3rd Grade Social Studies Quiz Bowl Qualifying Round

North, South, East, West are examples of

• Geography

• City

• Map Legend

• Cardinal Direction

Objects made by human beings that can be studied later to get clues about the past are called

• Natural resources

• Primary documents

• Interviews

• Artifacts

When coastline land wears away, it's called

• Sedimentary wearing

• Coastal erosion

• Ocean tides

• Nutria rat

Which is an example of someone choosing a need over a want?

• Alex buys food instead of a ticket to a movie.

• Kristina asks her mom for a pony.

• Jaxon borrows a t-shirt from his brother.

• Eric buys a bike instead of a sweater.

Which explorer claimed Louisiana for the French in 1682?

• Christopher Columbus

• John Cabot

• Rene-Robert de La Salle

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Deonte is making a timeline. He wants to show that, in 1513, a world map was made showing the Gulf of Mexico. Deonte should add this event at the letter

• A

• B

• C

• D

How have humans adapted to the physical environment of Louisiana?

• They have built raised homes to protect them from flooding.

• They like to ski in the summer.

• They like to wear warm clothes in the winter.

• They drive fast on the road.

Jordan has to make an economic choice. He is choosing between buying gas for his car so he can get to work or buying a new PlayStation that just came out. He chooses to buy gas. The PlayStation is his:

• Need

• Price competition

• Natural Resource

• Opportunity cost

Which city is northwest of Baton Rouge?

• Shreveport

• Lafayette

• New Orleans

• Lake Charles

How did the arrival of Europeans change the life of Native Americans in Louisiana?

• Europeans fought Native Americans over land and some Native Americans were killed or forced to leave.

• Europeans taught Native Americans how to fish and how to grow crops such as corn,

  squash, and beans.

• Europeans and Native Americans stayed far away from each other and did not have any contact.

• Europeans forced all Native Americans out of Louisiana so that there are no Native Americans in our state today.