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WorksheetsSocial Studies Chapter 1
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 26mins
What are the 4 regions of California? Select them all.
Coast
land
Central Valley
Mountain
Desert
What are California's largest cities?
Bakersfield
Sacramento
Los Angeles
San Diego
What makes the coastal region different from the rest of Calfiornia?
It has the ocean near it.
It is home to the two largest cities in Calilfornia.
It borders the Pacific Ocean.
It's a fun place to visit.
What does the word bay mean?
A body of water that is part of an ocean and partly surrounded by land.
A place to go swimming with fish.
A place for tourists to visit.
Rocky cliffs
What is a tourist?
A person who travels for work.
A person who travels for school.
A person who travels with their pet.
A person who travels for pleasure.
Why is the Central Valley shaped the way it is?
It is surrounded by mountains.
It is in the middle of California.
The Central Valley is where Bakersfield is located.
It is great for farming.
What is the Central Valley good for?
(a)
What are some ways people interact with the mountains?
Select all that apply.
Ski
shop
hike
enjoy the scenery
What does the word primary mean?
(a)
What does the word series mean?
A great TV show.
A goup of books.
A group of similar things next to one another.
mountains
Why is the population in the desert low?
Select all that apply.
It has few shopping areas.
The very hot summers.
The animals that live there.
The very cold winters.
What region is Bakersfield located in?
(a)
What does region mean?
A place you sit near.
A place to travel
A large area of land with similar features that is different from other areas.
An area where you would find mountains.
What is the definition for features?
A natural part of the Earth's surface.
An important or interesting part of something.
Height of land above sea level.
Group of mountains.
What makes California a unique state?
California has fun activities to do.
California is the state we live in.
California has interesting physical geography and features.
California is a state in the United States of America.
What is the definition of range?
How high a mountain is.
A group of mountains or hills.
A body of water in California.
A place where trees and animals live.
What is the difference between a mountain and a hill?
(a)
What is the definition of physical geography?
Where mountains are located.
Low lands
Where there is little or no rain.
The land, water, and other natural features of a place.
What is a valley?
An area near the ocean.
An area near a lake.
An area of low land between mountains and hills.
An area in the hills.
What landforms are necessary to form a valley?
Mountains and hills.
Ocean and lakes.
Lakes and deserts.
Mountains and lakes.
What is the name of the valley that Bakersfield is located in?
(a)
What is the definition for desert?
An area of much rain.
An area where you find mountains and hills.
An area where an ocean is located.
An area of very dry land and few plants grow.
Why do farmers irrigate?
(a)
Describe the climate of the Valley Region.
Which regions does this describe?
A low flat area that is good for farming and agriculture.
Central Valley
Coast
Desert
Mountain
Gets a lot of snow and has many plants and animals.
What does the word environment mean?
Not rare.
Usable power
The natural world in which people, plants, and animals live.
To pay for.
What does the word modify mean?
To run away from.
To change.
To make into.
A large forest.
What are natural resources?
To cut down trees.
To change.
Crops farmers plant.
The natural world in which people, plants, and animals live.
What effect does cutting down trees have on the environment?
Animals lose resources to help them survive.
Has no effect at all on the environment.
Farmers are able to grow larger crops.
What products come from trees?
Choose all that apply.
Paper
flowers
toys
Pencils
What resources come from forests and can help out the community?
Animals can have homes.
Jobs
Farm crops
What is an agricultural region?
A place were farmers live.
A place where you can buy fruits and vegetables.
An area hwere certain types of crops are grown.
A place were cattle roam.
What does process mean?
To dry fruit.
To change something into another form.
To plant crops.
What does it mean to adapt?
To plant crops.
To rotate crops.
To change in order to live in a new environment.
To run around the farm.
Why is California's Central Valley suitale for growing crops?
The Central Valley has rich soil, flat land, and warm climate.
Mrs. Maberry lives there
The Central Valley has farms and cattle ranches.
The Central Valley has a lot of people that live there.
Why do farmers rotate crops?
They get bored with their crops.
They want to plant crops that will give them a lot of money.
It helps keep their soil rich and healthy.
They like hard work and wants to do it everyday.
