Social Studies Weekly Week 1 Review

Why are geographers important?

• They think about people and their communities.

• They measure mountains to see how high they are.

• They count how many people live in a region.

• They test global positioning systems.

Which would be the best region to start a farm in?

• the Piedmont

• the Ridge and Valley

• the Black Belt

• the Cumberland

If you started on the north end of Alabama and drove south, which order would you encounter these cities in?

• Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile

• Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Huntsville

• Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham

• Montgomery, Huntsville, Mobile, Birmingham

Which kind of weather event is rare in Alabama?

• rainy days

• sunny days

• windy

• Tornados

If you wanted to find out whether you were moving to a dry place or a rainy place, what kind of map would you use?

• political map

• climate map

• physical map

• historical map

Which area in Alabama has the most mountains?

• Southern Alabama

• Eastern Alabama

• Northern Alabama

• Western Alabama

Which of the following are not one of the five themes of geography?

• Economics

• Movement

• Location

• human-environment interaction

________ is the study of Earth, its people, and how things change over time.

• Biography

• Geography

• History

• Science

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary geographic terms used to understand geography?

• human-environment interaction

• location

• regions

• States

Which of the following would not be considered a spatial term when studying geography?

• Maps

• Globes

• Graphs

• pictures