Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

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Chapter 3 Review
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
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Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
1,000,000
500,000
300,000
5th Grade Topic 1
5th Grade Topic 2
175,000
100,000
4th Grade Topic 3
4th Grade Topic 4
50,000
3rd Grade Topic 5
3rd Grade Topic 6
25,000
10,000
2nd Grade Topic 7
2nd Grade Topic 8
5,000
2,000
1st Grade Topic 9
1st Grade Topic 10
1,000
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5th Grade Topic 1 Question

• Put the following events in order
• A. The first telegraph line across the country
  was completed.
• B. A new business called the Pony Express began
  delivering mail from Missouri to California in
  just 10 days.
• C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central
  Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.
• D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending
  messages along wires.

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5th Grade Topic 1 Answer

• B. A new business called the Pony Express began
  delivering mail from Missouri to California in
  just 10 days.
• D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending
  messages along wires.
• A. The first telegraph line across the country
  was completed.
• C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central
  Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.

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5th Grade Topic 2 Question

• Which innovation used electricity to send news
  across the country?

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5th Grade Topic 2 Answer

• The telegraph

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4th Grade Topic 3 Question

• Which of the following best describes a major
  challenge faced by the Union Pacific Railroad?
• A. conflict with Native Americans
• B. conflict with Chinese immigrants
• C. competition among other railroad companies.
• D. the steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada

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4th Grade Topic 3 Answer

• A. conflict with Native Americans

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4th Grade Topic 4 Question

• Which group made up the largest part of the
  Central Pacifics workforce?

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4th Grade Topic 4 Answer

• Chinese immigrants

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3rd Grade Topic 5 Question

• Which innovation allowed people and goods to
  travel across the country in just a week?

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3rd Grade Topic 5 Answer

• The Transcontinental Railroad

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3rd Grade Topic 6 Question

• What was the main purpose of the Homestead Act?
• A. to bring an end to cattle drives
• B. to encourage settlement on the Great Plains
• C. to defeat the Native Americans
• D. to provide a market for steel plows

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3rd Grade Topic 6 Answer

• To encourage settlement on the Great Plains

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2nd Grade Topic 7 Question

• Which of the following was NOT one of the
  challenges typically faced by homesteaders
• A. high cost of land
• B. harsh weather
• C. large amount of grasshoppers
• D. thick sod

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2nd Grade Topic 7 Answer

• A. high cost of land

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2nd Grade Topic 8 Question

• Why did many exodusters come to the great plains?
• A. European immigrants forced them from their
  homes in the East.
• B. They wanted to hunt buffalo.
• C. They faced discrimination and lack of
  opportunity in the East.
• D. They were seeking religious freedom.

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2nd Grade Topic 8 Answer

• C. They faced discrimination and lack of
  opportunity in the East.

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1st Grade Topic 9 Question

• Which of the following was NOT a way that
  technology helped pioneers turn the Great Plains
  into productive farmland?
• A. Stronger steel plows were used on the thick
  grasses.
• B. Windmills were used to pump water to the
  lands surface.
• C. Barbed wire was used to keep animals away from
  crops.
• D. Sod was used as a building material to keep
  out bugs.

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1st Grade Topic 9 Answer

• D. Sod was used as a building material to keep
  out bugs.

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1st Grade Topic 10 Question

• Why were cattle drives profitable for Texas
  ranchers?
• A. Cattle grew fatter as they traveled the
  trails.
• B. People paid to watch the cattle drives.
• C. Cattle could be sold for more money in the
  East.
• D. Railroads paid ranchers to use their services.

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1st Grade Topic 10 Answer

• C. Cattle could be sold for more money in the
  East.

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Million Dollar QuestionGrade Level Topic 11
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1,000,000 Question

• Put the following events in order
• A. The first telegraph line across the country
  was completed.
• B. A new business called the Pony Express began
  delivering mail from Missouri to California in
  just 10 days.
• C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central
  Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.
• D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending
  messages along wires.

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1,000,000 Answer

• B. A new business called the Pony Express began
  delivering mail from Missouri to California in
  just 10 days.
• D. Samuel Morse developed a method of sending
  messages along wires.
• A. The first telegraph line across the country
  was completed.
• C. The tracks of the Union Pacific and Central
  Pacific met at Promontory Point, Utah.

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