Chapter 2 Social Studies Review

To see the true shapes of Earth's oceans and continents, you should use a ______.

• map

• globe

• phone

• textbook

The Himalaya Mountains are found on the contintent of ______.

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

• Pennsylvania

A line on the map that shows where a state or country ends is ________.

• the equator

• a hemisphere

• a border

• an ocean

The capital city of the United States is _________.

(hint: This is where the President works)

• Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

• New York, New York

• Austin, Texas

• Washington, D.C.

A community that is larger than a city is a ________.

• city

• village

• town

• settlement

People who live in urban areas live _______.

• on farms

• near skyscrapers and in apartment buildings

• outside the city

• in grass shacks

People who live in rural areas live _______.

• near cities and large towns

• in countries other than the United States

• in Washington D.C.

• away from cities and large towns

The first people to live in Germantown, Pennsylvania were _______.

• immigrants

• pioneers

• Native Americans

• African Americans

A person who starts a settlement is a ________.

• ancestor

• pioneer

• founder

• president

The people who sailed from Germany to form a community in Germantown were _________.

• bankers

• Quakers and Mennonites

• soldiers

• Catholics