Topic Review: People, Physical Environment & Development
Quiz by Quizalize - Grade 6 Social Studies
Grade 6
Social Studies (2018)
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- Q 1/20Score 0There are 3 reasons the Panama Canal was built. Choose the answer that does not belong.29To make moneyShorten travel timeImprove tradeMilitary puposes
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- Q1There are 3 reasons the Panama Canal was built. Choose the answer that does not belong.To make moneyShorten travel timeImprove tradeMilitary puposes30s113.18.5.C
- Q2Oil production has a negative impact on the earth's environment by adding to air pollution, oil spills, and contamination of water supplies.FalseTrue30s113.18.5.C
- Q3Deforestation is the practice of clearing trees permanently to make room for something else.TrueFalse30s113.18.5.C
- Q4The state of California is vulnerable to _______________ because it lies on the San Andreas Fault.EarthquakesFloodingTornadosVolcanic Eruptions30s113.18.5.A
- Q5Which desert is the largest in the world and impacts the population density in North Africa?Mojave DesertGobi DesertSahara DesertKalahari Desert30s113.18.5.A
- Q6The Suez Canal located in Egypt is a mostly man-made shipping waterway that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.TrueFalse30s113.18.5.C
- Q7Where do hurricanes have the largest potential to harm people and the environment they live in?AlaskaKazakhstanSouth SudanCaribbean Islands30s113.18.5.A
- Q8Global warming, deforestation and _____________________ are all ways that humans have negitively changed the earth.DroughtWildfiresPollutionDesertification30s113.18.5
- Q9In which area is deforestation becoming a serious problem?Amazon BasinGreat Bear RainforestBlack ForestSagano Bamboo Forest30s113.18.5.C
- Q10The people living in the Sahara Desert have adapted to their physical environment by _____________________.Doing all of these choicesWearing loose clothingLiving near a desert oasisTraveling at night30s113.18.5.B
- Q11The ancient Incas were able to adapt to life in the Andes mountains by using ______________.Terraced farmingAqueducts, canals & drainage systemsAll of these choices are correctLarge systems of roads30s113.18.5.B
- Q12Which of these choices is not a way that humans have modified their physical environment?Building damsNomadic tribes follow their food sourceGold miningMineral quarry30s113.18.5.B
- Q13These large man-made channels carry water from one place to another and were built by the _________________.GreeksFrenchRomansChinese30s113.18.5.C
- Q14Native Americans were able to live simply and used natural resources available to them without modifying or destroying their environment.TrueFalse30s113.18.5.C
- Q15Tsunamis are caused byWhale migration patternsGlobal warmingA sudden movement of the earth underwaterHigh winds30s113.18.5.A
