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WorksheetsCIS Social Studies Review Day 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the name of the ocean that lies to the WEST of North America?
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Artic Ocean
What city in Louisiana touches both the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico?
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Lafayette
Shreveport
What mountain range runs through Kentucky?
Appalachian Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada Mountains
What does the term ABSOLUTE LOCATION mean?
Location that is absolutely just around the block
The relative location of your school
The direct location of the equator
The exact location of any area on Earth using lat/long coordinates
What term means "location that is not exactly some place, but near it?"
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Exact Location
Direct Location
Which continent is just below Europe?
Africa
Australia
North America
Asia
What is a POLITICAL MAP?
A map that shows physical features
A map that has a map key
A politician who has a special map
A map that shows boundaries of states/countries
What type of NATURAL REGION is in the direct center of the United States?
Forest
Grassland
Desert
Tundra
What is the name of the grassland that is in the center of the United States?
Western Coalfields
Eastern Coast
Great Plains
Southwest desert
What two HEMISPHERES does North America lie in?
Northern and Eastern
Southern and Eastern
Northern and Western
Southern and Western
What is the 00 line of latitude called?
equator
prime meridian
tropic of cancer
tropic of capricorn
What is the 00 line of longitude called?
equator
prime meridian
tropic of cancer
tropic of capricorn
Where on the globe do latitude lines meet?
North Pole
South Pole
In the center of the Atlantic Ocean
Nowhere, they are parallel lines
Where do longitude lines meet?
North Pole
South Pole
Both the North and South Poles
Nowhere, they are parallel lines
What is another name for any latitude line?
meridian
parallel
tropical line
crooked line
What is another name for any line of longitude?
meridian
parallel
tropical line
crooked line
What are the 7 largest land masses on Earth called?
Islands
Mountains
Continents
Atolls
What is the name for the end of a river?
tributary
mouth
source
open end
What term means "a smaller river that runs into a larger river?"
tributary
mouth
source
stream
What term means "a body of land, smaller than a continent, which is surrounded by water?"
continent
island
atoll
barrier reef
Name the 4 natural environments in North America.
North, east, south, west
desert, grassland, tundra, forest
desert, ice, marsh, mountain
mountain, river, plateau, coastal plain
The use of natural resources to adjust to living in a particular environment means to ______________ to that environment.
adapt to that environment
live in that environment
leave that environment
starve in that environment
Scientists believe that the first migrants to North America were from __________ and came across a land bridge.
Kenya
Aruba
Siberia
California
What are "tales that explain how Earth and it's people came to be" called?
Tall tales
Silly stories
Cinderella tales
Origin stories
What environment did the Inuit live in ?
Tundra
Grassland
Desert
Forest
