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Reflections 3rd Grade Chapter 1

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In what region do most Californians live and why?

a)

Most Californians live in the Mountain Region because people love to ski.

b)

Most Californians live in the Coast Region because people often settle near water.

c)

Most Californians live in the Desert Region because there are many plants and animals to eat there.

d)

Most Californians live in the Central Valley Region because they like growing crops.

2.

How does a landform map show physical features?

a)

It uses colors or patterns to show physical features.

b)

It uses a compass rose to show physical features.

c)

It uses a grid to show physical features.

d)

It has lines that show borders to show physical features.

3.

What is an example of an urban area?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

the Sierra Nevada

c)

farmland in the Central Valley

d)

Death Valley

4.

Bridges and buildings are examples of

a)

landforms

b)

human-made features

c)

physical features

d)

natural resources

5.

Building a bridge can ___________________.

Choose all that apply.

a)

help a community grow

b)

make it easier to transport goods

c)

be a waste of time

d)

bring more people to a community

6.

What is usually the first thing people build in a settlement?

a)

tunnels through mountains

b)

schools for children

c)

homes for people to live in

d)

hospitals for the sick

7.

On what continent is your community located?

a)

the United States

b)

the Western Hemisphere

c)

the Northern Hemisphere

d)

North America

8.

Into how many regions is California divided into?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

e)

6

9.

What can you find in California's Mountain Region?

Choose all that apply.

a)

deserts

b)

many people

c)

many large bodies of water

d)

highlands

e)

many trees

10.

The letters NE on the compass rose area between North and East.

What does NE stand for? Choose all that apply.

a)

It stands for one of the cardinal directions (north, east, south, west).

b)

It stands for one of the intermediate directions (northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast).

c)

It stands for New England.

d)

It stands for northwest.

e)

It stands for northeast.

11.

a line on a map that shows where a state or country ends

a)

intermediate directions

b)

border

c)

human-made features

d)

population

e)

plateau

12.

things people add to a landscape

a)

intermediate directions

b)

border

c)

human-made features

d)

population

e)

plateau

13.

What do basins and valleys have in common? Choose all that apply.

a)

They are both found in highlands.

b)

They are both found in lowlands.

c)

They are both kinds of valleys.

d)

They are both bodies of water.

e)

They are both kinds of plateaus.

14.

the number of people

a)

intermediate directions

b)

border

c)

human-made features

d)

population

e)

plateau

15.

a landform with steep sides and a flat top

a)

intermediate directions

b)

border

c)

human-made features

d)

population

e)

plateau

16.

If you start at the school, in which direction would you go to get to the lake?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west

17.

the in-between directions that give more exact information about a location

a)

intermediate directions

b)

border

c)

human-made features

d)

population

e)

plateau

18.

Why does California have several different climates? Choose all that apply.

a)

It has different kinds of regions.

b)

It's a large state

c)

People made it that way.

d)

Everyone likes different kinds of weather.

19.

If you start at the lake, in which direction would you go to get to the baseball field?

a)

north

b)

south

c)

east

d)

west