Medieval Europe, West African kingdoms, the Aztec and Inca, the Renaissance and the Age of Exploration, as LEAP reports them.
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The real test: LEAP social studies, grade 5
Time limit
195 minutes
Sessions
Three, each timed at 65 minutes. No extra time without a documented accommodation.
What is on it
About 5 to 7 item sets or tasks, each built on one to five sources, and 12 to 16 standalone items. Field-test questions are mixed in and do not count.
Kinds of questions
Multiple choice with four options, multiple select, technology-enhanced items worth up to 3 points, two-part items worth 2 points, and a constructed response an
Reporting categories
Three for content (Medieval Europe and the West African Kingdoms; Civilizations in the Americas; Renaissance, Reformation, and Colonization) and two for skills
Testing window, 2027
April 1 to May 12, 2027, for computer-based tests.
From 2027-2028
Grade 5 takes a grade-band test with content from grades 4 and 5. Grades 4, 6 and 7 no longer take a LEAP social studies test.
After the Black Death, farm workers who survived could ask for wages. Why?World History Encyclopedia, "Black Death"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9g
The Alps, the English Channel and the North European Plain are geographic features of which continent?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9a
Charlemagne became emperor in the year 800. Who crowned him?World History Encyclopedia, "Charlemagne"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9c
Charlemagne made which religion the religion of his empire?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9c
How did monks in medieval monasteries help preserve knowledge?World History Encyclopedia, "Medieval Monastery"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9b
The Hundred Years' War was fought between which two kingdoms?World History Encyclopedia, "Hundred Years' War"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9h
In 1429, Joan of Arc helped French forces lift the siege of which city?World History Encyclopedia, "Joan of Arc"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9h
In the feudal system, what did a vassal most often owe a lord in return for land?World History Encyclopedia, "Feudalism"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9d
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Medieval Europe and the West African Kingdoms, continued
Magna Carta is remembered for which idea?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9e
Mansa Musa, king of Mali, stopped in Cairo in 1324 on his pilgrimage to Mecca. What did the journey make known far beyond Africa?World History Encyclopedia, "Mansa Musa I"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.11d
On a medieval manor, who worked the lord's own farmland?World History Encyclopedia, "Manorialism"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9d
Scholars of the medieval Islamic world are studied for their work in which fields?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.10c
Timbuktu grew rich because its trade routes linked which two places?World History Encyclopedia, "Timbuktu"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.11b
What was the main goal of the Crusades?World History Encyclopedia, "Crusades"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9f
Which king put his seal on Magna Carta in 1215?National Archives, "Magna Carta"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.9e
Civilizations in the Americas 10
How did Inca farmers grow crops on steep mountain slopes?World History Encyclopedia, "Inca Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13d
How did the Aztec Empire gain wealth from the peoples it conquered?World History Encyclopedia, "Aztec Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13e
How did the Inca send messages quickly across their mountain empire?World History Encyclopedia, "Inca Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13i
In Aztec tradition, the god Huitzilopochtli showed the people where to build their city. What sign marked the place?World History Encyclopedia, "Aztec Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13f
The Inca built an empire along which mountain range of South America?World History Encyclopedia, "Inca Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13a
The Inca had no alphabet. What did they use to keep records?World History Encyclopedia, "Quipu"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13j
What did the stone aqueduct of Tenochtitlán bring into the city?World History Encyclopedia, "Tenochtitlan"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13g
What were chinampas?World History Encyclopedia, "Chinampas"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13g
Where was the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán, built?World History Encyclopedia, "Tenochtitlan"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13g
Which statement best describes the Indigenous peoples of North America before Europeans arrived?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.13c
Renaissance, Reformation, and Colonization 16
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition of 1519 to 1522 sailed for Spain. What was it the first to do?World History Encyclopedia, "Ferdinand Magellan"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14b
Francisco Pizarro led the Spanish conquest of which empire, beginning in 1532?World History Encyclopedia, "Francisco Pizarro"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14d
In the transatlantic slave trade, what was the Middle Passage?National Park Service, "The Middle Passage"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14g
Johannes Gutenberg's printing press was at work by 1450. What was one result?World History Encyclopedia, "Johannes Gutenberg"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12d
The Medici family were patrons of the arts in Florence. What did a patron of the arts do?World History Encyclopedia, "Michelangelo"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12c
Michelangelo painted the ceiling of which building in Rome?World History Encyclopedia, "Michelangelo"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12c
Under the encomienda system, what were Spanish settlers in the Americas granted?World History Encyclopedia, "Encomienda"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14f
What did Galileo Galilei discover with his improved telescope?World History Encyclopedia, "Galileo Galilei"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12g
What did sailors work out with a marine astrolabe?World History Encyclopedia, "Astrolabe"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14c
What did Vasco da Gama's voyage of 1497 to 1499 achieve?World History Encyclopedia, "Vasco da Gama"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14b
What movement began in 1517 with Martin Luther's 95 Theses?World History Encyclopedia, "Protestant Reformation"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12e
What was a caravel?World History Encyclopedia, "Caravel"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14c
Which city did Hernán Cortés and his forces take in 1521?World History Encyclopedia, "Hernán Cortés"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14d
Which explorer, sailing for Spain, explored North America as far as the Mississippi River?World History Encyclopedia, "Hernando de Soto"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14b
Which foods did the Columbian Exchange carry from the Americas to Europe?World History Encyclopedia, "Columbian Exchange"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14e
Who painted the Mona Lisa?World History Encyclopedia, "Leonardo da Vinci"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12c
Establishing Context 6
A timeline shows Magna Carta in 1215, the Black Death reaching Europe in 1347, Gutenberg's press at work by 1450 and Luther's 95 Theses in 1517. Which event falls between the Black Death and the 95 Theses?World History Encyclopedia, "Johannes Gutenberg"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.1
How did Islam reach the rulers of the kingdom of Mali?World History Encyclopedia, "Mali Empire"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.11c
The Italian Peninsula reaches far into the Mediterranean Sea. How did that location help Italy's trade cities in the Renaissance?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.12a
On a map, what do lines of longitude measure?NOAA National Ocean Service, "What is longitude?"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.6
Which list puts three West African kingdoms in order from the earliest to the latest?World History Encyclopedia, "Songhai Empire" and "Ghana Empire"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.1
Which statement is true of both the Aztec Empire and the Inca Empire?World History Encyclopedia, "Inca Civilization"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.14d
Examining Sources and Claims 4
A Spanish soldier and an Aztec writer each describe the fall of Tenochtitlán. Why might their two accounts differ?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.2c
A student claims: "The Columbian Exchange helped people on every continent." Which fact supports a counterclaim?World History Encyclopedia, "Columbian Exchange"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.5d
A student claims: "The printing press helped new ideas spread quickly." Which evidence best supports the claim?World History Encyclopedia, "Protestant Reformation"; K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.5
Which question could a map of the caravan routes across the Sahara help answer?K-12 Louisiana Student Standards for Social Studies, standard 5.2a
Unofficial practice for the grade 5 LEAP social studies test in Louisiana: 51 questions written for this site, each naming the state standard it practices. None is a state item. Not affiliated with the Louisiana Department of Education.
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What 5th grade LEAP social studies covers
Louisiana's grade 5 course runs from the medieval period to the early modern world, and LEAP reports it in five categories. Medieval Europe and the West African Kingdoms has 15 questions here: monasteries, feudalism, Magna Carta, the Crusades, the Black Death, Timbuktu and Mansa Musa. Civilizations in the Americas has 10, on the Aztec, the Inca and the peoples of North America. Renaissance, Reformation, and Colonization has 16, from the Medici to the Columbian Exchange. Establishing Context has 6 on timelines, maps and comparisons. Examining Sources and Claims has 4 on evidence and counterclaims.
The state's guide gives none of the five categories a share of the points, so leave no category out.
Questions and answers
Do 5th graders take a LEAP social studies test?
Yes. In 2026-2027 every grade from 3 to 8 takes its own. From 2027-2028 grade 5 still tests, on a grade-band test with content from grades 4 and 5, while grades 4, 6 and 7 stop.
How long is the 5th grade LEAP social studies test?
Three sessions of 65 minutes, each one timed. The guide describes about 5 to 7 item sets or tasks and 12 to 16 standalone items. The 2027 window for computer-based tests runs from April 1 to May 12.
What kinds of questions are on the grade 5 LEAP social studies test?
Multiple choice with four options, multiple select, technology-enhanced items, two-part items, a constructed response and an extended response. The two written responses are scored on 4-point rubrics. Every question on this page is multiple choice.
Does Louisiana publish LEAP practice questions for 5th grade social studies?
Yes. The Louisiana Department of Education lists a document named LEAP Practice Questions Social Studies Grade 5 on its Assessment Guidance page, linked in the box under the questions. This page is unofficial and uses none of them.