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Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
How did the invention of cars change this town?
Trees grew larger
Roads were paved
Stores sold fewer goods.
People used more horses.
How did the Founding Fathers help to change America?
They discovered gold in the United States.
They explored the new world for Great Britain.
They wrote the Constitution for the United States.
In which community do people drive because it is too great a distance to their nearest neighbor to walk?
suburban
rural
urban
Which type of community is usually close to a big city?
suburban
rural
urban
There is a small amount of extra green space in this type of community.
suburban
rural
urban
People can walk, ride a bus or subway, or take a taxi in this type of community.
suburban
rural
urban
The community has houses around parks and schools. What type of community is it?
suburban
rural
urban
What does a community provide to help people feel safe?
police and firefighters
mailmen and teachers
newspapers
parks and pools
What to communities provide for their citizens to have fun?
government
parks and pools
schools
news
How do communities communicate with their citizens?
go to their houses
visit them at work
daily news and newspapers
churches
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?
natural disasters
dramatic events
discovered a valuable natural resource
religious freedom
A tornado, flood, hurricane, and a forest fire are considered which of the following?
natural resource
war
natural disaster
discovery
The Founding Fathers wrote which 2 documents?
The Stamp Act and the Tea Act
The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution
The newspaper
Which document tells us how our government would be run?
The Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
The Stamp Act
The Louisiana Purchase
What did the Louisiana Purchase do for our country?
shrunk the amount of land the United States had
almost doubled the size of the United States had
freed the United States from English rule
created the state of Texas
How has Arlington changed over time?
It has gotten smaller.
It changed from a rural community to a suburban community.
It hasn't changed at all.
It changed from a urban community to a rural community.
What caused the city of Arlington to pave its roads?
People got tired of the mud.
Cars were invented and made affordable.
People just liked paved roads
The roads were already paved.
