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Communities

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How did the invention of cars change this town?

a)

Trees grew larger

b)

Roads were paved

c)

Stores sold fewer goods.

d)

People used more horses.

2.

How did the Founding Fathers help to change America?

a)

They discovered gold in the United States.

b)

They explored the new world for Great Britain.

c)

They wrote the Constitution for the United States.

3.

In which community do people drive because it is too great a distance to their nearest neighbor to walk?

a)

suburban

b)

rural

c)

urban

4.

Which type of community is usually close to a big city?

a)

suburban

b)

rural

c)

urban

5.

There is a small amount of extra green space in this type of community.

a)

suburban

b)

rural

c)

urban

6.

People can walk, ride a bus or subway, or take a taxi in this type of community.

a)

suburban

b)

rural

c)

urban

7.

The community has houses around parks and schools. What type of community is it?

a)

suburban

b)

rural

c)

urban

8.

What does a community provide to help people feel safe?

a)

police and firefighters

b)

mailmen and teachers

c)

newspapers

d)

parks and pools

9.

What to communities provide for their citizens to have fun?

a)

government

b)

parks and pools

c)

schools

d)

news

10.

How do communities communicate with their citizens?

a)

go to their houses

b)

visit them at work

c)

daily news and newspapers

d)

churches

11.

Q. • Deadwood, South Dakota founded in 1876 by gold miners.

• Ft. Worth, Texas became a growing community of businessmen in the cattle industry in the 1870’s.

• Discovery of oil at Spindletop in Texas doubles the population of Beaumont, Texas by 1910.


Read about the communities in the box above. What is one reason these communities were formed?

a)

natural disasters

b)

dramatic events

c)

discovered a valuable natural resource

d)

religious freedom

12.

A tornado, flood, hurricane, and a forest fire are considered which of the following?

a)

natural resource

b)

war

c)

natural disaster

d)

discovery

13.

The Founding Fathers wrote which 2 documents?

a)

The Stamp Act and the Tea Act

b)

The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution

c)

The newspaper

14.

Which document tells us how our government would be run?

a)

The Constitution

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Stamp Act

d)

The Louisiana Purchase

15.

What did the Louisiana Purchase do for our country?

a)

shrunk the amount of land the United States had

b)

almost doubled the size of the United States had

c)

freed the United States from English rule

d)

created the state of Texas

16.

How has Arlington changed over time?

a)

It has gotten smaller.

b)

It changed from a rural community to a suburban community.

c)

It hasn't changed at all.

d)

It changed from a urban community to a rural community.

17.

What caused the city of Arlington to pave its roads?

a)

People got tired of the mud.

b)

Cars were invented and made affordable.

c)

People just liked paved roads

d)

The roads were already paved.