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Unit 1: INTRODUCTION TO SS / GEOGRAPHY / SOCIAL SCIENCES

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

a)

a textbook chapter about the colonization of Jamestown

b)

a diary entry from a civil war soldier

c)

a dictionary of sociology

d)

a biography about Benjamin Franklin

2.

Define the term culture

a)

A people's way of life, including religion, customs, food, shelter, and clothing

b)

A vast treeless plain in the Arctic region

c)

Useful materials found in nature

d)

Movement by people from one place to another

3.

Fossils found in a Hendrickson Park are an example of which of the following sources?

a)

A Secondary Source

b)

A Secret Source

c)

A Primary Source

d)

A Xhenge Source

4.

Our American history textbook is an example of which of the following sources?

a)

A Fictional Source

b)

A Autobiographical Source

c)

A Primary Source

d)

A Secondary Source

5.

Which theme of Geography does the following example represent?


Many products travel from Asia to North America on cargo ships.

a)

Movement

b)

Region

c)

Human Environment Interaction

d)

Location

6.

Areas of the Earth that are alike in some way, sharing common cultural and physical characteristics represent which theme of Geography.

a)

Region

b)

Location

c)

Place

d)

Movement

7.

The theme that looks at the way that people adapt to their physical surroundings is called: ____________________

a)

Movement

b)

Interaction

c)

Location

d)

Place

8.

Maps that shows individual countries and each country is separated by national boundary are called

a)

Airline Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Resource Map

d)

Physical Map

9.

Lines that run left to right on a map and measure how far north or south you are of the equator are known as ___________________.

a)

Longitude

b)

Latitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Compass Rose

10.

What are maps that show natural features such as mountains, rivers, and oceans are called?

a)

Physical Map

b)

Political Map

c)

Road Map

d)

Gps map

11.

Which is the most important line of latitude?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic of Cancer

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

12.

What is the most important line of Longitude?

a)

Tropic of Cancer

b)

Prime meridian

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn

13.

one-half of the earth

a)

Hemisphere

b)

Continent

c)

Equator

d)

Map Projection

e)

Distortion

14.

What is a drawing of the earth surface on a flat map called?

a)

Continent

b)

Equator

c)

Map Projection

d)

Distortion

e)

Hemisphere

15.

What element on the map shows directions?

a)

scale

b)

compass rose

c)

title

d)

country

16.

What type of map is this?

a)

Political

b)

Physical

c)

Economic Activity

17.

The U.S. is located in the

a)

Northern Hemisphere

b)

Southern Hemisphere

18.

Which statement is true based on this map?

a)

darker green areas get more precipitation

b)

lighter green areas get more precipitation

19.

Which line is the EQUATOR?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

What is a round model of the earth that shows its shape, lands, and directions?

a)

Map

b)

GPS

c)

Thematic Map

d)

Globe

21.
Any useful material that is found in nature:
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Human Resource
c)
Plants
22.
What is the definition of Movement?
a)
Areas of the world that have similar characteristics
b)
The way goods, people, and ideas travel from place to place
c)
The way humans interact with their environment
d)
where something is on the surface of the Earth
23.
What is the definition of location?
a)
Describes where a place is located on the surface of the Earth
b)
Describes characteristics of a place
c)
Describes characteristics places have in common
d)
Describes the ways people, goods, and ideas get from place to place
24.
As you travel from west to east, does it get later or earlier?
a)
Earlier
b)
Later
25.
These are elevated areas that are smaller than mountains. 
a)
Valleys
b)
Plateaus
c)
Moutains
d)
Hills
26.
What are vast, flat areas with low elevations?
a)
Mountains
b)
Great Plains
c)
Hills
d)
Plains
27.
What are streams of water that flow into larger rivers?
a)
Deltas
b)
Rivers
c)
Tributaries
d)
Waterfalls
28.
What are large, flat areas of land that are higher than the surrounding land?
a)
Peninsulas
b)
Mountains
c)
Plains
d)
Plateaus
29.
A group of five freshwater lakes of central North America between the United States and Canada, including Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario. 
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
St. Lawrence River
c)
Great Plains
d)
The Great Lakes
30.
A large area of flatland covered with grass. 
a)
Great Plains
b)
Great Basin
c)
Atlantic Coastal Plain
d)
Death Valley
31.

What is the definition for Climate?

a)

Sea or land breeze over a large region that changes directions with the seasons

b)

The areas between the tropical and polar zone

c)

The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation

d)

A greenhouse gas that is released during the combustion process

32.

Who are historians?

a)

People who study the past

b)

People who make history

c)

People who study science

d)

People who make science

33.

The study of the past based on the discovery of artifacts.

a)

History

b)

Culture

c)

Archaeology

d)

Fossil

34.

They analyze artifacts, and primary and secondary sources in order to draw conclusions about behaviors in the past.

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Economist

e)

Sociologist

35.

They study the land features, the natural resources and the climate of a region.

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Economist

e)

Sociologist

36.

They study the type of governments established and how we maintain law and order.

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Economist

e)

Sociologist

37.

They study what people are producing with the available natural resources?

a)

Historian

b)

Geographer

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Economist

e)

Sociologist

38.

What do the people of this culture believe? What traditions and customs do they share?

a)

Historian

b)

Anthropologist

c)

Political Scientist

d)

Economist

e)

Sociologist