Colorado CMAS · Social Studies · Grades 4 and 7

Colorado CMAS Social Studies Practice Test: Grades 4 and 7

Build CMAS Social Studies readiness with five focused 10-question practice sets covering history, geography, civics, economics, evidence, and perspectives.

CMAS Social Studies practice sets

This Colorado CMAS Social Studies Practice Test page provides five short practice sets with 10 original multiple-choice questions each. The sets offer supplemental practice for Grades 4 and 7 across history, geography, civics, economics, evidence, and social studies reasoning.

Social Studies skills covered

  • Primary sources, timelines, historical comparison, migration, photographs, dates, transportation, perspectives, source evaluation, and context
  • Map scale, landforms, rivers, physical and human features, climate, compass directions, human-environment interaction, resources, and population maps
  • Laws, legislative branches, civic responsibilities, voting, public services, constitutions, rights, local participation, checks and balances, and public issues
  • Resources, supply and demand, producers, consumers, scarcity, opportunity cost, trade, taxes, business location, and budgets
  • Claims, evidence, perspectives, map evidence, charts, policy effects, map legends, conclusions, and reasoning

How to use this page

Complete one 10-question set at a time. Read each source carefully, identify the evidence, and review every explanation before moving to the next set.

This is supplemental State Test Practice, State Assessment Practice, and Standardized Test Practice. It does not replace current Colorado Department of Education guidance, official CMAS blueprints, accommodations, or testing policies.

For the Colorado assessment hub, visit Colorado State Assessments.

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Colorado CMAS Social Studies Practice Questions

A 10-question Colorado CMAS Social Studies practice set on economics and community decisions, with answers and explanations.

Read each source or social studies task carefully, choose one answer, and review the explanation after responding.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a resource?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Something used to produce goods or services..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Resources include materials, labor, time, and tools used in production.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Resources include materials, labor, time, and tools used in production.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

What does supply and demand help explain?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is How availability and desire can affect prices..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Supply and demand influence prices and quantities in a market.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Supply and demand influence prices and quantities in a market.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a producer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is A person or business that makes goods or provides services..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Producers create goods or offer services.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Producers create goods or offer services.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

What is a consumer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is A person who buys or uses a good or service..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Consumers purchase or use goods and services.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Consumers purchase or use goods and services.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Why must people make economic choices?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Resources and time are limited..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Scarcity means people must decide how to use limited resources.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Scarcity means people must decide how to use limited resources.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

What is an opportunity cost?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The next best choice given up when a decision is made..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Opportunity cost identifies what is sacrificed by a choice.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Opportunity cost identifies what is sacrificed by a choice.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Why do communities trade with one another?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Trade allows people to exchange goods and services they need or value..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Exchange can give communities access to different goods and skills.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Exchange can give communities access to different goods and skills.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

What can taxes help fund?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Public services such as roads and schools..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Tax revenue can support public services.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Tax revenue can support public services.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Why might a business choose a location near a busy road?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Many potential customers can reach it easily..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: Access and customers can influence business location.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

Access and customers can influence business location.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

What does a budget help a person or community do?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Plan how to use available money..

  1. Read the source or situation: Identify the people, place, time, claim, or economic idea in the task.
  2. Use the evidence: A budget compares income, costs, and planned spending.
  3. Check the choice: Choose the answer that is best supported by the source or social studies concept.

A budget compares income, costs, and planned spending.

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Frequently asked questions about Colorado CMAS Social Studies Practice Test

Which Social Studies skills are covered?

The page covers supplemental history, geography, civics, economics, evidence, perspectives, and social studies reasoning practice for Grades 4 and 7.

How many questions are included?

There are five practice sets with 10 questions each, for 50 questions in total. Each set can be completed separately.

Are these official CMAS Social Studies questions?

No. These are original supplemental practice questions. Check the latest Colorado Department of Education information for official materials, standards, accommodations, and policies.