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4th Grade Social Studies: 1st Quarter Exam

Quiz by Sonya Paul

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  • Q1
    Why do people divide the earth into regions?
    to create maps and globes
    to help people understand the world around them
    to make it easier to get around
    to help people learn the rules
    30s
  • Q2
    Which is NOT a region based on natural features?
    landforms
    states
    vegetation
    climate
    30s
  • Q3
    What is a boundary?
    a line that marks the edge of a region
    a photograph of a country or state
    a place where crocodiles live
    a large field of corn
    30s
  • Q4
    The border between the United States and Canada
    follows a line of latitude called the 49th parallel
    makes up a region called the Rocky Mountain states
    runs north and south
    goes from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Sea
    30s
  • Q5
    Why are some boundaries hard to find?
    because some boundaries are not marked by signs or natural features
    because some boundaries are not important
    because no one knows where the boundaries are
    because some boundaries are in the ocean
    30s
  • Q6
    What is a service?
    giving away things for free
    all of the above
    doing work for people
    sorting information
    30s
  • Q7
    Why did the people travel on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s?
    to travel west to settle new land
    for a vacation
    to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time
    to visit all four regions of the United States
    30s
  • Q8
    What is a belt?
    a group of stores that sell the same thing
    an area based on how many people live there
    businesses that work together
    a region that has special features
    30s
  • Q9
    How can people change the features of a region?
    by leveling a hill
    all of the above
    by making a lake
    by building a dam
    30s
  • Q10
    What is a border?
    a line marking an area's edge
    a large city shown on the map
    a shape of the land
    the area along a river
    30s
  • Q11
    What is a hemisphere?
    any half of the earth, divided either between north and south or east and west
    any place where certain kinds of plants, animals, or people can live
    an exchange of goods and services in a country, region, states. or continent
    an imaginary line that divides countries into north and south
    45s
  • Q12
    What questions that geographers ask?
    Who invented this? Where did they get the idea?
    What does it eat? Where does it live?
    What is it? How is it made? How much does it cost?
    Where is it? What is it like there? Why is it there?
    45s
  • Q13
    where is Mount St. Helens?
    in Washington
    in New York
    in Michigan
    in California
    45s
  • Q14
    What is an avalanche?
    a large amount of snow or earth that slides down a mountain
    a severe storm that includes rain, hail, sleet, or snow
    solid rock pours out of the top of the volcano
    a word used to describe the cleanup after a disaster
    45s
  • Q15
    What happens when a volcano erupts?
    hot water blast out from the earth's surface
    solid rock pours out of the top of the volcano
    mud and sand explodes from inside the mountain
    melted rock inside the volcano burst out
    45s

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