Social Studies Lesson 4 Study Guide

Match the following

• a way of bringing water to dry land

• Climate

• a large area of land with common feature

• Irrigation

• the study of Earth and how people use it

• Region

• business / growing crops/raising animals

• Agriculture

• weather in an area / long period of time

• Geography

Match the following

• the amount of water that falls rain etc.

• interdependent

• depending on one another

• precipitation

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Why do we divide the country into regions?

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    to make it easier to set time zones

• to make it easier to study geography

  
  

• to make it easier to take a census

• to show how varied we are

Which of the following is not a way people use land?

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    for growing crops

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    for building cities

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    for raising animals

• for shaping landforms

Why is the climate in the southern United States warmer than in the North?

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    It rains less in the southern states.

• Climates become warmer as you move away from the equator.

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    The northern states are closer to the equator.

• The southern states are closer to the equator.

Which is an example of the regions working together?

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    Rice grown in the Southwest is sold in Houston, Texas.

• Electricity from Texas is sold to California.

• People in Pennsylvania grow up there and live there as adults.

• Storms in the Northeast shut down highways.

Why are many cities located near bodies of water? Choose all that apply.

• Rivers and oceans are used to transport people and goods.

• There is less precipitation near the water.

• People need water for farming.

• People need water to survive.

Pennsylvania is a part of which region(s). Choose all that apply.

• Great Lakes States

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    Mountain States

• Northeast

• Middle Atlantic States

Tennessee is a part of the _______________ region.

Responses

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    Northeast

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    West

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    Southeast

• Pacific States

Which statements accurately describe the Midwest? Choose all that apply.

• The Midwest is divided into the Great Plains states and the Great Lakes states.

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    The Midwest produces more wheat and corn than any other region in our country.

• People come from all over to visit the Grand Canyon and other wonders of the Midwest.

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    The Midwest includes some of the country's highest mountains.