wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

3NW Social Studies

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which picture represents a globe?

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

What are maps and globes?

a)

Rules

b)

Tools to help us find the location, distance, and direction of places

c)

Natural disasters that change the landscape

d)

Human processes that change the landscape

3.

What is used on a map to show cardinal directions and intermediate directions?

a)

map

b)

globe

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

compass rose

4.

What is missing on the compass rose?

a)

Cardinal directions

b)

Intermediate directions

c)

Globes

d)

Maps

5.

What completes the compass rose?

a)

N for North

b)

S for South

c)

W for West

d)

E for East

6.

What country is north of the United States?

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

The Pacific Ocean

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

7.

What ocean is to the west of the United States?

a)

Canada

b)

Mexico

c)

The Pacific Ocean

d)

The Atlantic Ocean

8.

What is the name of the mountains to the northwest of Texas?

a)

The State of New Mexico

b)

Guadalupe Peak

c)

The Appalachian Mountains

d)

The Rocky Mountains

9.

In which direction is the Mississippi River located if I start in Texas?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

East

d)

West

10.

How should we travel to go from Pasadena to Austin?

a)

Northwest

b)

Northeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Southeast

11.

Which symbol represents dairy?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

In which part of Texas does the map shoe that fruits are grown?

a)

West

b)

East

c)

North

d)

South

13.

What does this map of Texas show?

a)

Agriculture in the state of Texas

b)

Industries in the state of Texas

c)

Industries in the state of Oklahoma

d)

Agriculture in the state of Louisiana

14.

What industry can be found near Austin?

a)

Natural gas

b)

Oil

c)

Computers

d)

Chemicals

15.

What industry has the most representation on the west side of Texas?

a)

Chemicals

b)

Food processing

c)

Oil

d)

Nursery

16.

What are the coordinates of Corpus Christi?

a)

E,2

b)

F,2

c)

G,2

d)

H,2

17.

What are the coordinates of El Paso?

a)

C,5

b)

B,5

c)

A,5

d)

A,6

18.

What city is located on G,5?

a)

Dallas

b)

Laredo

c)

Midland

d)

Lufkin

19.

What is the approximate distance in miles between Eugene and Mount Washington?

a)

80 miles

b)

800 miles

c)

8000 miles

d)

8 miles

20.

What is the approximate distance in miles between Eugene and Mount Washington?

a)

80 miles

b)

800 miles

c)

8000 miles

d)

8 miles

21.

Mountains and hills are types of landforms. What is another type of landform?

a)

Scales

b)

Grids

c)

Hurricanes

d)

Valleys

22.

What are landforms?

a)

Rules

b)

Cultural celebrations

c)

2-dimensional shapes

d)

Natural shapes that make up the Earth’s surface

23.

What are these examples of?

· Earthquakes

· Volcanoes

· Hurricanes

a)

Landforms

b)

Processes that help create landforms

c)

Maps

d)

Mountains

24.

What are the highest type of landforms on Earth?

a)

Mountains

b)

Hills

c)

Plains

d)

Valleys

25.

Guadalupe Peak


Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas. What type of landform is Guadalupe Peak?

a)

Mountains

b)

Hills

c)

Plain

d)

Valley

26.

What type of landform is slightly above the land around it?

a)

Mountains

b)

Valley

c)

Plain

d)

Hills

27.

What is a valley?

a)

The low land between hills and mountains

b)

The highest type of landform on Earth

c)

Landforms that rise slightly above the land around them

d)

places with very dry climates

28.

A plain is ___________________________________.

a)

A place with very dry climate

b)

A flat piece of land

c)

The highest type of landform

d)

A hurricane

29.

How can you describe the climate in the Chihuahuan Desert?

a)

A place between two hills or two mountains

b)

A place where water covers the soil most of the time

c)

A place with very dry climate

d)

A place with a lot of rain

30.

Galveston Bay


This landform is important because it protects and improves water quality, provides fish and wild life habitats, stores flood waters and maintains surface water flow during dry periods. What landform is this?

a)

Mountains

b)

Valley

c)

Plain

d)

Wetland