Name: _____________________________ Class: 4B or 4M
Date:___________________
Unit 1 Social Studies Review
Complete and study these questions to prepare for your social studies Unit 1 test.
The test is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25. You may use your textbook and any
completed assignments as resources (Textbook pages are listed in parentheses).
1. Name the 5 major regions of the U.S. that we will be studying this year. (p 4-5)
2. In which of the 5 major regions would you find each of the following famous landforms?
(p. 12-13)
a. Appalachian Mountains:
b. Mammoth Cave System:
c. Great Lakes:
d. Rocky Mountains
3. Which region is best described as having the following landforms, climate, and
resources? _______________________________________________________
Landforms (p. 12-13)
Appalachian mountains,
hilly & rocky to the east,
farmland to the west.
Climate (map p. 22)
Cold winters, hot summer,
moderate precipitation
Resources (p. 28)
Fish & coal
4. Which region is best described as having the following landforms, climate, and
resources? ______________________________________________________
Landforms (p. 12-13)
Grand Canyon, plateaus,
desserts,
Climate (map p. 22)
Hot summers and mild
winters, very dry to rainy,
depending on state.
Resources (p. 28)
Cotton, oil, and natural gas
5. Define the meaning of each of these landforms. (p. 12-13)
a. mountain:
b. plain:
c. desert:
d. canyon:
e. plateau:
6. Read this passage from your textbook (page 19). Then answer the following question.
“Weather is the condition of the air at a certain time and place. Today’s weather might
be sunny and warm. Yesterday’s weather might have been rainy and windy. Climate is
the weather of a place averaged over a long period of time. Climate includes the
changes in weather that happen during seasons of the year. . .Two major factors of
weather and climate are precipitation and temperature.”
State (in your own words): What is the difference between climate and weather?
7. What 3 main factors affect climate? (p. 21)
8. Look at the map shown. Then answer the related questions.
a) What is shown on the large map?
b) What is shown on the square inset map?
c) What is shown on the circular locator map?
9. What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
Give 2 examples of each type of resource. (p. 29)
10. Read the following passage from your book (p. 39). Then answer the following question.
“Although North America was a new world to Europeans, it was home to many people
before Christopher Columbus arrived. When Columbus landed in America, he thought he
had reached a group of islands between Asia and Australia. Those islands were known
as the East Indies. Columbus therefore called the first North Americans he saw ‘Indians.’
Today we refer to these people and their descendants as Native Americans or American
Indians.”
Columbus called the first Americans “Indians” because:
A.
B.
C.
D.
They came from India
They came from Indiana
They came from the East Indies
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies.
11. How do scientists think that the first Americans got to North America?
Describe 2 possibilities. (p 39)
12. Look at this Time Zone map from page 54. Use it to complete the following chart.
If it is 7:00 p.m. in Boston, what time is it?
City
Boston
Chicago
Denver
San Francisco
Anchorage
Honolulu
Time
7:00 p.m.
13. Put the following terms under the correct heading. (p. 57- 58)
Terms:
vote
attend school
Rights
freedom of speech
get a passport
freedom of religion
serve on a jury
Responsibilities
14. Which of the following is NOT a reason why European explorers and settles came to
North America? (p. 40)
a.
b.
c.
d.
To find gold and other wealth
To meet George Washington
To acquire more land for their home country
To find a quicker sea route to Asia
15. Name the Republican and Democratic parties’ candidates for President of the United
States.
16. Why did North Americans move westward in the late 1700s /early 1800s? (p. 68-69)
17.Circle one: The increase in technology which allowed industries to grow during the late
1800s caused the population of North America to become more (rural/urban). (p 71)
18. Match the terms with the correct definition/description (p. 72 – 77).
_____ wants
A) System that determines if prices go up or down.
_____ needs
B) Amount of money a business has left over after all
costs are paid
_____ barter
_____ services
_____ goods
_____ free enterprise
_____ producers
_____ consumers
_____ profit
_____ supply & demand
C) People who make products
D) People who buy goods or services
E) The right to produce any goods or services
F) Trading one thing for another
G) Actions people can do for you
H) Something a person would like to have, but can live
without
I) Physical things that you can feel and touch, like objects
in a store
J) Things a person must have in order to live (like food,
clothing, and shelter)