Name: ______________________________

Quarter 1 Test – Study Guide

What is on this test and what page can you find the notes for the topics?- Sol 1g: Latitude & Longitude - SOL 2a: Continents & Oceans - SOL 2b: Geographic Regions - SOL 21: U.S. Waterways - SOL 2d: Geographic Features - SOL 3a: Archaeology - SOL 3b: Native American Tribes - SOL 3c: Natives, Geography & Climate

Directions: Please answer the questions below.1. What region of North America contains the Continental Divide? ___Rocky Mountains_____________

2. What continent is directly south of Europe? __Africa__________________

3. Label the 8 Geographic Regions of the United States:

1

3

5 4 8

7 2

6

4. What is the lowest point in North America? ____Death Valley_________________________

5. What river forms the border between the United States and Mexico? ___Rio Grande_______________

6. What was the Ohio River known as? __Gateway to the west_____________________

7. What ocean is located along the eastern shores of the United States? _Atlantic Ocean______________

8. What region wraps around the Hudson Bay with hundreds of lakes carved by glaciers?____Canadian Shield__________________________________

9. What river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean? ____St. Lawrence____________________

10. Please list all the land-related geographic features: _Island, Plateau, Hill, Mountain, Peninsula, Plain ___

11. Please list all the water-related geographic features:__River, Tributary, Lake, Ocean, Bay, Gulf_____________________________________

12. Label the map below with the 7 continents AND the 5 oceans:

Arctic Ocean

Europe AsiaPacific NorthOcean America Atlantic

Ocean Africa

Indian South Ocean America

Australia

Southern OceanAntarctica

13. What river did Lewis and Clark explore? ____Columbia___________________

14. The United States is located on which continent? ______North America_______________________

15. How did major bodies of water in North America impact the growth of the United States?- Cities and towns were built around waterways- Patterns of trade were determined based on land and water

16. Where is one of the oldest archeological sites in the United States located? _Cactus Hill___________

17. Scientists do not agree on which of the following statements (please circle): where American Indian tribes lived, how people came to the Western Hemisphere, what natural resources American Indians used, or how Europeans first came to the Western Hemisphere?

18. What area of North America did the Lakota people live? __Great Plains__________________________

19. What American Indian homeland included the Eastern Woodland? ___Iroquois___________________

20. What area of North America do the Inuit people live?___Alaska & Northern Canada________________

21. What was the geography like for the Pueblo people who inhabited the Southwest? _____hot and dry_____________________

22. Please complete the matching section below:

A C E D B

23. Define human resource. __A person who works to make a good or provide a service_______________

24. What do archeologists study? _The study of human behavior through the recovery of artifacts________

25. What is a capital resource AND what is an example of a capital resource used by many American Indians? _Any good that can be used to create other goods and services (tools), for example a canoe

26. What American Indian homeland includes the Pacific Northwest coast? __Kwakiutl________________

27. What is the climate like for the Inuit people who lived in Arctic areas? _below freezing most of the year

28. How did weather and climate affect the way American Indian groups built their homes?The geography and climate affected how the tribes built their homes because it impacted what resources were available to them to build. For example, the Iroquois were surrounded by trees so they were able to build their homes out of logs. However, the Pueblo did not have trees; they had access to clay and were able to build adobes made of clay bricks. Also, the climate would impact how they built their homes because they would want the home to keep them warm in cold weather or cool in hot weather.

29. Please label the rivers below:

1. _Atlantic Ocean_______ 2. __Missouri River _____ 3. ___Rio Grande River________________

4. _Colorado River_________ 5. __Pacific Ocean______ 6. _St. Lawrence River__________________

7. _Great Lakes_____________ 8. __Gulf of Mexico_____ 9. __Columbia River_________________

10. _Mississippi River_______ 11. __Ohio River_________________

30. What river was explored by the Spanish? ___Colorado River___________________________

31. What geographic region runs along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico? __Coastal Plain____________

32. What river(s) were used as major transportation arteries for farm and industrial products?___Mississippi & Missouri River___________________________________________