Social Studies Weekly- Test 1

Early Texans settled near rivers to meet their need for ___________.

• electricity

• entertainment

• food and water

• purchasing items they needed at nearby stores

Read the following definition from a glossary.

Which of the following terms best matches this definition?

• basic needs

• geographic region

• settlement pattern

• free enterprise

What is the article "Settling Texas: Deciding Where to Live and Grow" mainly about?

• Early Texans settled in places where they could find their basic needs.

• Living near a river provided transportation for early Texans.

• Wells replaced rivers as a source of water for Texans.

• Food, shelter and clothing were the most important needs for early Texans.

Look at the chart below. Use it to answer the question from the article "Finding a Big State in a Big World."

Which idea belongs in the empty box?

• Geographic Regions of Texas

• Geographic Regions of the United States

• Characteristic of Geographic Region

• Characteristics not found in a Geographic Region

According to this map of Texas, which region has the greatest amount of larger communities or cities?

• Mountains and Basins

• Great Plains

• North Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

Use the compass rose to locate the city that is northwest of Brownsville.

• Dallas

• El Paso

• Houston

• Beaumont

Which of the following does not describe where Texas is found on the globe?

• north of the equator

• Northern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• south of the equator

Read the following passage. Then read the question and select your answer.

(1) Is your town close to a river. (2) If it is your town was probably one of the first places settled in your area. (3) The mountains in Texas are found in the western part of the state. (4) The river near you're home provided many of the early settlers' basic needs.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 1?

• change to to too

• change Is to Was

• change the period to a question mark

• make no change

Read the following passage. Then read the question and select your answer.

(1) Is your town close to a river. (2) If it is your town was probably one of the first places settled in your area. (3) The mountains in Texas are found in the western part of the state. (4) The river near you're home provided many of the early settlers' basic needs.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 2?

• insert a comma after is

• change one to won

• change first to First

• make no change

Geologists believe the land near Burnet and Llano is some of the oldest on Earth. Geologists know this because Geology is the study of ____________.

• earth

• rock and minerals

• dinosaurs

• ancient people