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SS Unit 1

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many regions does California have?
a)
3
b)
4
c)
6
d)
2
2.
Which region is colored purple?
a)
Coast
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Desert
3.
Which region is colored tan?
a)
Coast
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Desert
4.
Which region consists mostly of farmland?
a)
Mountain
b)
Coastal
c)
Desert
d)
Central Valley
5.
California Indians lived in the four different _____________ throughout California.
a)
cultures
b)
houses
c)
regions
d)
states
6.

What is the line of latitude that circles the middle of Earth called?

a)

latitude

b)

equator

c)

prime meridian

d)

hemisphere

7.

What are imaginary lines that runs east-west around the Earth?

a)

climates

b)

prime meridians

c)

compass roses

d)

lines of latitude

8.

One half of the earth is called a

a)

compass rose

b)

hemisphere

c)

climate

d)

equator

9.

What is Earth's main line of longitude?

a)

absolute location

b)

coast

c)

prime meridian

d)

equator

10.

The exact or nearly exact location of a place on Earth using degrees north or south and east or west

a)

absolute location

b)

climate

c)

latitude

d)

equator

11.

What is a symbol that shows the main directions on a map?

a)

daisy

b)

compass rose

c)

absolute location

d)

hemisphere

12.

What word describes the weather patterns in one place over a long period of time?

a)

cloudy

b)

hemisphere

c)

climate

d)

compass rose

13.

What is an imaginary line that runs north-south around the Earth?

a)

compass rose

b)

line of latitude

c)

equator

d)

line of longitude

14.
Which two hemispheres are we located in? 
a)
Western and Northern
b)
Eastern and Northern
c)
Southern and Western
d)
Northern and Southern
15.

What is another name for the line of latitude located at 23 degrees South?

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Tropic of Capricorn

16.

Which region in California is known for good farming?

a)

desert

b)

mountain

c)

valley

d)

mountains

17.

Which region in California has fishing as a major industry?

a)

mountains

b)

valley

c)

coast

d)

desert

18.

Which region in California has the timber industry?

a)

mountain

b)

desert

c)

valley

d)

coast

19.

Why did so many people settle along the coast in early California?

a)

good climate, ocean supplied food, they could use the coast as an ocean highway

b)

Timber and nice hotels made it inviting.

c)

Their families were already there.

d)

It smelled really good.

20.

When writing an absolute location, which is listed first?

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

21.

What ocean borders California?

a)

Indian Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

22.

What state is north of California?

a)

Nevada

b)

Oregon

c)

Idaho

d)

Florida

23.

What COUNTRY is directly south of California?

a)

Canada

b)

Russia

c)

Mexico

d)

Spain

24.

What is California's capital?

a)

Monterey

b)

Los Angeles

c)

Sacramento

d)

San Francisco