wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Unit 1 Test Prep Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do social scientists study?

a)

how animals hunt for food

b)

how people live in groups

c)

how Earth was formed

d)

how plants grow from seeds

2.

What kind of information do economists look for when they study the economy of a community?

a)

the way people use resources to meet their needs and wants

b)

where things are located in the community

c)

how people solve problems in the community

d)

stories people tell about the community's past

3.

Which of these items is a need?

a)

toys

b)

clothes

c)

movies

d)

bicycles

4.

Which of these subjects does a geographer study?

a)

choices people make about what to buy

b)

natural and human features of Earth's surface

c)

governments of cities, states, and nations

d)

written records from a thousand years ago

5.

Which of these is a human feature?

a)

a forest

b)

a hill

c)

a house

d)

a river

6.

What is the main job of government?

a)

to produce things people need

b)

to build towns and cities

c)

to keep records of the past

d)

to make and carry out rules and laws

7.

Which social scientist would be most interested in your great-aunt’s diary?

a)

an economist

b)

a geographer

c)

a historian

d)

a political scientist

8.

Which question would a political scientist be most likely to ask?

a)

Who is in charge?

b)

How are needs met?

c)

What happened here?

d)

What is located where?

9.

What do you look at to understand what the symbols on a map stand for?

a)

a compass rose

b)

a map scale

c)

a map key

d)

a global grid

10.

Lines of longitude and latitude are imaginary lines used to show the

a)

location of places on Earth.

b)

number of miles between two places.

c)

intermediate directions on a map.

d)

elevation of places above sea level.

11.

Which kind of special-purpose map would help you know how steep the mountains are that you are about to climb?

a)

a political map

b)

an elevation map

c)

a rainfall map

d)

a historical map

12.

Many port cities have developed in the Southeast

a)

just above the fall line.

b)

in the Piedmont region.

c)

where rivers meet the sea.

d)

on islands off the Atlantic Coast.

13.

The fall line is important because it determines

a)

how many tourists will visit.

b)

how far rivers are navigable.

c)

how fast the population grows.

d)

how short the growing season is.

14.

Which of the following is not a natural resource?

a)

paper

b)

oil

c)

land

d)

water

15.

Which of these is a product of agriculture?

a)

cotton

b)

furniture

c)

shipping

d)

steel

16.

What are the Florida Keys?

a)

a chain of islands near the tip of the peninsula

b)

a long mountain range with jagged mountain tops

c)

a street in Little Havana with many locksmith shops

d)

a large orange grove located in the panhandle

17.

The vast wetland that covers Florida’s southern tip from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico is called

a)

the Appalachian Mountains.

b)

the Everglades.

c)

Lake Okeechobee.

d)

the Straits of Florida.

18.

Most of Florida’s urban areas are located near

a)

amusement parks.

b)

the coast.

c)

the highlands.

d)

mountains.

19.

Weather and climate helped shape Miami’s

a)

coastal regions.

b)

metropolitan areas.

c)

phosphate industry.

d)

tourism industry.

20.

Which historic hurricane caused great damage to southern Florida in 1992?

a)

Hurricane Andrew

b)

Hurricane Camille

c)

Hurricane Hugo

d)

Hurricane Pauline