Communities Past and Present

Which direction would I travel to go from Texas to Oregon?

• West

• North

• Northwest

• Southwest

A community could meet its need for recreation including all the following EXCEPT

• setting aside areas for park and playing fields

• creating a softball league

• building a park

• publish a newspaper

A community could meet its need for security and law including all the following EXCEPT

• building a post office

• electing a sheriff

• setting up government

• electing leaders

From the years 2010 to 2020 a ___________ has passed.

• month

• year

• decade

• century

From the year 1900 to 2000 is a ___________.

• month

• year

• decade

• century

Which of the following is a reason people form communities?

• to be safe and live comfortably near other people

• to make sure their communities are near their people

• to live near other people they work and go to school with

• so that communities change over time

How did widening the the Cumberland Gap trail help to create new communities in the west?

• Wagons could get through it easier

• it was impossible to pass, so no one traveled past the mountains

• the trail allowed people to explore and settle west

• the trail was narrow and dangerous and hard to travel

• the trail had steep mountain and wide rivers but they could still make it work

If there was an area of rich mineral resources in a community, what effect would that have on a community?

• Businesses that use those resources would move to the community

• People wanting religious freedom would move there

• The community would transform from suburban to urban

• People who like doing fun things would move there

The habitats of some plants and animals have to move because of humans building roads that shape the landscape.

• True

• False

Human build roads that shape the landscape so that people can travel to places along the road or near a mountain.

• True

• False