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Grade 4 Global Issues
In Odessa, Ukraine, April Fools' Day celebrations include a parade, concerts, and an international clown convention.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Global Issues
In the Netherlands, April 1st commemorates the Dutch capture of the city of Breille from the Spanish during the Dutch war of independence.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Global Issues
One theory behind the origin of April Fool's Day is that it was the day that marked the end of New Year celebrations in medieval France which began on March 25th.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Global Issues
In many Spanish speaking nations, pranking is typically done on December 28th on the Day of the Holy Innocents.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Ancient History
When the Israelites moved to Egypt, they began to worship the same gods that the Egyptians worshipped.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Ancient History
Many ancient cities were built near          rivers          and people began to make money by            trading             with other cities.
Grade 4 Ancient History
The rivers in China often flooded.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Ancient History
The people of India found that it was easier to travel over the mountains than to travel by sea.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Exploration
Christopher Columbus called the native people                   by mistake and the name stuck for centuries. They are called Native Americans today.
  1. Savages
  2. Beasts
  3. Indians
  4. Indigenous People
Grade 4 Exploration
What were most explorers searching for when they came to the new world?
  1. Gold and riches
  2. Oil
  3. Northwest passage
  4. People who had gone missing
  5. Both A and C
Grade 4 Exploration
Besides treating them with cruelty, Explores were also harmful to the natives by bringing                 with them. Many natives died as a result.
  1. Rotted food
  2. Medicines
  3. Missionaries
  4. Horses
  5. Disease
Grade 4 World History
Earth Day was created to promote environmental protection.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Exploration
Christoper Columbus was born Cristoforo Colombo in Genoa in modern-day Italy.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Exploration
Columbus named the islands in the Caribbean the "Indies" because he believed that he had landed near India.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Global Issues
In France, April Fools' Day is known as what animal of April?
  1. pig
  2. fish
  3. duck
  4. horse
Grade 4 Mesopotamia
                Civilizations                are societies organized around cities with a central government, a means of food production, a system of writing, art, architecture, and job specialization.

               Divine right               is the belief that something comes straight from God, not from the people.

                 Oral Tradition                 is creating new stories, passing down information from generation to generation through spoken word and memorization instead of by writing it down.

        Clans        are families who live together.
Grade 4 Ancient History
People in Babylon believed that they could find out what the gods were doing by                                                .
  1. praying and offering sacrifices
  2. watching the movements of the planets and stars
  3. asking the priests
  4. observing nature
Grade 4 Ancient History
The people of India built cities near the               Indus River               often around huge circular mounds called            citadels           .
Grade 4 Ancient History
A dynasty is when a family rules one country for many years. For example, the Shang dynasty ruled for about 500 years.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 4 Ancient History
Hammurabi was not as cruel as Shamshi-Adad.
  1. True
  2. False
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