Where Do People Settle and Why

The most important job for the first people was the daily ________ for food.

• walk

• hunt

• swim

• farming

People learned to farm and grow crops, eventually forming ________ and __________.

• towns and cities

• rivers and lakes

• hills and mountains

• food and clothing

A _________ is a group of people who live in the same area and share a language and culture.

• continent

• community

• country

• civilization

What are natural resources?

• something animals make and use

• something found in the store

• something found in nature that people can use to provide for their basic needs

Natural resources include soil, plants, water and ___________.

• animals

• buildings

• cooking supplies

• clothing

Why do people settle in certain places?

• noise

• serve weather

• no wild animals

• available natural resources

What kind of natural resource would a fisherman look for when looking for a place to settle?

• snow

• desert

• river

• mountain

Why does the tree in the desert look dead?

• the heat

• little to no rain

• the sand is too hot

Why do you think there aren't many people living in the desert?

• flooding

• wild animals

• dangerous gas

• lack of resources

According to the map, which has the smallest population?

• Canada

• The United States

• Mexico