District Test Study Guide

Chapter 1 Quiz: Lessons 1-3 Study Guide

Land and Regions

Landform Region Main Features People of the region (describe what it looks (describe people’s lives; like and where it is) jobs, climate, homes) Coastal Plain * Runs along Atlantic * fishermen, drill oil Ocean from MA to FL * near ocean and affects * Along Gulf of Mexico of ocean currents * close to sea level * rely on ocean for food, jobs

Piedmont * on Eastern side of * lives like ours Appalachian mountains * close to cities, * where we live mountains, oceans * goes from NJ to Alabama

Interior Plains * low, flat land * farming, cattle, oil * has some areas of forests * wide-open spaces for and grasslands towns/cities * Great Plains are part of the Interior Plains

Rocky Mountains * tallest US mountains * some cattle/ranching * high elevation * tourism * out west * National Parks * separated by plains and * mountain communities valleys * younger than Appalachian mountains 2

Bodies of Water

Bodies of Water Main Features People of the region (describe and give an (describe people’s lives; example) jobs, climate, homes) River * fresh, moving water * transportation * must have tributary * recreation * must have mouth and * fishing source * tourism * create river system * shipping *

Lake * Great Lakes (HOMES) * waterways for ships * connect coasts by series of river systems and the Great Lakes * recreation * fishing * tourism Ocean and Gulf * large * fishing * connect to rest of the * recreation world * transportation * diverse * tourism * drilling 3

Climate and Vegetation

Climate Region Main Features People of the region (describe and give an (describe people’s lives; example) jobs, climate, homes) Continental * hot summer, cold * our climate winter

Desert * dry, either hot or cold * Arizona

Semiarid * short rainy season * Western US

Polar * cold all year * Alaska 4

Vegetation Region Main Features People of the region (describe and give an (describe people’s lives; example) jobs, climate, homes) Forest * Eastern US * our vegetation * trees- evergreens * changing of leaves

Grassland * middle of the country * Mid-West * Central Plains and * Central and Interior Great Plains Plains

Desert * hot and dry * Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, parts of Texas * Death Valley

Tundra * cold, dry region * Alaska * trees don’t grow * high elevations 5

Latitude and Longitude

Lines of latitude and longitude describe the exact location of any place on Earth.

Latitude gives you the position north and south of the equator.

Longitude gives you the position east and west of the prime meridian.

 Look over the worksheet we did in class. You will have to identify locations on a map using latitude and longitude. 6

Identify and spell correctly the locations on the next page.  If the label is a letter then you are to write the continent.  If the label is a number, you are to write the ocean.

Spelling WILL COUNT on the quiz.

Continents

A=Europe

B=Asia

C= Africa

D= Australia

E= North America

F= Antarctica

G= South America

Oceans

1 = Atlantic Ocean

2= Pacific Ocean

3= Pacific Ocean

4= Indian Ocean

5= Arctic Ocean