit test · Weeks 31–36 · 25–30 min · 32 points

    Social Studies Unit 6 Test: Year-End Social Studies Review

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    Part 1: Civics & Community

    Think about your community project. Circle or write your answer.

    1. People at a nursing home feel lonely. Which project helps them most?making cards and drawings for thema litter cleanupa book drive for a classroom
    2. Put the steps of a service project in order: do the project, thank the helpers, find a need, make a plan.
    3. Name one need in your community.
    4. Which word means a member of a community who helps take care of it?lawcitizencontinent

    Part 2: Geography & Maps

    Look at the map of Oak Street. Use the key and the compass rose to answer the first two questions.

    Map of Oak Street

    This map shows Oak Street from above. Use the key to find what each symbol means.

    A street map of Oak Street with Our House in the middle, a park with trees to the north, a store to the east, a creek along the south edge, other houses along the street, a compass rose and a key.

    Key: small square = house, green circle = tree, blue line = creek, cart = store.

    1. What is north of Our House?
    2. What does the blue line stand for?
    3. Put these in order from smallest to biggest: country, town, continent, state.
    4. Write the name of your state and your country.

    Part 3: History

    Think about the past and about traditions. Circle or write your answer.

    1. Which one is a tradition?making the same special food every New Yearbuying milk at the storetying your shoes
    2. Name one tradition in your family. Who passed it down?
    3. Before telephones, how did people send news to someone far away?
    4. Put these in order from long ago to today: when your grandparent was a child, today, Columbus's ships reach the Taino islands.

    Part 4: Economics

    Read the price list. Use it to answer the second and third questions.

    The Corner Store

    You have 10 coins. An apple costs 3 coins. A bottle of water costs 2 coins. A yo-yo costs 6 coins. A comic book costs 5 coins.

    1. A doctor visit. Is it a need or a want? Is it a good or a service?
    2. You buy the apple and the bottle of water. How many coins do you have left?
    3. The yo-yo and the comic book cost 11 coins together, so you can buy only one. You pick the yo-yo. What did you give up?
    4. Why do families save money?