Grade 5

Social Studies

WHEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET

	CORRECT MARK	INCORRECT MARKS
· Use only soft black lead pencil (No. 2).
· Do NOT use ink or ball point pen.
When marking your answers to multiple-choice questions, mark heavy, dark marks that completely fill the circle. Mark one answer for each question.
Erase completely any marks you wish to change.
Make NO STRAY marks on any page of your test booklet.
For the open-response questions, be sure you write your answers on the lines and spaces provided. Answers or parts of answers written outside the boxed areas cannot be scored.

The following is the guide that will be used to evaluate your responses to the open-response questions in this test.
KENTUCKY GENERAL SCORING GUIDE
SCORE POINT 4
	· You complete all important components of the question and communicate ideas clearly.
	· You demonstrate in-depth understanding of the relevant concepts and/or processes.
	· Where appropriate, you choose more efficient and/or sophisticated processes.
	· Where appropriate, you offer insightful interpretations or extensions (generalizations, applications, analogies
SCORE POINT 3
	You complete most important components of the question and communicate clearly.
	You demonstrate an understanding of major concepts even though you overlook or misunderstand some less-important ideas or details.
SCORE POINT 2
	You complete some important components of the question and communicate those components clearly
	You demonstrate that there are gaps in your conceptual understanding.
SCORE POINT 1
	You show minimal understanding of the question.
	You address only a small portion of the question
SCORE POINT 0
	Your answer is totally incorrect or irrelevant
BLANK
	· You did not give any answer at all.

SOCIAL STUDIES

Please mark your answer for each multiple-choice question by filling in the circle completely for the correct answer. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess.

1.	Which of the following was NOT one of the military tactics or technologies used in the Civil War?
	Ο	Trenches
	Ο	Hot-air- balloons
	Ο	Artillery
	Ο	All of these were used in the Civil War.

2.	Which one of the following statements is NOT true about combat conditions in battles like the one at Gettysburg?
	Ο	Advancing rows of soldiers were ripped apart by bullets and artillery shells.
	Ο	Soldiers fought face-to-face, using bayonets and whatever other weapons they could find.
	Ο	Soldiers wounded on the battlefield received medical attention right away.
	Ο	All of the above statements are true about combat conditions.

3.	Which of the following explains why medical care during the Civil War was so poor?
	Ο	Doctors had only simple instruments to use for surgery and often did not have medicines or other supplies they needed.
	Ο	Conditions in hospital tents and camps were dirty and unhealthful.
	Ο	Doctors did not know how to treat some sicknesses and sometimes gave soldiers medicines that were poisonous.
	Ο	All of these statements help explain why medical care was so poor.

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4.	Which of the following would a Civil War soldier have been least likely to eat?
	Ο	Hardtack
	Ο	Fried chicken
	Ο	Coffee
	Ο	Pickled meat

5.	Which of the following people would have been most likely to have written a letter describing draft riots?
	Ο	A Confederate officer
	Ο	A Union soldier
	Ο	The wife of a Union officer
	Ο	The sister of a Confederate soldier

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SOCIAL STUDIES OPEN-RESPONSE QUESTIONS

Read all parts of each open-response question before you begin. Write your answers to the open-response questions in the space provided in this test booklet.

Write your answer to question 6 in the space provided on the next page.
The Life of a Civil War Soldier
6.	Life for soldiers during the Civil War was extremely difficult. Many aspects of their lives were affected by the harsh conditions. List two physical aspects of a soldier’s life that were affected during the Civil War. Discuss the impacts of those two physical aspects. Compare those two physical aspects of a soldier’s life during the Civil War to the life of a person today.

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SOCIAL STUDIES

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