Studies Weekly Week 14

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

• walk

• hunt

• swim

• farming

People learned to farm and began to stay where they could grow their 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

Natural resources include soil, plants, water, and __________

• animals

• buildings

• cooking supplies

• clothing

What are natural resources?

• something animals use

• something people want

• something found in nature that people use for basic needs

• something found in stores that people buy and resell

Water is one natural resource that is modified. It is dammed to prevent flooding and create....

• electricity

• solar energy

• geothermal energy

• wind energy

What kind of natural resources would a fisherman look for when trying to find a place to settle?

• river

• snow

• mountains

• desert

How does the availability of natural resources influence where people settle?

• People settle in places where there are no natural resources

• People never settle or move to new places

• People don't like to use natural resources when they settle

• People settle in places that make life better for them

Why do people settle in certain places?

• noise

• severe weather

• no wild animals

• available natural resources