Social Studies Review Quiz

In Social Studies we learned about three types of Maps: 

Physical Features Maps

Regional Maps

Political Maps

What does the Physical Features map have that the other maps do NOT have?

• Cities

• Regions

• Physical Features

• States

What are the five largest cities in the United States?

• Los Angeles,

  Chicago,

  Houston,

  Philadelphia,

  New York

• Austin, Houston, Dallas, Conroe, Hunstville

• Chicago, Dallas, Tampa, Omaha, Orlando

• San Diego, Houston, New York, Dallas, Philadelphia

What are the regions of the United States?

• Northeast, Northwest, South,

  Central, West

• North, South, East, West, Central

• Northeast, Southwest, Midwest, 

  Southeast, West

Which of the following lists only physical features?

• State names, State capitals, Country names

• State Capitals, Rivers, Mountains

• Rivers, City names, Mountains 

• Rivers, Deserts, Mountains

The name of something we do in our environment to survive. 

• Modification

• Adaptation

• Alter

• Move

What is something we do to our environment to survive?

• Adaptation

• Relocate

• Modification

• Move

Cutting down trees to build a home would be an example of…

• Modification

• Relocate

• Adaptation

• Move

Why did Christopher Columbus leave Spain?

• To find new routes

• To find new trade routes

  To claim new territory

  To find gold, silver, and treasures

• To claim new territory

• To travel

What are the three Gs for colonizing America ?

• Gold, Games, and God

• Gold, glory, and God  

• Gold, Gifts, and God

What is the name of the monument located in South Dakota which celebrates four famous U.S. presidents?

• Liberty Bell

• Great Wall of China

• Statue of Liberty

• Mount Rushmore