Social Studies - Ch. 1 Test

On what continent is your community located?

• the United States of America

• the Western Hemisphere

• the Northern Hemisphere

• North America

The letters NE on the compass rose are between North and East. What does NE stand for in the sentence?

• It stands for directions

• It is the intermediate direction: Northeast

• It stands for North

• It stands for East

How does a landform map show physical features?

• It uses colors or patterns

• It uses a compass

• It uses a grid

• It has lines that show borders

What are bridges and building examples of?

• different landforms

• physical feautures

• human-made features

• natural landscapes

What is usually the first thing people build in a new settlement?

• tunnels through mountains

• schools

• homes for people to live in

• hospitals

Into how many regions is California divided?

• three

• four

• ten

• seven

Which is an example of an urban area?

• Los Angeles

• Death Valley

• Sierra Nevada

• a farmland in the Central Valley

Choose the definition for the following word: Intermediate directions

• Directions that are in the middle of a map.

• the in-between directions that give more exact information about a location.

• a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends.

Choose the definition for the following word: border

• a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends.

• The edge of something.

• The in-between directions.

• things people add to a landscape

Choose the definition for the following word: human-made features

• things people add to a landscape

• the number of people

• things that are naturally in our landscape

• oceans