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Social Studies Unit 3

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is an example of relative location?

a)

227 East 19th Street

b)

next door to the fire station

c)

the United States

d)

40 degrees North, 105 degrees West

2.

Why do people sometimes divide places into regions?

a)

Regions make it easier to learn an talk about a place

b)

Regions help unite all citizens of the United States

c)

Regions are important for helping the economy grow

d)

Regions are necessary to find relative locations

3.

Which of these statements about counties is correct?

a)

A county is always bigger than a state

b)

A county does not have a government

c)

A county is always a part of a state

d)

Each county can only have one city

4.

Which of these could be a region based on a physical feature?

a)

Adams School District

b)

the Rocky Mountains

c)

Jasper County

d)

Vermont

5.

Which of these is a region based on the kinds of natural resources found in an area?

a)

a suburb

b)

the oil-producing states

c)

the Coastal Plains

d)

New York City

6.

Which of these best describes a rural region?

a)

There are many apartment buildings

b)

The buildings are very tall

c)

Shops and stores are nearby

d)

Most homes are built far apart

7.

A region based on a group's customs, foods, or language is......

a)

a cultural region

b)

an industrial region

c)

a mining region

d)

an urban region

8.

People in one region depend on people in other regions because.....

a)

no one region has all the resources and products it needs

b)

prices are cheaper in other regions

c)

laws make them trade with one another

d)

some regions have no resources

9.

Which item helps link people who live in different regions?

a)

a fax machine

b)

a computer

c)

a telephone

d)

all of these are correct

10.

What do you call the exact position of a place on the Earth's surface?

a)

absolute location

b)

urban

c)

industry

d)

specialize

11.

_________ means "of or like a city region."

a)

Industry

b)

Transportation

c)

Urban

d)

Rural

12.

All the businesses that make on kind of product or provide on kind of service are called what?

a)

suburb

b)

absolute location

c)

industry

d)

transportation

13.

A town or small city near a larger city is called a

a)

rural

b)

suburb

c)

county seat

d)

region

14.

What is the way people use new ideas to make tools and machines?

a)

vegetation

b)

technology

c)

communication

d)

transportation

15.

What is the way people and goods are moved from place to place?

a)

technology

b)

precipitation

c)

transportation

d)

communication

16.

_______ means to work at only one kind of job.

a)

Transportation

b)

Communication

c)

Technology

d)

Specialize

17.

What city is located near 36 degrees N, 84 degrees W

a)

Savannah, TN

b)

Nashville, TN

c)

Knoxville, TN

d)

Memphis, TN

18.

What city is located near 36 degrees N, 87 degrees W

a)

Savannah, TN

b)

Memphis, TN

c)

Nashville, TN

d)

Knoxville, TN

19.

What city is located near 35 degrees N, 88 degrees W

a)

Knoxville, TN

b)

Nashville, TN

c)

Savannah, TN

d)

Memphis, TN

20.

What city is located near 35 degrees N, 90 degrees W

a)

Savannah, TN

b)

Nashville, TN

c)

Knoxville, TN

d)

Memphis, TN

21.

What latitude forms Tenessee's southern border?

a)

36 degrees N

b)

34 degrees N

c)

37 degrees N

d)

35 degrees N

22.

What region would you group this into?

Coastal Plain

a)

Where people live

b)

Physical features

c)

what people use and make

d)

culture

23.

What region would you group this into?

Manufacturing region

a)

where people live

b)

culture

c)

what people use and make

d)

physical feature

24.

What region would you group this into?

City

a)

where people live

b)

physical features

c)

culture

d)

what people use and make

25.

What region would you group this into?

A Mexican-American neighborhood

a)

physical features

b)

where people live

c)

culture

d)

what people use and make

26.

What region would you group this into?

Cotton- producing region

a)

culture

b)

where people live

c)

what people use and make

d)

physical features

27.

What region would you group this into?

Suburbs

a)

what people use and make

b)

physical features

c)

culture

d)

where people live