2024-2025 1st 9-weeks 4th Grade Social Studies Review

1. The _____________________ region of Texas is described by the list below.

2. Wichita Falls, Ft. Worth, and Abilene are found there.

3. Has prairies and hills. 

4. Has forest cross timber areas full of hardwood trees.

• Central Plains

• Mountain Basin

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

1. The _____________________ region of Texas is described by the list below.

• Amarillo is located there.

• It is a vast, flat grassland.

• Includes mesquite and oak trees, short grasses, and tumbleweeds rolling across the plains.

• Central Plains

• Mountain Basin

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

1. The _____________________ region of Texas is described by the list below.

• Houston is located there. 

• This region is very diverse. 

• There are forests, hills, rivers, plains, flat lands, and deserts. 

• Includes pine and hardwood trees.

• Extends from the Red River all the way to the Rio Grande River and the Gulf of Mexico.

• Central Plains

• Mountain Basin

• Great Plains

• Coastal Plains

1. The _____________________ region of Texas has landforms that rise high above the surrounding terrain and create deep narrow valleys called a canyon. Canyons are best described as ___________________________________________________. 

• Central Plains

  Steep walls carved erosion and rivers

• Mountain and Basin

  Steep walls carved erosion and rivers

• Great Plains

  Steep walls carved erosion and rivers

• Coastal Plains

  Steep walls carved erosion and rivers

The Great Plains can be best described as having -

• 1. Swampy highlands

• 1. Mostly short grasses and shrubs

• 1. Massive mountain peaks

• 1. Crop irrigation

  2. Begins at the west coast

What is a common industry between all of the regions?

• 1. Oil refineries

• 1. Ranching

• 1. Gold Mining

• 1. Natural Gas

Where do the symbols that represent items on a map go?

• 1. Scale

• 1. Grid

• 1. Legend

• 1. Compass Rose

Mostly flat and grassy land is known as —

• 1. the dry desert.

• 1. massive mountain peaks.

• 1. the Great Plains.

• 1. Swampy Highlands.

The cardinal directions are represented in the picture. The picture is known as a –

• Legend

• Map

• Compass Rose

• Scale

The scale on this map would help someone to —

• 1. measure the distance.

• 1. determine the hemispheres.

• 1. add a fun feature.

• 1. determine where you are on the globe.