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Social Studies - Ch. 1 Test

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On what continent is your community located?

a)

the United States of America

b)

the Western Hemisphere

c)

the Northern Hemisphere

d)

North America

2.

The letters NE on the compass rose are between North and East. What does NE stand for in the sentence?

a)

It stands for directions

b)

It is the intermediate direction: Northeast

c)

It stands for North

d)

It stands for East

3.

How does a landform map show physical features?

a)

It uses colors or patterns

b)

It uses a compass

c)

It uses a grid

d)

It has lines that show borders

4.

What are bridges and building examples of?

a)

different landforms

b)

physical feautures

c)

human-made features

d)

natural landscapes

5.

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

a)

tunnels through mountains

b)

schools

c)

homes for people to live in

d)

hospitals

6.

Into how many regions is California divided?

a)

three

b)

four

c)

ten

d)

seven

7.

Which is an example of an urban area?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

Death Valley

c)

Sierra Nevada

d)

a farmland in the Central Valley

8.

Choose the definition for the following word: Intermediate directions

a)

Directions that are in the middle of a map.

b)

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

c)

a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends.

9.

Choose the definition for the following word: border

a)

a line on a map that shows where a state or nation ends.

b)

The edge of something.

c)

The in-between directions.

d)

things people add to a landscape

10.

Choose the definition for the following word: human-made features

a)

things people add to a landscape

b)

the number of people

c)

things that are naturally in our landscape

d)

oceans

11.

Choose the definition for the following word: population

a)

a landform with steep sides and a flat top

b)

a line on a map that shows where a state ends

c)

the number of people

d)

things people add to a landscape

12.

Choose the definition for the following word: plateau

a)

a large steep hill

b)

a low area of land between hills or mountains

c)

sand at the beach

d)

a landform with steep sides and a flat top.

13.

Why does California have several different climates?

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14.

In what region do most Californians live? Why?

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