How foods, languages and inventions spread from place to place

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the best answer.

2. 1.

   Where did jazz begin, Milo asks?

   • Paris, in France
   • Springfield, Massachusetts, home of basketball
   • Many places at once
   • New Orleans
3. 2.

   Which kinds of music did early jazz draw on, Pia asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • European opera, and no other music
   • Blues, ragtime, marches and dance music
   • No older music: it came from nothing
   • Music invented in 1891 in Springfield
4. 3.

   Jazz stayed strong in New Orleans while spreading worldwide. Which kind of diffusion is that, Ren asks?

   Use the picture in question 1.

   • A push factor
   • Expansion diffusion
   • No diffusion: it stayed home
   • Relocation diffusion, carried by movers
5. 4.

   People who moved to a new country brought a game with them. Which kind of diffusion is that, Tala asks?

   • Expansion diffusion from a home that stays strong
   • Relocation diffusion
   • A pull factor
   • No diffusion
6. 5.

   Musicians abroad mixed jazz with their own music. What does that show, Zee asks?

   • Jazz stopped when it left New Orleans
   • Jazz stayed exactly the same everywhere
   • Local music vanished
   • Spreading culture can make new styles
8. 6.

   Which sentence about basketball is careful, Ari asks?

   • It is one of the most popular sports
   • It is played in Springfield and nowhere else
   • It is the most popular sport, by each count
   • It is played by each person on Earth
9. 7.

   Which spread in this pack had a known inventor and a known year, Esme asks?

   Use the picture in question 6.

   • Basketball
   • The potato, first grown in a known year
   • Jazz, from one known inventor
   • Paper, invented on a known day
10. 8.

    Jun's note says, "Jazz began in the 1920s." Which fix is right?

    • Change "Jazz" to "Basketball"
    • Change "1920s" to "1202"
    • Change it: it began earlier
    • Leave it: the Jazz Age was when it began
11. 9.

    Kira's note says, "Basketball was invented by the Olympic Games." Which fix is right?

    • Change it: James Naismith invented it
    • Leave it: the Olympics made the game
    • Change "Basketball" to "Jazz"
    • Change "invented" to "cooked"
12. 10.

    Luz's note says, "When culture spreads, it never changes." Which fix is right?

    • Change it: it can change as it spreads
    • Leave it: jazz stayed the same
    • Change "culture" to "weather"
    • Change "spreads" to "sleeps"