Name:__________________________Social Studies Final Review! JANUARY 23

Part 1: Answer the following questions about your own address! Use a map or globe to find answers if you are unsure.

1. What city do you live in? _____________________________________________

2. What state do you live in? ___________________________________________

3. What region do you live in? __________________________________________

4. What country do you live in? __________________________________________

5. What continent do you live in? __________________________________________

6. What hemispheres do you live in? (there are two) _______________________________ and

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7. What coast do we live on? __________________________________________

Part 2: Use the word bank to fill in the questions below. Note: There will not be a word bank on the final!

1. What is the capital of Connecticut? __________________________________________

2. What is the capital of the United States of America? __________________________________________

3. How many states are there in the USA? __________________________________________

4. List all seven continents: 1. __________________________________________

2.__________________________________________ 3.__________________________________________

4.__________________________________________ 5. __________________________________________

6.__________________________________________ 7.__________________________________________

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Antarctica Hartford Prime Meridian Australia

Washington, DC Atlantic North America Equator

Asia Europe Africa South America

Pacific Arctic Indian 50

Name:__________________________5. What are the 4 main oceans on earth? 1. __________________________________________ 2.

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6. What line divides the southern and northern hemispheres?

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7. What line divides the eastern and western hemispheres?

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Part 3: Mappy Maps! Look at the map below, then answer the questions.

1.Is Fly By Drive north or south of Lake Road? ____________________________________________

2. What is the population of Mt. Sky? _________________________________

3. Is the campground north or south of the airport? _________________________________________

4. In which directions does Interstate 17 run? ______________________________________________

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Name:__________________________5. What town is located on State Highway 86?

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6. What road would you take if you were heading south from Mt. Sky.

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7. What is the name of the largest city shown on the map? __________________________________

Part 5: States and Regions.

1. How many states are there in the United States?

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2. There are 5 regions in the United States of America. Two of them are: Southwest, West.What are the other three?

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3. Label the regions on the map below:

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4. Name 3 states located in the Northeast Region.

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5. Name 3 states located in the Southwest Region

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6. Pick one state you wrote from the Northeast and one state you wrote from the Southwest region.Write these states in the circles below. COMPARE AND CONTRAST what it is like to live in the two states. Write at least 2 answers in each section.

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Part 6: 5 Themes of Geography!

Match the 5 themes with what they tell us about geography.

A: RegionB: LocationC: PlaceD: Human/Environment interaction.E: Movement

____ Where something is.

____ What it’s like when you get there.

____ How people react to where they are (do they change the place, or do they change themselves?).

____ How people, plants, animals, items, and ideas travel to/from this place.

____ What different places share/have in common.

Question: Think about BRIDGEPORT. Write one sentence for the themes of geography listed below.

Place: _____________________________________________________________________

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Location:_____________________________________________________________________

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Name:__________________________

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