2nd Grade- 4th Six Weeks Social Studies Benchmark Review

One way that people can change the environment and help people is by ______.

• building dams to give people energy

• washing our cars every day

• using fossil fuels extensively

Jose likes to ride his bike and swim in the ocean. Where should he live?

• hot and wet

• hot and dry

• cold and dry

A fisherman should live close to a natural resource such as ______.

• water

• forest

• desert

The movement of of goods, people and ideas is faster and easier with___________.

• Subways

• Music

• Technology

What is an effect of better transportation ?

• Goods and people can move from one plave to another faster and easier.

• Goods and people can stay in one place forever.

• Goods and people will take more time to get to their destination.

__________ cannot be replaced.

• Nonrenewable
• Renewable

• Conserve

A negative consequence of cutting down trees is that ______.

• animals that lived in the trees will lose their homes

• people would have wood to use to make furniture

• land animals would have more space to move around

Rural communities have ______, and urban communities have lots of tall buildings.

• farms

• shopping centers

• museums

_________ is the weather a place has over a long time.

• Climate
• Region

• Tornado

Water, food, wood, and clothing are some resources from nature besides oil that you see around you and use every day.

• True

• False