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3.GEO.B

What type of community has farms and ranches?

A. rural

B. suburban

C. urban

D. city

3.GEO.B

Look at the map below.

Which region do you live in? List three natural resources or landforms that are in your area.

3.GEO.B

Why do farms in different regions grow different crops?

A. climate and soil differ

B. availability of seeds differ

C. supply and demand

D. scarcity

3.GEO.B

Look at the picture below.

What crop might be available at this farmer’s market? What crop may be scarce? Explain your answer.

3.GEO.B

There are three main types of communities in the United States: suburban, urban, and rural.

Write a paragraph describing the type of community where you live.

4.GEO.B

Look at the graph at the right.

According to the graph, in which year was the population of Cleveland highest?

A. 1870

B. 1880

C. 1890 

D. 1900 

4.GEO.B

Before the 1850s, many ships, railroads and factories in Ohio used wood as a source of energy by burning it.

Explain why this resource was used above other available resources.

4.GEO.B

In the 1800s, there were many improvements in transportation.

Describe two ways that new railroads helped Ohio’s economy.

4.GEO.B

Which product is not made in the Toledo area of Ohio?

A. glass

B. automobiles

C. plastics

D. bananas

4.GEO.B

There are five main regions in the United States: the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West.

Name three natural resources that are available in the Southeastern region of Ohio. Explain why these resources are important.

5.GEO.B

What body of water does the western coast of the United States face?

A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Pacific Ocean

C. Arctic Ocean

D. Gulf of Mexico

5.GEO.B

Wind patterns, temperature, and the amount of precipitation vary by region.

What is this called?

A. size

B. elevation

C. location

D. weather

5.GEO.B

What can make farming difficult in the southwestern United States?

A. the ocean effect

B. currents

C. drought

D. the lake effect

5.GEO.B

There are five main regions in the United States: the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West.

How are the Midwest and Southeast similar?

5.GEO.B

There are five main regions in the United States: the Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Southwest, and the West.

Write a paragraph describing the geography of the regions of the United States.