Grade 7 · Social Studies
Ancient civilizations, the Bill of Rights, and the Civil War. Written in American English for students, parents, and teachers in the United States.
Open a card to see the answer. These are original practice items for US elementary students — not a state test copy.
Answer: the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution
It was ratified in 1791.
Answer: speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
It does not protect true threats or all speech everywhere.
Answer: the right to keep and bear arms
It is often searched by US students.
Answer: unreasonable searches and seizures
Warrants generally need probable cause.
Answer: protection against self-incrimination
“Pleading the Fifth” refers to this.
Answer: a speedy and public trial
It also covers counsel and confronting witnesses.
Answer: cruel and unusual punishment
It also mentions excessive bail.
Answer: the states or the people
It is a federalism amendment.
Answer: language, beliefs, food, and customs
It is learned, not just inherited.
Answer: one God
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are monotheistic.
Answer: trade network across Eurasia
Goods and ideas moved along it.
Answer: more people living in cities
Jobs and trade often pull people to cities.
Answer: war or famine that drives people away
Pull factors attract people to a place.
Answer: ancient Athens
Not every Athenian could vote.
Answer: from the time being studied
A letter from 1863 is primary for the Civil War.
Answer: judging other cultures only by your own
Historians try to understand cultures in context.
Pick the next article in this topic — that is how a magazine issue is meant to be used.
