Urban Areas Edmentum Foundations

The first U.S. census was in 1790. A census is taken every ten years. What is a census? It is a count of the people in our country.

How is it done? Every house gets a paper in the mail. Someone in each house fills out the paper. They answer questions.Some questions are about language. Other questions are about jobs. The paper asks how many live in the house. It asks for names. It asks for ages. When the paper is finished, it is mailed. The U.S. government gets it. They study the information.Then they tell us how many people live in each city.

What is a census?

• Every house gets a paper in the mail.

• A count of the people in our country.

• The first census was in 1790.

• A census is taken every ten years.

An urban area is a ​ (a)   .

• big city
• farm
• small town
• green space

A place to see art is a ______.

If it’s not clean, it’s ​ (a)   .

• dirty
• green
• trash
• safe

A place with trees and grass is a ​ (a)   .

• green space
• brown space
• museum
• crime

Please put out the ______________.

• trash

• farm

• museum

• urban

I ______________ got 100 on my English test!

• finally

• problem

• don't

• crime

Is it ______________ to ride a bicycle?

• safe

• crime

• problem

• dirty

It is a ______________ to steal.

Something to be solved is a ______________.

• problem

• trash

• problem and trash

• crime