Communities Test

A group of people who live in the same area, who work and have fun together, is a ____________.

• government

• convention

• community

• environment

A big city area with lots of people who live close together, many tall buildings, more traffic and crime is _______.

• urban

• rural

A small town area with few people, lots of open fields and trees, farming and ranching, and less traffic and crime is _______.

• urban

• rural

Why do people form communities?

• To be safe

• To have freedom of religion

• To have material well-being

• All of these reasons

Communities provide people with ________.

• only what they need

• only what they want

• what they want and need

Which of these is a reason a community might change?

• Natural disaster

• New discoveries or technology

• Actions of an influential person

• All of these answers

Communities can only change slowly, not quickly.

• True

• False

Discovered by Daniel Boone, the safest way through the Appalachian Mountains, the Cumberland Gap, was also known as _________.

• Virginia

• Wilderness Road

• Boonesborough

• Kentucky

The settlement that Daniel Boone started in Kentucky, which he named after himself, was called ________.

• Virginia

• Wilderness Road

• Boonesborough

• Cumberland Gap

Which one of these people was NOT one of the Founding Fathers of the United States?

• Christopher Columbus

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton