Lauren's Chapter 3 test practice/ 4th grade/ Social Studies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 List 4 types of regions | 1.)Political 2.)Economic 3.)Physical 4.)Cultural |
| List 4 ways people communicate | 1.)Telephones 2.)Fax Machines 3.)Computers- email 4.)Cell phones |
| List the 5 regions of the United States | 1.)Northeast 2.)Southeast 3.)Midwest 4.)Southwest 5.)West |
| What are the three levels of government of the USA | 1.)Federal 2.)State 3.)Local |
| What is a *region | An area with at least one feature that makes it different from other areas. |
| When may a region change | When people modify or change the enviroment to meet their needs. |
| Television and radios are examples of what | They're examples of types of communications. |
| What is our nation's capital called | Washington D.C. |
| What is Washington D.C. called | A federal district. |
| Nearly every state is divided into regions. What are these called? | Counties. |
| What's the country seat | It's the town or city that is the center of a country's government. |
| Each state has its own center of the state's government in which it chooses. What are they called? | A capital city. |
| Each city sets up its own _____ or city government? | Municipal. |
| What's one thing the FEDERAL government does? | It makes treaties or agreements between groups or countries. |
| What is the job the STATE government does? | It provides services for the people in their state. |
| Counties and cities provide services for the people in their ___________? | Communities. |
| Who is remembered as a planner of Washington D.C.? | Benjamin Bannecker. |
| Canada divides their nation into how many smaller political parties? | 13 seperate. |
| About 2 out of 3 Canadians live within how many miles of the U.S border? | 100. |
| Mexico is also made out of ______ and has varied geography. | States. |
| More than 100 million people live in what country? | Mexico. |
| What's the official language of Mexico? | Spanish. |
| What is the Central American region like? | It's made up of a narrow strip of land that connects North and South America. |
| Central America is divided into how many regions? | 7 |
| What's an example of a commonwealth of the U.S.? | Puerto Rico |
| What's an example of a territory of the U.S.? | The U.S. Virgin Islands. |
| Where are Central America and the Carribbean Islands both located? | In the tropics. |
| What's the last region of the North America is a huge island off the northeast coast of Canada called? | Greenland. |
| What two bodies of water border Central America? | The Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. |
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