Wednesday, October 5, 2016

hw 2

EGYPTIAN AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Elementary Social Studies Department
Term 1    GRADE 4
                               Homework Sheet 2

Name : ________________________________________Class: ________ Date: _________________
PART A
Matching
Match the following Vocabulary words to their meanings

1.    Text Box: A.	Legend
B.	Myth
C.	Literature
D.	Tall tale
E.	Character Trait


______ Using humorous exaggeration to explain how something
came about.
2.    ______ A true story that has details added that did not really happen.
3.    _____ A quality in a person.
4.    _____Stories and poems that people use to share their ideas.
5.    ______ Using actions about gods and goddesses to explain why something in nature is the way it is.
PART B
Choose the correct answer for the following
6.    Some Greeks and Romans myths were similar because______________________
a)   they liked the same literature
b)   they were close geographically
c)   they were both ancient cultures
d)   None of the above
7.    Casey Jones’s story was not forgotten because it was made into a ___________.
a)   Movie
b)   Rhyme
c)   Song
d)   Poem

8.    Which of the following is NOT true about Pecos Bill’s tall tale?
a)   He was raised by coyotes.
b)   He had a great blue ox called Babe.
c)   He rode a mountain lion.
d)   He used a rattlesnake as a whip.

PART C- SHORT ANSWERS
9.    How did Daniel Boone open the West to settlement?
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10.  Based on tall tales and legends of Casey Jones, Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill, what are three (3) character traits a hero needs.
                                      I.        ______________________________________________
                                    II.        _______________________________________________
                                   III.        _________________________________________________





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