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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. The eastern coast of the United States and Canada faces the ____________________.
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Pacific Ocean
c. Arctic Ocean
d. Gulf of Mexico
2. Coal mining helped to develop the region of ____________________.
a. Boswash
b. ChiPitts
c. the Canadian Basin
d. Appalachia
3. The second-longest river in the United States is the ____________________.
a. Missouri River
b. St. Lawrence River
c. Mississippi River
d. Hudson River
4. Why was Everglades National Park created?
a. to drain the wetlands
b. to protect the natural homes of plants and animals
c. to bring tourists to Florida
d. to stop the building of roads through the wetlands
5. Look at the map. What landform borders the Gulf of Mexico?
a. the Piedmont
c. the Atlantic Coastal Plain
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b. the Gulf Coastal Plain
d. the Appalachian Mountains
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Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Complete each sentence with the correct word.
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6. A ____________________ is a treeless plain.
7. A group of cities that have grown so close together they seem to form one city is
a ____________________.
8. ____________________ are flat, rolling lands covered with grass.
9. Rivers east of the ____________________, an imaginary line in the Rocky Mountains, drain into the Arctic
Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico.
10. A deep valley with steep sides is a ____________________.
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Read the passage.
The Great Lakes are the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world. The Great Lakes are
Lakes Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Huron, and Superior. They make up about one fifth of all the
freshwater in the world. Only Lake Michigan is completely found in the United States. The
other four are in both the United States and Canada. Lake Superior is the largest lake. Lake
Ontario is the smallest. Lake Superior is the deepest lake. Lake Erie is the most shallow.
11. In what way are all the Great Lakes the same?
a. They are the same size.
b. They are all in the United States.
c. They are all the same depth.
d. They are all made up of freshwater.
12. Which Great Lake is the largest?
a. Lake Superior
b. Lake Michigan
c. Lake Ontario
d. Lake Erie
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Look at the Map.
13. Which city on the map is north of Syracuse?
a. Watertown
b. Schenectady
c. Montauk
d. New York City
14. Ithaca is south of ____________________.
a. Binghamton
b. Syracuse
c. New York City
d. Hornell
15. Which city on the map is between 44°N and 45°N?
a. Watertown
b. Albany
c. Rochester
d. Plattsburgh
Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Complete each sentence with the correct word.
navigable tributary glacier wetland
16. Rivers that are ____________________ are wide and deep enough to allow the passage of ships.
17. A ____________________ is a river that flows into a larger river.
18. An area of land that does not completely drain of water is a ____________________.
19. A giant blanket of ice is called a ____________________.
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
20. In what part of the United States are large deposits of iron ore found?
a. the northern part
b. the Rocky Mountains
c. the eastern part
d. along the Gulf of Mexico
21. An example of a scarce resource in the United States is ____________________.
a. coal
b. trees
c. oil
d. gas
Read the passage.
Both the United States and Canada have many energy resources. Both use hydroelectric power.
It makes up about 10 percent of all the power used in the United States. Most of Canada’s
power comes from hydroelectric power. In fact, Canada leads the world in its use of
hydroelectric power. Hydroelectric power causes little pollution and is a renewable resource.
Fossil fuels, such as coal and oil cause a lot of pollution and are nonrenewable.
22. How are Canada and the United States different in energy resources?
a. The United States has few energy resources.
b. The United States uses more hydroelectric power.
c. Canada uses more hydroelectric power.
d. Canada has few energy resources.
Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement.
Complete each sentence with the correct word from the box.
renewable resource hydroelectric power scarcity
economy irrigation
23. A ____________________ is one that can be replaced.
24. Energy that is generated by falling water is called ____________________.
25. ____________________ happens when there is not enough of a resource to make all the products people
want.
26. The ____________________ of a country is the way its people use natural resources, money, and knowledge
to produce goods and services.
27. Bringing water to dry land through ditches or pipes is called ____________________.
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28. How is the Mississippi River important for farming and trade?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
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29. Write a paragraph describing the landforms of the United States and Canada. Use four vocabulary words from
the box above in your paragraph.
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30. Study the chart below. It shows some renewable sources of energy.
Renewable Resource
Solar energy
Ethanol
Wind energy
Water energy
How It Produces Energy
Solar panels collect energy from
sunlight and turn it into electricity.
It is made from corn and used to power
cars and rockets.
Wind force spins a turbine that
produces electricity.
Falling water spins a turbine that
produces electricity.
Which type of renewable energy should the United States develop more quickly? Write a letter to a newspaper
giving your opinion. Use at least three facts in your letter to support your opinion.
_____________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Your writing should:
∙ provide your opinion about which renewable resource should be developed.
∙ use facts and details to help the reader understand your points.
∙ use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
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Answer Key
1. a
2. d
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. tundra
7. megalopolis
8. Prairies
9. Continental Divide
10. canyon
11. d
12. a
13. a
14. b
15. d
16. navigable
17. tributary
18. wetland
19. glacier
20. a
21. b
22. c
23. renewable resource
24. hydroelectric power
25. Scarcity
26. economy
27. irrigation
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28. Answers may vary, but should include that the Mississippi River drains more than one million square miles of land,
watering it and making it suitable for farming. The river is wide and deep, so ships can navigate it for a long way,
carrying goods from one port city to another.
29. Students’ paragraphs should contain complete sentences and a cohesiveness of theme. Students should use at least
four vocabulary words. The paragraphs should describe the landforms of the United States and Canada.
30. Score
4
Excellent
3
Good
2
Fair
1
Unsatisfactory
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Writing Rubric
∙ The writing uses facts to clearly support the opinion about which
renewable resource to develop.
∙ It maintains a consistent point of view and has a clearly
presented central idea and relevant details.
∙ It contains few, if any errors in grammar, punctuation,
capitalization, and spelling.
∙ It is easy to read.
∙ The writing uses facts to support the opinion about which
renewable resource to develop.
∙ It maintains a mostly consistent point of view and has a central
idea with mostly relevant details.
∙ It contains some errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization,
and spelling.
∙ It is mostly easy to read.
∙ The writing uses few facts to support the opinion about which
renewable resource to develop.
∙ It maintains an inconsistent point of view and suggests a central
idea with limited details.
∙ It contains several errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization,
and spelling.
∙ It has some areas that are hard to read.
∙ The writing only presents and unsupported opinion about which
renewable resource to develop.
∙ It lacks a clear point of view and a central idea but may contain
marginally related details.
∙ It contains serious errors in grammar, punctuation, capitalization,
and spelling.
∙ It is very hard to read.
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