wellstone 3rd grade assessment powerpoint handout

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Minnesota History

For each question please circle the answer you

think is best.

Question 1What is an Artifact?

B. An object that was made in the past.

A. A fact about a piece of art.

C. Something found outside.

Question 3Which of these are Minnesota state

symbols?

A. The loon and ladyslipper.

B. The walleye and the blueberry muffin.

C. Both A and B.

Question 2

What is this place?

A. A museum where people see objects from the past.

C. An museum where people make laws.

B. A museum where people make objects from the past.

Image 1 Question 4What are the two major groups of

American Indians in Minnesota?

C. Cherokee and Cree.

B. Apache and Ojibwe.

A. Dakota and Ojibwe.

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Question 5How did the American Indian children

in Minnesota learn?

C. Listening to stories and helping others with their work.

B. Reading books and watching their parents.

A. Looking at photographs and listening to stories.

Question 6What are these women doing?

C. Making Maple Sugar.

B. Doing the Laundry.

A. Cooking Soup.

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What homes did American Indians in Minnesota live in?

B. Wigwams and teepees.

A. Wigwams and adobes.

C. Teepees and plank houses.

Question 8What did American Indians in

Minnesota eat?

A. Sugar, nuts, and buffalo meat.

B. Fish, wild rice, and berries.

C. Both A and B.

Question 9What is this object?

C. A mukuk used by the Apache people.

B. A parfleche bag used by the Dakota people.

A. A bandolier bag used by the Ojibwe people.

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Image 3Question 10

Which of these did notnotnotnot happen when Minnesota became a territory?

C. More businesses were started.

A. The American Indians were given more land.

B. More people came to Minnesota.

Question 11What is this place?

A.Fort Snelling.

B. Fort McKinley.

C. Fort Sumter.

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Question 12Who was living at this fort and

why?

A. Women were living there because they wanted to sell furs.

B. Soldiers were living there because of the fur trade.

C. Children were living there because they wanted to become soldiers.

Question 13 What is one reason an immigrant would leave their own country?

A. They are looking for a colder place to live.

B. They are looking for a place with fewer jobs.

C. Their own country does not have enough land.

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Question 14What are some challenges for

immigrants that came to Minnesota?

A. The language and the weather.

B. Finding jobs and missing their homeland.

C. Both A and B.

Question 15What are these people doing?

B. Taking a nap because they are tired.

A. Leaving their country to move to the United States.

C. Taking a boat to vacation in Europe.

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