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Geography, Social Studies
6th
grade
6th Grade Social Studies: Ch. 1 Review
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- 1. Multiple Choice
How do regions overlap?
Some regions are based on culture (language or religion), while physical geography defines others.
Regions never overlap.
The political region of Iowa overlaps with Texas because they are both in the geographic Southern United States.
The Midwest overlaps with India because they both are defined by their mountains in these physical regions.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is an example of a custom from American culture?
12 meals per day
6 days of school per week
Cricket as an important sport to learn
Summer break from school
- 3. Multiple Choice
How has religion shaped life for people of India?
Most people of India do not practice religion.
Hinduism is a very important influence on Indian culture. Many people in India begin each day with prayers in the family temple room.
Religion is an aspect of life that is relatively new for the people of India.
Some Indians speak English because of their interactions with British traders hundreds of years ago.
- 4. Multiple Choice
How does our culture shape us?
Culture is a weather pattern of an area over a long period of time.
Culture shapes us by allowing each student a free pet dog to begin the school year.
Culture influences language spoken, foods eaten, customs followed, values held, religions practiced, and government instituted.
Culture very rarely shapes us.
- 5. Multiple Choice
How has culture in the United States been shaped by interaction with other cultures?
There are many different languages spoken, religions practiced, and foods available in the United States.
The United States is made up of only one culture.
There is very little history of immigration in the United States, so people of different cultures haven't had any interaction in the country.
Values are the things that people believe are most important in life.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is an area with common features called?
Landform
Region
Climate
Culture
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is climate?
An area with common features
The way of life of a group of people
The weather pattern that an area has over a long period of time
The exchange of ideas and customs
- 8. Multiple Choice
The way of life of a group of people is called what?
Longitude
Custom
Climate
Culture
- 9. Multiple Choice
Ways of living that people practice regularly over time are called what?
Customs
Landforms
Culture
Interactions
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the exchange of ideas and customs called?
Values
Interaction
Latitude
Longitude
- 11. Multiple Choice
What are the things people believe are most important in life called?
Values
Customs
Interactions
Degrees
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the study of the earth called?
Geology
Geography
Earthology
Biology
- 13. Multiple Choice
Mountains and plains are examples of what?
Regions
Climates
Landforms
Bodies of water
- 14. Multiple Choice
What do geographers use to help them understand planet Earth?
overlap
regions
cultural
physical
- 15. Multiple Choice
What regions are often defined by landforms and climate?
overlap
regions
cultural
physical
- 16. Multiple Choice
What regions are often defined by language and religion?
overlap
regions
cultural
physical
- 17. Multiple Choice
There are many different kinds of regions, and they often ______________.
overlap
regions
cultural
physical
- 18. Multiple Choice
Imaginary lines that run north and south on a map or globe are called what?
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
Equator
Prime meridian
- 19. Multiple Choice
Imaginary lines that run east and west on a map or a globe are called what?
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
Equator
Prime meridian
- 20. Multiple Choice
What imaginary line is marked zero degrees longitude?
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
Equator
Prime meridian
- 21. Multiple Choice
What imaginary line is marked zero degrees latitude?
Lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
Equator
Prime meridian
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