Q1 Review - 4th Grade Virginia Studies

Which of the following best describes how to use relative location terms to describe an object's position?

• By using terms like next to, under, and near to explain where the object is in relation to other things.

• By stating the object's color and size only.

• By listing the object's brand and price.

• By describing the object's material and function.

Use the numbers on the map to correctly fill in the table below. Write the correct number from the map next to each location in the table.

• 1 - Atlantic Ocean, 2 - Chesapeake Bay, 3 - Maryland, 4 - North Carolina, 5 - Tennessee, 6 - Kentucky, 7 - West Virginia, 8 - Virginia

• 1 - Chesapeake Bay, 2 - Atlantic Ocean, 3 - North Carolina, 4 - Maryland, 5 - Kentucky, 6 - Tennessee, 7 - Virginia, 8 - West Virginia

• 1 - Maryland, 2 - Virginia, 3 - Atlantic Ocean, 4 - Chesapeake Bay, 5 - West Virginia, 6 - North Carolina, 7 - Tennessee, 8 - Kentucky

• 1 - Virginia, 2 - Maryland, 3 - Chesapeake Bay, 4 - Atlantic Ocean, 5 - North Carolina, 6 - West Virginia, 7 - Kentucky, 8 - Tennessee

Fill in the blank spaces on the map of Virginia below. Use the Word Bank: Appalachian Plateau, Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge.

• Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau (in order from east to west on the map)

• Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain (in order from east to west on the map)

• Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Valley and Ridge, Appalachian Plateau (in order from east to west on the map)

• Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Blue Ridge Mountains, Appalachian Plateau, Valley and Ridge (in order from east to west on the map)

The Fall Line impacts rivers that cross it in which of the following ways?

• It causes waterfalls or rapids to form as rivers drop from higher to lower elevations.

• It makes rivers flow underground for several miles.

• It causes rivers to dry up completely at the line.

• It turns rivers into saltwater streams.

Match each region to its characteristics by drawing a line from the region to its matching characteristics.

• Old, rounded mountains; Part of the Appalachian mountain system; Source of many rivers

• Piedmont

• Plateau: an area of elevated land that is flat on top; Only a small part of the Appalachian Plateau is located in Virginia

• Valley and Ridge

• Valleys separated by ridges; Includes the Great Valley of Virginia; Part of the Appalachian mountain system

• Blue Ridge Mountains

• Rolling hills; The name means 'land at the foot of the mountains'

• Coastal Plain (Tidewater)

• Flat land; Includes the Eastern Shore

• Appalachian Plateau

Directions: Use the word bank below to correctly fill in the map. Word Bank: Rappahannock River, York River, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, James River, Potomac River, Yorktown, Richmond. Fill in the blanks on the map of Virginia with the correct names from the word bank.

• (From left to right, top to bottom on the map: Alexandria, Potomac River, Fredericksburg, Rappahannock River, Richmond, Fall Line, Yorktown, York River, James River, Eastern Shore)

• (From left to right, top to bottom on the map: Richmond, James River, Yorktown, York River, Alexandria, Potomac River, Fredericksburg, Rappahannock River, Fall Line, Eastern Shore)

• (From left to right, top to bottom on the map: Yorktown, York River, Richmond, James River, Alexandria, Potomac River, Fredericksburg, Rappahannock River, Fall Line, Eastern Shore)

• (From left to right, top to bottom on the map: Potomac River, Alexandria, Fredericksburg, Rappahannock River, Richmond, Fall Line, Yorktown, York River, James River, Eastern Shore)

Directions: Use the word bank to fill in the map below. Fill in the three blank labels on the map of Virginia with the correct Indigenous Peoples' Language Groups from the word bank. What are the correct language groups for the Eastern (coastal), Central, and Southwestern regions of Virginia?

• The correct answers are: - Eastern region (coastal): Algonquian - Central region: Siouan - Southwestern region: Iroquoian

• The correct answers are: - Eastern region (coastal): Iroquoian - Central region: Algonquian - Southwestern region: Siouan

• The correct answers are: - Eastern region (coastal): Siouan - Central region: Iroquoian - Southwestern region: Algonquian

• The correct answers are: - Eastern region (coastal): Siouan - Central region: Algonquian - Southwestern region: Iroquoian

Match the correct tribe with the prominent language group by drawing a line from the language group to the correct tribe.

• Cherokee

• Algonquian

• Powhatan

• Siouan

• Monacan

• Iroquoian

Write the correct season to match the foods commonly eaten by the eastern woodland tribes during that season.

• Grew crops (corn, beans and squash) - Spring, Hunted, fished, and picked berries - Summer, Harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter - Fall, Hunted birds and other animals and lived on foods stored the previous fall - Winter

• Grew crops (corn, beans and squash) - Winter, Hunted, fished, and picked berries - Spring, Harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter - Summer, Hunted birds and other animals and lived on foods stored the previous fall - Fall

• Grew crops (corn, beans and squash) - Fall, Hunted, fished, and picked berries - Winter, Harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter - Spring, Hunted birds and other animals and lived on foods stored the previous fall - Summer

• Grew crops (corn, beans and squash) - Summer, Hunted, fished, and picked berries - Fall, Harvested crops and hunted for foods to preserve and keep for the winter - Winter, Hunted birds and other animals and lived on foods stored the previous fall - Spring

Directions: Use the word bank below to fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

10. __________________________ study material evidence (also known as _________________) in order to learn more about the lives of people who lived long ago.

• archaeologists, artifacts

• historians, fossils

• geologists, minerals

• biologists, organisms