VA SOL Review Unit 4

The surroundings or conditions in which a animal or person lives is its

• climate

• environment

• culture

• none of these

The kind of weather a place has over a long period of time is its

• environment

• culture

• climate

• none of these

Fairly warm, or less cold than expected weather is described as

• rigid

• cold

• mild

• hot

Various plants found in a particular area or habitat is called

• vegetation

• greenery

• edible

• poisonous

If you are associated with a country or region of your birth, it makes you a _____ of that country or region.

The study of past cultures and histories through evidence left behind (artifacts) is called

• science

• history

• social studies

• archaeology

A person that studies artifacts to learn what life was like long ago is

• biologist

• scientist

• archaeologist

• artist

Objects made by people in the past are called

• tools

• weapons

• artifacts

• inventions

Special gatherings held by American Indian communities are called

• prayer meetings

• convocations

• assemblies

• powwows

Christopher Columbus named the people he found in the lands he explored what he named them because

• he thought he was in China

• he thought he was in the new world

• he thought they did not already have a name

• he thought he was in the Indies