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Social Studies Chapter1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the study of the earth?

a)

History

b)

Geography

c)

Cartography

2.

What do we call the shapes found on Earth?

a)

Continents

b)

Oceans

c)

Landforms

3.

What is a large area of low flat land

a)

plain

b)

piedmont

c)

plateu

4.

What is the "land at the foot of the mountain?"

a)

plateau

b)

ridge

c)

piedmont

5.

What do we call a narrow chain of mountains?

a)

piedmont

b)

ridge

c)

plain

6.

What is an area of low land between mountains?

a)

ridge

b)

valley

c)

plain

7.

What is a large area of flat land with steep sides?

a)

plateau

b)

piedmont

c)

ridge

8.

What is a part of the ocean that reaches into land?

a)

river system

b)

tributary

c)

bay

9.

What is a smaller river that flows into a larger river?

a)

river system

b)

bay

c)

tributary

10.

What is a main river and all the smaller rivers that flow from it?

a)

river system

b)

bay

c)

tributary

11.

How many major river systems does Pennsylvania have?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

12.

What is an imaginary line that separates one place from another?

a)

equator

b)

border

c)

map

13.

Resources that are available in a limited supply

a)

environment

b)

conservation

c)

pollution

d)

non renewable resources

14.

The careful use of our natural resources

a)

conservation

b)

pollution

c)

non renewable resources

d)

environment

15.

The surroundings in which people animals or plants live

a)

environment

b)

conservation

c)

pollution

d)

renewable resource

16.

Name one of the renewable resources found in PA

(a)  

17.

List one nonrenewable resource

(a)  

18.

The way a state produces and uses Natural resources, goods,and services

a)

recycle

b)

economy

c)

natural resource

d)

mineral

19.

the result of careless use of resources

a)

recycle

b)

pollution

c)

fuel

d)

natural resource

20.

Which are possible fuels for the future?

a)

solar power

b)

wind power

c)

water power

d)

XBOX 360 Power

21.

Choose the states that border PA?

a)

Ohio

b)

Maine

c)

New Jersey

d)

New York

e)

Maryland

22.

True or False: PA has 3 major River Systems

a)

True

b)

False