School Name (Week 9)

School Name (Week _9) Skill: Regions of Kentucky

Subject: Social Studies Grade: 4 This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.

1. Which Region is home to about half of Kentucky’s population? O A. the Bluegrass O B. the Eastern Kentucky Coal Field O C. the Jackson Purchase O D. the Eastern Coal Fields

2. Doreen wants to visit Kentucky’s State capitol. Which region would she need to visit? O A. Pennyroyal O B. Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields O C. Western Kentucky Coal Fields O D. Bluegrass

3. Which region would you need to visit to see the Tennessee River? O A. Jackson Purchase O B. Pennyroyal O C. Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields O D. Bluegrass

4. Kentucky’s famous “Run for the Roses” is held in which Kentucky region? O A. Jackson Purchase O B. Pennyroyal O C. Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields O D. Bluegrass

5. Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase region was named after O A. President Andrew Jackson O B. General Stonewall Jackson O C. President Thomas Jefferson O D. Colonel John Purchase PLEASE GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE  6. Which Kentucky regions are known for strip mining? O A. the Eastern and Western Coal Fields O B. the Pennyroyal and Bluegrass O C. the Jackson Purchase and Western Coal Fields O D. the Bluegrass Region and Eastern Coal Fields

7. Edward is wearing a shirt made of 100% cotton grown in Kentucky. Which region did the cotton used to make Edward’s shirt most likely come from? O A. the Bluegrass region O B. the Eastern Coal Fields Region O C. the Pennyroyal Region O D. the Jackson Purchase

8. Penny wants to visit the Land Between the Lakes, which is located in a region which has more lakes than any other region in Kentucky. Which region should she visit? O A. the Bluegrass region O B. the Eastern Coal Fields Region O C. the Pennyroyal Region O D. the Jackson Purchase

STOP! Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ Academic Expectation: AE 2.19 Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.

Core Content: Geography SS-04-4.2.1 Students will compare regions in Kentucky and the United States by their human characteristics (e.g., language, settlement patterns, beliefs) and physical characteristics (e.g., climate, landforms, bodies of water)

Ceiling DOK Level: 2 Question DOK Level: 2

Essential Vocabulary:

Regions, Pennyroyal, Jackson Purchase, Bluegrass, Eastern Coalfields, Western Coalfields

Resources/Technology:

Question Sources:  Scott Foresman Kentucky Social Studies Assessment Guide  Clairmont Press “Kentucky Land of Beauty and Wonder”  The Kentucky Adventure  Harcourt Kentucky Social Studies

Interactive Practice:  http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/academy/jturner1/KentuckyWebquest.htm  http://staff.fcps.net/tcook/regionsofky.htm  United Streaming: Kentucky Geoquest-A Statewide Ride

Lessons  http://50states.mrdonn.org/kentucky.html  http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/search/assetDetail.cfm?guidAssetID=E09898A2-7B91-4A9D-912D-16849762A16A Multiple Choice Item Information:

Grade 4 – Subject: Geography First First CC DOK Answer Rational/Annotation for MC Questions

Q A.E. SS-04-4.2.1 Level of Key u Students will compare regions in MC e

s Kentucky and the United States by their

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o human characteristics (e.g., language, n settlement patterns, beliefs) and physical characteristics (e.g., climate, landforms, bodies of water)

1 1 The correct answer is A; the Bluegrass. Students should be able to identify regions . 2

E based on human characteristics, such as population. Half of Kentucky’s population

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n is located in the Bluegrass region due to the large cities that are located within the o i t

a region. u t i s

2 e The correct answer is D; Bluegrass. Students should be able to compare regions in f i l -

l DOK Ceiling Level - 2 2 D Kentucky by their physical characteristics, such as large cities. Kentucky’s State a e r capitol is Frankfort, which is located in the Bluegrass Region. n i

3 g The correct answer is A; Jackson Purchase. Students should be able to compare d e l DOK Ceiling Level - 2

w 2 A regions of Kentucky using natural landforms such as rivers. The Jackson Purchase o n k

region is located near the Tennessee River. r i e h

4 t The correct answer is D; Bluegrass. Students need to recognize that Kentucky’s

p regions have their own special traditions, which makes them different from other p DOK Ceiling Level - 2 a 2 D

d regions. The Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs in Louisville each year, n a

y which is located in the Bluegrass Region. h p a

5 r The correct answer is A; President Andrew Jackson. Students need to know about g o e

g the human characteristics of a given region. The Jackson Purchase was named after DOK Ceiling Level - 2 d 1 A n

a President Andrew Jackson, who helped the U.S. take control of the piece of land 26

p years after Kentucky became a state. o e p 6 The correct answer is A; the Eastern and Western Coal Fields. Students should be n e e

w able to compare human and physical characteristics of one region to another. The t DOK Ceiling Level - 2 e 2 A b Eastern and Western Coal Fields are known for strip mining which is a method of p i h

s harvesting coal. n o i t

7 a The correct answer is D; the Jackson Purchase Region. Students must be able to l e r DOK Ceiling Level - 2 e 2 D categorize regions by physical and human characteristics. The Jackson Purchase h t

d region is known being the only region in Kentucky that grows cotton. n a t s

8 r The correct answer is C; the Pennyroyal Region. Students must be able to e d

n recognize certain regions based on physical characteristics. The Pennyroyal region u

n has more lakes than any other region in the state. a

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