Worksheets4 Social Studies Ch 3
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
MANY PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF LITTLE HAVANA HAVE A CUBAN BACKGROUND. WHAT KIND OF A REGION IS THIS?
A cultural region
A political region
A physical region
An economic region
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT REGIONS IS FALSE?
Technology helps connect regions.
Regions depend on one another.
Regions are all the same.
Regions change when people modify them.
Into how many regions do we group all of the states?
Three
Four
Five
Six
WHY IS WASHINGTON D.C. AN EXAMPLE OF A POLITICAL REGION?
Many government leaders live there.
Government is the largest employer in the area.
It is a city where people share a government.
It is not part of any state.
WHAT ARE THE THREE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES?
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Federal, State, and local governments
State, Country, City
Federal, District, Borough
WHICH OF THESE POLITICAL REGIONS SHARE THE WORLD'S LONGEST UNPROTECTED BORDER?
Canada and the U.S.
Mexico and the U.S.
Canada and Greenland
Central America and Caribbean Islands
INTO WHAT KINDS OF POLITICAL REGIONS IS MEXICO DIVIDED?
Commonwealth
Provinces
States
Territories
WHAT IS A COMMONWEALTH?
a former state of the U.S.
a country that shares a border with the U.S.
a country that trades with the U.S.
a territory of the U.S. that governs itself
All regions are interdependent. What does this mean?
Regions are all the same size
Regions share a landform
Regions depend on one another for resources, products, and services
Regions are only political
Why do people divide regions into political regions?
It helps people live and govern in an organized way, and makes places easier to describe/understand
It keeps the resources in each state safe from other states
It helps people stay in their communities
It helps interdependence
What kinds of features can be used to define a physical region?
borders on a map
landforms, rivers, oceans, lakes, vegetation, elevation, wildlife
by the government that works there
by the culture that lives there
How can forms of communication connect regions?
They allow people to see and hear what is happening in different regions
It connects the mountain ranges
Computers help grow natural resources
They do not connect regions at all.
What are some ways that people modify their environment to meet their needs?
clearing forests
plowing land, digging mines and wells
putting dams in rivers and making new lakes
all of them!
What country is this?
The United States
Greenland
Central America
Canada
What country is this?
Canada
Mexico
The United States
Greenland
What country is this?
Greenland
Mexico
Central America
Canada
What are these countries called?
The United States
Canada
Central America
Greenland
What country is this?
Greenland
Canada
Mexico
The United States
