Social Studies Chapter 1 Lessons 1 and 2

What are two ways a community might change over 100 years?

Which choices below are natural resources?

• trees, water, and soil

• trees, houses, bridges

• trees, mountains, bridges

• buildings, bridges, and trees

Match the map with the correct definition

• borders, major cities, capitals, rivers

• population map

• how many people live in the area

• physical map

• mountains and valleys

• political map

What is this a picture of?

• a direction map

• a compass rose

• a political map

• a map key

N, S , E and W are called ________

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Cardinal Directions

,

(b) Intermediate Directions

• West

• Northwest

• South

• Northeast

• Southeast

• East

• Southwest

• North

What does the words hemisphere mean?

• places in outer space

• mountains and valleys

• half of a sphere or globe

• the earth and its oceans

What divides the globe into northern and southern hemispheres?

• the equator

• the prime meridian

• a physical map

• a scale

What is used to measure distance on a map?

• a key

• a compass rose

• a scale of miles

True or False: A community can only change if there are a new buildings.

• True

• False