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CA Studies Weekly-Week 1 4th Grade

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Earth is made mostly of rock and ___________. The outer, thin layer is called the__________.

a)

sand, mantle

b)

metal, crust

c)

leaves, core

d)

dirt, sheet

2.

Before the 1400s, there weren't many attempts to make

___________. Then a German merchant and navigator named Martin Benhaim produced a globe. It didn't have the _________on it because they hadn't been discovered.

a)

maps, Americas

b)

ships, countries

c)

books, Europe

d)

trips, oceans

3.

Large body of water off the coast of California:

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Death Valley

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

Sacramento

4.

The second most populated city in the United States.

a)

Mount Whitney

b)

Sacramento

c)

Pacific Ocean

d)

California

5.

The highest point in the continental United States.

a)

Mount Whitney

b)

California

c)

Death Valley

d)

Pacific Ocean

6.

The state capital of California.

a)

Mount Whitney

b)

Sacramento

c)

California

d)

Death Valley

7.

Why do people along the western part of the state of California need to be prepared for earthquakes?

a)

Shifting weather patterns caused by the jet stream can create earthquakes.

b)

Underwater volcanos erupting in the Pacific Ocean can cause earthquakes on land.

c)

Mining in the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range causes shifts in the Earth’s crust.

d)

The shifting of the Earth's plates at the San Andreas Fault can cause earthquakes.

8.

Without the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range, the land of California would be a ___________.

a)

prairie

b)

rainforest

c)

desert

d)

basin

9.

Along the western coast of California, two plates of the Earth’s crust meet at a______________.

a)

seam

b)

fault

c)

hinge

d)

canyon

10.

How does the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range help communities that are to the west of the mountain range?

a)

The mountains provide much of the area where farming takes place and provide much of the food for the people of California.

b)

Many tourists visit this region of California each year, making it the most important tourist attraction in the state

c)

The mountains provide much of the water needed by the western valleys for agriculture and drinking water.

d)

A majority of the people in the state of California live in the mountain region of the state.

11.

What industries have grown due to the resources of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range?

a)

lumber and tourism

b)

entertainment and technology

c)

mining and lumber

d)

lumber and technology

12.

The area to the west of the Sierra Nevada-Cascade Range, where there are many farms and large cities, is called_______________.

a)

Death Valley

b)

The Pacific Slope

c)

the Mojave Desert

d)

the San Andreas Fault