Community Quiz

Match the following vocabulary word to the sentence that works best.

• heritage

• The ___ of a desert is hot and dry.

• landform

• People visit a ___ to study resources that teach about the past.

• climate

• Our ___ is made up of values and ways of life handed down from people long ago.

• nations

• Like other ___, the United States is an area with its own people and laws.

• library

• A mountain is a type of ___.

What are at least two ways that you can share your culture with others?

In which direction would you primarily travel if you were going from Waukegan to Rockford?

• North

• West

• South

• East

Label the compass rose.

a

b

c

d

north

west

south

east

Select the city almost directly north of Springfield.

Communities have different ​ ​ (a)   that can include mountains or oceans. They can also have different ​ (b)   which has to do with the weather over a long period of time.

• landforms
• climates

Cleveland, Ohio and Alexandria, Egypt are two communities in different nations.

Students, leaders, and business owners from these cities visit one another.

They share ideas and information about their communities.

What relationship do the two communities have?

• They are neighboring cities.

• They are nations.

• They are business communities.

• They are sister cities.

A ​ (a)   provides things people want and need.

A ​ (b)   is where an important event happened

The ​ (c)   makes laws for the community.

• government
• historic site
• business

What are two reasons you might visit a historic site?

What do all communities have in common?

• They all have the same culture.

• They all speak the same language.

• They all have the same religion.

• They all have citizens who depend on each other.