Question 1

Why do people divide the earth into regions?

Accepted Answer

to help people understand the world around them

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to create maps and globes

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to make it easier to get around

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to help people learn the rules

Question 2

Which is NOT a region based on natural features?

Accepted Answer

states

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landforms

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vegetation

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climate

Question 3

What is a boundary?

Accepted Answer

a line that marks the edge of a region

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a photograph of a country or state

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a place where crocodiles live

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a large field of corn

Question 4

The border between the United States and Canada

Accepted Answer

follows a line of latitude called the 49th parallel

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makes up a region called the Rocky Mountain states

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runs north and south

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goes from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Sea

Question 5

Why are some boundaries hard to find?

Accepted Answer

because some boundaries are not marked by signs or natural features

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because some boundaries are not important

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because no one knows where the boundaries are

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because some boundaries are in the ocean

Question 6

What is a service?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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giving away things for free

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doing work for people

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sorting information

Question 7

Why did the people travel on the Oregon Trail in the mid-1800s?

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to travel west to settle new land

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for a vacation

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to see the Pacific Ocean for the first time

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to visit all four regions of the United States

Question 8

What is a belt?

Accepted Answer

a region that has special features

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a group of stores that sell the same thing

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an area based on how many people live there

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businesses that work together

Question 9

How can people change the features of a region?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

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by leveling a hill

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by making a lake

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by building a dam

Question 10

What is a border?

Accepted Answer

a line marking an area's edge

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a large city shown on the map

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a shape of the land

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the area along a river

Question 11

What is a hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

any half of the earth, divided either between north and south or east and west

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any place where certain kinds of plants, animals, or people can live

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an exchange of goods and services in a country, region, states. or continent

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an imaginary line that divides countries into north and south

Question 12

What questions that geographers ask?

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Where is it? What is it like there? Why is it there?

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Who invented this? Where did they get the idea?

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What does it eat? Where does it live?

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What is it? How is it made? How much does it cost?

Question 13

where is Mount St. Helens?

Accepted Answer

in Washington

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in New York

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in Michigan

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in California

Question 14

What is an avalanche?

Accepted Answer

a large amount of snow or earth that slides down a mountain

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a severe storm that includes rain, hail, sleet, or snow

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solid rock pours out of the top of the volcano

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a word used to describe the cleanup after a disaster

Question 15

What happens when a volcano erupts?

Accepted Answer

melted rock inside the volcano burst out

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hot water blast out from the earth's surface

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solid rock pours out of the top of the volcano

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mud and sand explodes from inside the mountain

Question 16

What areas do geographers study with their tools and skills?

Accepted Answer

the surface of the earth

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a space between the planets in our solar system

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the inside of the earth

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the surface of any planet

Question 17

What is sea level?

Accepted Answer

the height of the surface of the world's oceans

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when the ocean is calm and there are few waves

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the time of day when the tide is the highest

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a part of the ocean that extends into the land

Question 18

What is elevation?

Accepted Answer

height above sea level

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the process of being worn out

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our natural surroundings

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the way resources are managed

Question 19

What is fossil fuel?

Accepted Answer

a non-renewable resource from living things that died long ago

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a non-renewable resource that grows in the ground

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a non-living thing like sunlight

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a non-living thing like the wind

Question 20

What is a mineral?

Accepted Answer

non-renewable resource that people dig from the earth

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a non-living thing like cars or boats

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a non-living like water

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a nonrenewable resource from living animals

Question 21

How does all the water get up in the sky?

Accepted Answer

the water reaches the sky as a result of the water cycle

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people spray water out of hoses

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the water comes from other planets in the solar system

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waterfalls and fountains throw water into the air

Question 22

What is climate?

Accepted Answer

the usual weather patterns for an area

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to tell what the weather will be tomorrow

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a high place above the earth

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all of the above

Question 23

What is erosion?

Accepted Answer

wearing away of the earth as a result of moving water

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something found in nature that is used to raise land

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lowest point in a canyon where a river divides the rocks

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a deeply cut valley with high steep sides

Question 24

What is a landform?

Accepted Answer

features of the earth's surface like plains and lakes.

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gifts of land given by the government for a special purpose

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land that has been formed by water

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studies of the earth and its plant and animal life

Question 25

What is conservation?

Accepted Answer

careful use and protection of resources

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the use of aluminum cans

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the use of gold and copper in electrical connections

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when people waste resources

Question 26

What is the name of state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

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Tennessee

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Kentucky

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West Virginia

Question 27

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Michigan

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Wisconsin

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Illinois

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Maine

Question 28

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Texas

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Kansas

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Colorado

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Arizona

Question 29

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Florida

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Texas

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Michigan

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Maine

Question 30

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Nevada

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Idaho

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California

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North Dakota

Question 31

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

North Carolina

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Kentucky

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Tennessee

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Virginia

Question 32

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

California

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Florida

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Mexico

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Oregon

Question 33

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

Pond

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ocean

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lake

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river

Question 34

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

Mountains

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valleys

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canyons

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plains

Question 35

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

canyon

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mountains

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valley

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hills

Question 36

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

lake

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pond

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river

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ocean

Question 37

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

plains

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hills

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valleys

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grass

Question 38

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

desert

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plains

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canyon

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valley

Question 39

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

ocean

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pond

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lake

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river

Question 40

What is the name of the landform pictured?

Accepted Answer

river

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lake

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creek

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pond

Question 41

What continent is in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Antarctica

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Europe

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Asia

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Australia

Question 42

What continent is in the picture?

Accepted Answer

South America

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Africa

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Australia

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Asia

Question 43

What continent is in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Australia

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Africa

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Asia

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South America

Question 44

What continent is in the picture?

Accepted Answer

Africa

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South America

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Asia

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Australia

Question 45

What continent is in the picture?

Accepted Answer

North America

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Europe

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Africa

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South America

Question 46

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Maine

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Indiana

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Ohio

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New York

Question 47

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

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Ohio

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Illinois

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Arkansas

Question 48

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Ohio

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New York

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Maine

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Wisconsin

Question 49

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

Kansas

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Iowa

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Arkansas

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North Dakota

Question 50

What is the name of the state pictured?

Accepted Answer

North Dakota

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Nebraska

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Kansas

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Iowa

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