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Social Studies-Chapter 1 Grade 4

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The _____ of something is where it is on the earth.

a)

geography

b)

landform

c)

location

d)

desert

2.

_____ is the study of the earth and how people use it.

a)

location

b)

environment

c)

geography

d)

desert

3.

Geography has _____ themes.

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

4.

One of the themes of geography is the _____ of people and goods from place to place.

a)

location

b)

region

c)

cycle

d)

movement

5.

The _______ is all the things around us, such as water, land, animals, plants, and air.

a)

regions

b)

desert

c)

location

d)

environment

6.

A ____ is a place that gets very little rain.

a)

dessert

b)

desert

c)

ocean

d)

plateau

7.

_______ was a character in a book by Mark Twain.

a)

Tom Smith

b)

Tom Thumb

c)

Tom Jones

d)

Tom Sawyer

8.

_____ is the particular shape or form of the land.

a)

region

b)

landform

c)

desert

d)

environment

9.

_____ is the way the air is at a certain time in a certain place.

a)

climate

b)

weather

c)

environment

d)

region

10.

When certain kinds of weather repeat again and again in an area, they become _______.

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

environment

d)

axis

11.

_____ tells us how hot or cold the air is.

a)

precipitation

b)

climate

c)

weather

d)

temperature

12.

Water that falls to the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail is called ______.

a)

participation

b)

participle

c)

precipitation

d)

weather

13.

The earth's _____ is am imaginary line running through the earth between the North Pole and the South Pole.

a)

axis

b)

axle

c)

apple

d)

equator

14.

A _____ is not meant to show exactly what something looks like.

a)

graph

b)

table

c)

diagram

d)

axis

15.

A _____ is the length of time that an area is warm enough for crops to grow.

a)

vegetation

b)

garden

c)

field

d)

growing season

16.

Climate and soil both affect _____

a)

days off of school

b)

natural vegetation

c)

when mom bakes cookies

d)

cereal for breakfast

17.

_____ are a resource that we should try to protect.

a)

playground balls

b)

wildlife

c)

our cold lunch

d)

book covers

18.

Land and water, soils, weather, and climate, and wildlife all make up our ___

a)

natural world

b)

p\Pluto

c)

Venus

d)

Saturn

19.

A _____ is a deep valley with very steep sides.

a)

coast

b)

Canyon

c)

delta

d)

desert

20.

A ___ is land next to a large body of water.

a)

cast

b)

corral

c)

coast

d)

dune

21.

A ____ is land formed by mud and sand that settle from water flowing out of a place where a river ends.

a)

canyon

b)

island

c)

plateau

d)

delta

22.

A ____ is a part of an ocean or a sea that pushes inland.

a)

lake

b)

island

c)

gulf

d)

delta

23.

An _____ is a body of land that has water all around it.

a)

bay

b)

lake

c)

island

d)

gulf

24.

A _____ is a body of water with land all around it.

a)

island

b)

delta

c)

plateau

d)

lake

25.

A _____ is a piece of land that rises sharply from the land that is around it.

a)

Peninsula

b)

Plain

c)

mountain

d)

hill

26.

A ____ is a strip of land with water nearly all the way around it.

a)

plain

b)

bay

c)

delta

d)

Peninsula

27.

A ____ is an almost level, often treeless piece of land that stretches for mile.

a)

plain

b)

plateau

c)

bay

d)

delta

28.

A _____ is a raised level piece of land.

a)

Plain

b)

Valley

c)

Canyon

d)

Plateau

29.

A ___ is a large body of water, but it is not as large as an ocean.

a)

Lake

b)

pond

c)

Sea

d)

gulf

30.

A ____ is a long low place between hills or mountains.

a)

Farm

b)

Plateau

c)

Valley

d)

Delta

31.

_____ are something that is provided by nature and is useful to people.

a)

raw materials

b)

manufactured

c)

natural resources

d)

industries

32.

______ means to make something by hand or by machine.

a)

crafting

b)

raw materials

c)

timber

d)

manufacture

33.

A ___ is a resource that is gathered and used to make different kinds of product.

a)

industry

b)

veterinarian

c)

manufacture

d)

raw material

34.

______ is one example of a raw material.

a)

timber

b)

lettuce

c)

school desks

d)

carpet

35.

An ____ is a kind of business that produces goods for profit, or gain.

a)

manufacture

b)

lake

c)

industries

d)

timber

36.

The kind of work that helps people is called a _____

a)

octopus

b)

whale

c)

service

d)

vegetable

37.

A ____ is a doctor who takes care of the health of animals.

a)

dentist

b)

veterinarian

c)

surgeon

d)

teacher

38.

The _____ occur because the earth is tilted on its axis as it travels.

a)

seasons

b)

salt

c)

pepper

d)

none of the above