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Social Studies Ch 1 quiz

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a landform?

a)

basin

b)

mountain

c)

school yard

d)

valley

e)

plain

2.

Check the TWO largest mountain ranges in North America.

a)

Appalachian Mountains

b)

Sierra Mountains

c)

Mount McKinley

d)

Rocky Mountains

3.

Which answer lists the 4 oceans in the correct order from largest to smallest?

a)

Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian

b)

Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Atlantic

c)

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic

d)

Indian, Atlantic, Arctic, Pacific

4.

What is the name of the highest mountain peak in North America?

a)

Mt. McKinley

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Granite Peak

d)

Rocky Mountains

5.

Which word means: an imaginary line running north and south along the highest points of the Rocky Mountains?

a)

fall line

b)

Continental Divide

c)

River System

d)

Tributaries

6.

Which word means an area of water extending into the land from a larger body of water?

a)

fall line

b)

inlet

c)

valley

d)

current

7.

Which word means physical features on the Earth's surface unique to an area, such as a mountain?

a)

basin

b)

tributaries

c)

landform

d)

Continental Divide

8.

What is the name for the low land lying between mountains or hills?

a)

fall line

b)

inlet

c)

basin

d)

valley

9.

What is the name for the place where the elevation drops sharply, causing waterfalls or rapids?

a)

tributaries

b)

currents

c)

River System

d)

fall line

10.

What is the name for a river and all of its tributaries?

a)

River System

b)

currents

c)

climate

d)

landform

11.

What is the name for low, bowl-shaped land with higher ground surrounding it?

a)

basin

b)

valley

c)

mountain

d)

hill

12.

What is the name for a group of connected mountains?

a)

Mt. McKinley

b)

mountain range

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

valley

13.

What are the branches of a river called?

a)

river system

b)

tributaries

c)

current

d)

Colorado River

14.

What is water flowing in a certain direction called?

a)

current

b)

wave

c)

inlet

d)

bay

15.

Check all the boxes that list a reason why oceans, rivers, and lakes are important.

a)

transportation

b)

fresh water

c)

electricity

d)

wind power

16.

Check all of the things that affect climate.

a)

distance from the equator

b)

distance from a big city

c)

distance from the ocean

d)

elevation

e)

wind currents

17.

Which lake is NOT one of the Great Lakes?

a)

Huron

b)

Erie

c)

Ontario

d)

Minnesota

e)

Superior