WorksheetsChapter 2 Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 2hrs 5mins
What can you learn by comparing a map from long ago with a map from today?
1. how land has changed
2. where roads are located
3. how people have used land over time
4. where people are planning to build new houses
5. how long it will take you to get from one place to another
Which of these best tells the correct location of the United States?
1. by the Rocky Mountains
2. in North America
3. next to Lake Michigan
4. north of Greenland
Which type of community has fewer people and homes that are often far apart?
1. suburban
2. urban
3. rural
4. city
Why are lakes and rivers important? Choose the most important reason.
1. They are interesting environments
2. They are sources of water
3. They form the coastline
4. They are in many places
Which evidence from the text best supports the correct response to the previous question?
1. "People need water for drinking, growing food, and many other things."
2. "The Great lakes are some of the biggest lakes in the world!"
3. "They are home to lots of unique plants and animals."
4. "The coasts have important natural resources."
Which type of map shows land and water features?
1. a road map
2. a political map
3. a physical map
4. a primary source map
Which evidence from the text supports the correct response to the previous question?
1. "Road maps show us where roads are located."
2. "We can use a physical map to find a lake or a mountain."
3. "But they also show the borders of a state or country."
4. "Maps can be primary sources."
What is the correct meaning of the word geography?
1. study of weather
2. study of Earth
3. study of structures
4. study of space and the stars
Which statement from the text suggests that a geographer might use more than one map at a time?
1. I use them to compare and contrast information."
2. "I may look at a physical map to compare information about land in different places."
3. "What kind of information do you study?"
4. "I look at how weather in those places affects the way people live."
Which question could you answer using a political map of the United States today?
1. Which state is the smallest?
2. Which state is mostly desert?
3. Which state has the longest river?
4. Which state looked different in 1850?
Which one of these is an example of location?
1. how big a building is
2. a street address
3. what a place looks like
Which two are landforms?
1. a mountain
2. the equator
3. a plain
4. a capital
What does the word continent mean?
1. North American and South America
2. the northern part of the world
3. a large area of land
4. a model of Earth
How many continents are there?
1. five (5)
2. six (6)
3. seven (7)
4. nine (9)
What do we call a large area with common features?
1. a region
2. climate
3. a landform
4. geography
What does the word environment mean?
1. a place where people live, work, and play together.
2. the area around someone or something
3. a member of the community
4. an object from the past
What type of community has many buildings that are close together?
1. suburban
2. urban
3. rural
4. farm
Which evidence from the text supports the correct response from the previous question?
1. "It has apartments, houses, factories, and stores."
2. "The buildings in a city are often close together."
3. "Many people live in urban communities."
4. "Sometimes cities are crowded."
What does the word habitat mean?
1. a weather formation that changes land
2. a place full of living and nonliving things
3. a thing an animal does over and over again
4. an area where only one plant or animal lives
A plain is ....
1. a landform that rises high above the land around it
2. the place where the land meets the sea
3. a large area of flat land
4. an area covered by many trees
A landform that rises high above the land around it is...
1. plain
2. mountain
3. forest
4. coast
A forest is...
1. an area covered by many trees
2. land that rises high above the land around it
3. a place where the land meets the sea
4. a large area of flat land
The place where the land meets the sea is called...
1. mountain
2. forest
3. coast
4. plain
The Great Plains have which important natural resource?
1. rich soil
2. tall trees
3. deep lakes
4. long coastlines
What is the name given to the two railways lines that joined together in 1869?
1. the California Railroad
2. The Central Pacific Railroad
3. The Union Pacific Railroad
4. The Transcontinental Railroad
