Chapter 2 Social Studies: Communities of Different Sizes

How are communities different from one another?

• Some communities have people while others do not

• Every community has a unique way to communicate

• Communities have different people, jobs, and histories

• Every community has its own museums and theatres

Which of the following best describes a rural area?

• a community with many different culture groups

• a small college town

• a community connected to a city by subways

• an urban region with skyscrapers

On which group do businesses depend?

• urban areas

• workers

• college students

• historical societies

Which term means the way a community or country makes and uses goods and services?

• population

• transportation

• economy

• region

What is the movement of people and goods?

• population

• transportation

• economy

What is the way a community makes and uses goods and services?

• population

• transportation

• economy

What is the number of people living in a place?

• population

• transportation

• economy

What does the word population mean?

• the number of people

• the speed of transportation

• the number of laws

• the number of businessess

What does the word transportation mean?

• money earned for goods

• number of cars in a place

• way to make goods

• way to move goods from one place to another