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Social Studies Weekly Week 5

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What creates the human characteristics of a place?

a)

people's interaction with the weather

b)

people's arguments with each other

c)

people's interaction with the physical environment

d)

people's interaction with their neighbors

2.

List two examples of the human characteristics listed in the article.

a)

rivers and mountains

b)

forests and freshwater

c)

bridges and factories

d)

animals and plants

3.

What does the theme of place describe

a)

climate and human characteristics

b)

language and physical characteristics

c)

climate and physical characteristics

d)

physical and human characteristics

4.

What do political maps show?

a)

mountains, rivers, and natural resources

b)

borders of cities, states, and countries

c)

borders of forests, cities, and parks.

d)

buildings, climate, and natural resources.

5.

What physical features can help create borders of countries or states?

a)

Oceans, rivers, mountain ranges

b)

cultures, buildings, and languages

c)

oceans, climate, and natural resources

d)

forests, people, and rivers

6.

What is the definition of a political boundary?

a)

physical features that make one city, state, or country different.

b)

mountain ranges that separate a city, state, or country from another.

c)

real or imagined lines that organize cities, states, and countries.

d)

imaginary lines drawn on a map to separate land from the sea.

7.

What are two types of environments in which services take place?

a)

physical and natural

b)

virtual and cyber

c)

physical and virtual

d)

industrial and natural

8.

Which one of these is an example of a service?

a)

marketing

b)

fishing

c)

agriculture

d)

manufacturing

9.

In what two additional industries are services necessary to keep the economy growing?

a)

design and entertainment

b)

transportation and public safety

c)

agriculture, manufacturing

d)

software and computing

10.

What three things do the crops and animals depend on?

a)

mountains, rivers, and rainfall

b)

forests, parks, and natural resources

c)

temperature, farming and rainfall

d)

temperature, rainfall, soil

11.

What is agriculture?

a)

The process of making tools for farmers

b)

The process of caring for animals and people

c)

The process of growing crops and raising animals to produce food and other products

d)

The process of growing crops and saving them for winter

12.

What is agriculture affected by?

a)

Earths rotation

b)

population

c)

natural resources

d)

the environment

13.

People choose the work they do based on what?

a)

the number of people who need help around them

b)

the geography and people who speak their language

c)

the number of rivers and mountains around where they live

d)

the geography and natural resource around them

14.

What is the definition of economy?

a)

the health of the people who live in a community

b)

the wealth or resources of a country, state, or region

c)

the number of people who work in a community

d)

the geography and position of a place

15.

“An economy is based on ______ and ______ produced in an area.”

a)

airplanes and cars

b)

wood and meat

c)

goods and services

d)

language and culture

16.

What must have access to oceans, rivers, or roads in order to transport goods produced through industry?

a)

factories

b)

electricity

c)

wildlife

d)

agriculture

17.

Give the definition of industry

a)

generating electricity

b)

transporting coal

c)

using rivers and roads

d)

producing goods in factories

18.

What must have access to oceans, rivers, or roads in order to transport goods produced through industry?

a)

roads

b)

wildlife

c)

oil

d)

agriculture