Part 2 — Answer key

Compare your answers after you have finished Part 1.

1. Your class is coloring a big picture of the United States flag. Which set of colors should you use?
   Red, white, and blue
2. The bald eagle is a national symbol of the United States.
   True
3. Mia visits a tall statue of a woman holding a torch on an island near New York City. What does this Statue of Liberty mostly stand for?
   Freedom and welcome
4. Jamal reads that Abraham Lincoln helped keep the United States together during a big war. What important job did Abraham Lincoln have?
   President of the country
5. Your teacher shows one map of your town from long ago and another map of your town today. What are you most likely comparing?
   How the community has changed
6. You are doing a report about schools long ago. Which source would be a primary source for your report?
   A diary written by a child who went to school long ago
7. A mayor of a city is chosen directly by the president of the United States.
   False
8. Long ago, some families used horses or wagons for transportation instead of cars.
   True
9. In your class, students talk about a new rule for using the playground and then vote for the rule they like best. What idea from government is your class practicing?
   Choosing by majority vote
10. On Election Day, adults in your town go to a polling place. What are they doing there?
    Voting for leaders or laws
11. Your class reads about the first telephones and how people suddenly could talk across long distances. What was one big effect of this invention?
    People could communicate more quickly
12. Luis compares how families traveled long ago with how families travel today. Which trip shows what travel was like long ago?
    Riding for days in a covered wagon
13. Your class is sorting special days into "national holidays" and "local events." Which day belongs in the national holidays group?
    Independence Day
14. Martin Luther King Jr. is famous in history for inventing the light bulb.
    False
15. Many farmers in the past grew crops mainly to feed their own families and nearby people, not to sell to faraway places.
    True
16. Different history books might describe the same event a little differently, but they can still be about the same real event.
    True
17. You read a story about Rosa Parks refusing to move to the back of a bus because of an unfair rule. What unfair rule was she protesting?
    People were separated on buses because of their skin color
18. At a museum, you see a model of a large stone pyramid from ancient Egypt. What were many of these pyramids built to be?
    Tombs for important rulers
19. Your class hears about early explorers sailing across the ocean using the stars and a tool that always points north. Which tool were they most likely using?
    Compass
20. A timeline is a kind of picture that shows where places are located on Earth.
    False
21. Arrange these steps in the order they usually happen when a new law is made.
    Correct order: Citizens share an idea for a new rule with a lawmaker → A lawmaker writes the idea as a bill → Leaders talk about the bill and suggest changes → Leaders vote to approve the bill → The head of the government signs the bill into law
22. Two history books tell about the same big storm, but one says it knocked down ten houses and the other says it knocked down twelve. What is the best reason the details are a little different?
    People sometimes remember events in slightly different ways
23. Your class reads how Native peoples taught new settlers how to grow crops like corn and shared ways to survive the winter. What big idea does this story show?
    Different groups can help each other by sharing knowledge