Social Studies Quarterly Review

Which of the following best describes the effects of a natural hazard?

Select THREE correct responses.

• It can cause damage to buildings.

• It can change the climate in a region.

• It can form new land.

• It can change the elevation.

• It can make the soil rich.

• Midwest

• Southwest

• West

• Southeast

The photo shows that some farmers plant trees close to their crop to hold the soil together and prevent ​ (a)   . This is

one way people​ (b)   natural resources very carefully.

• erosion
• conserve
• plant
• run

Which of the following describes how people adapt to the environment?

• Farmers use irrigation systems to water their crops in a dry climate

• Miners obtain minerals by digging tunnels underground.

• Engineers build dams across the rivers to block the flow of water

• People settle farther inland to avoid flood waters during heavy rains.

Which type of vegetation can be found in each climate region? Match the answers to the correct boxes.

This type of vegetation can be found in regions that are dry and receive very little rain fall. ​ (a)  

This type of vegetation can be found in regions

that receive plenty of rainfall. ​ (b)  

This type of vegetation can be found in regions

that are dry and the ground is frozen nearly all

year​ (c)  

• cactuses
• Forests
• Shrubs

Which of the following is an example of people forming a community because of a need for security and law?

• The Cherokee settling near rivers so they could fish

• The Five Nations forming the Iroquois Confederacy.

• William Penn settling Pennsylvania for the Quakers.

• Pilgrims wanted religious freedom from England.

Match each individual with his contribution to the new nation

• Benjamin

  Banneker

• An American patriot, who warned colonists

  during the American Revolution.

• Pierre

  L'Enfant

• An African American, who surveyed land

  for Washington, D.C.

• Paul

  Revere

• A Founding Father, who helped write the

  U.S. Constitution.

• Benjamin

  Franklin

• An African American, who chose the sites

  for the White House and the Capitol.