3rd Grade Social Studies Geography

Mr. Powell lives in a mountain community. He has decided that he would like to be a farmer. He will MOST LIKELY need to move to an area that has

• Steep land

• Little water

• A longer growing season

• A shorter growing season

Of the following, which contributed to the spread of a culture beyond its original borders?

• Trade

• Communication

• Migration

• All the above

What information from the text best supports this information?

• Some immigrants left their native lands if they couldn't find work or enough food to live.

• Some people in America didn't like the politics, customs, and/or religions the new immigrants brought with them.

• Over seven million people came to America during its first wave of immigration.

• One of the greatest blows to immigration was the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Based on the table above, which tribes would Sitting Bull have fought battles against? Select two that apply?

• Northern Cheyenne

• Arikara

• Arapaho

• Crow

How did African Americans come to live in Kentucky?

• They moved here to get land to raise their family.

• Settlers brought them here as slaves.

• They came to escape the Civil War.

• They came because Kentucky started to look like the Deep South.

Which explorer traveled the East Coast of North America?

• Christopher Columbus

• Henry Hudson

• Ferdinand Magellan

• Giovanni de Verrazzano

What physical characteristics of the United States cause certain areas to be more highly populated?

• There is plenty of land in the mountain regions.

• People like to live where there isn't much water.

• There are many rivers and lakes where it is highly populated.

• The climate is better in the mountain regions.

Which of the following is evidence of how Mexican culture is diffused in Kentucky? Choose 2 correct answers.

• Cinco de Mayo

• Chinese restaurants

• Chinese New Year

• Oktoberfest

• Mariachi music

Select the geographic feature that helps ranchers in Colorado as well as ranchers in Utah and Arizona.

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Great Plains

• Arkansas River

• The Colorado River

Which of the following is NOT a change that affected the environment during early settlement?

• There was less water available in the rivers and streams.

• Trees were cut down to make shelter.

• Land was cultivated for crops.

• Land use used to create roads.