Social Studies Review

According to the map above, which body of water is West of California?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Lake Superior

How do people adapt to their environment?

• Looking for resources in the Earth

• ^{Building windmills to make electricity}

• Wearing boots for the snowy weather

• Recycling paper

Where did Juan de Onate settle?

• Rio Grande

• New Mexico

• Texas

• South Carolina

Where did Christopher Columbus settle?

• Hispaniola

• New Mexico

• Texas

• Rio Grande

Which describes a rural community?

• Getting on trains to go to work

• Different communities coming together to go to the same school

• Buildings everywhere around you

• There is wifi everywhere you go

What is the tool on a map that helps you understand the directions?

• map key

• compass rose

• a scale

• a legend

What tool on a map helps me understand the distance between objects or locations on the map?

• a legend

• map key

• compass rose

• scale

What are the three branches of government?

• Legislative, executive, judicial

• governors, presidents, mayors

• textbooks, social studies books, science books

• katy, houston, alief

How do governor's get their jobs?

• The legislature passed a law

• citizens voted for the governor in an election

• a supreme court judge ordered it

• you become governor because your parents are governors

The people who wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are called_____?

• pilgrims

• quakers

• founding fathers

• explorers