
4th Grade Social Studies: 1st Quarter Exam
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- Q1Why do people divide the earth into regions?to create maps and globesto help people understand the world around themto make it easier to get aroundto help people learn the rules30s
- Q2Which is NOT a region based on natural features?landformsstatesvegetationclimate30s
- Q3What is a boundary?a line that marks the edge of a regiona photograph of a country or statea place where crocodiles livea large field of corn30s
- Q4The border between the United States and Canadafollows a line of latitude called the 49th parallelmakes up a region called the Rocky Mountain statesruns north and southgoes from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Sea30s
- Q5Why are some boundaries hard to find?because some boundaries are not marked by signs or natural featuresbecause some boundaries are not importantbecause no one knows where the boundaries arebecause some boundaries are in the ocean30s
- Q6What is a service?giving away things for freeall of the abovedoing work for peoplesorting information30s
- Q7Why did the people travel on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s?to travel west to settle new landfor a vacationto see the Pacific Ocean for the first timeto visit all four regions of the United States30s
- Q8What is a belt?a group of stores that sell the same thingan area based on how many people live therebusinesses that work togethera region that has special features30s
- Q9How can people change the features of a region?by leveling a hillall of the aboveby making a lakeby building a dam30s
- Q10What is a border?a line marking an area's edgea large city shown on the mapa shape of the landthe area along a river30s
- Q11What is a hemisphere?any half of the earth, divided either between north and south or east and westany place where certain kinds of plants, animals, or people can livean exchange of goods and services in a country, region, states. or continentan imaginary line that divides countries into north and south45s
- Q12What 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
- Q13where is Mount St. Helens?in Washingtonin New Yorkin Michiganin California45s
- Q14What is an avalanche?a large amount of snow or earth that slides down a mountaina severe storm that includes rain, hail, sleet, or snowsolid rock pours out of the top of the volcanoa word used to describe the cleanup after a disaster45s
- Q15What happens when a volcano erupts?hot water blast out from the earth's surfacesolid rock pours out of the top of the volcanomud and sand explodes from inside the mountainmelted rock inside the volcano burst out45s