State project guidelines:

Students will pick a state from eitherthe Midwestern or Western regions and describe the state's resources, jobs,climate, what they do for fun in the state, when, how and why it was founded.Pictures should be included. This can be done in the form of either a paper,poster, post card, or any other approved idea that the student chooses. Thiswill be due May 23^rd.

Study guide chapter 10 test

1. make sure to know the following words: conservation, habitat, migrant worker, and weathering

2. What is the largest city in the Southwestern states?

3. Where do most people in the Mountain states live?

4. Name the Pacific states.

5. What industries are important in the Mountain States?

6. What do all of the Mountain states have in common?

7. Compare and contrast the farming regions in Oregon and California.

8. List 3 facts about Hawaii.

9. Why do you think there are so many national parks in the West?

10. Describe Yellowstone National Park. What can a person see and do there?

11. Make sure to know how to make a decision chart like the one found in the skill builder section of chapter 10.

Study guide chapter 10 lessons 1 and 2

1.    Name the states in the Southwest region

2.    What is the largest city in the Southwest?

3.    What carved the canyons in the Southwest?

4.    Why do people in the Southwest conserve water?

5.    Describe drip irrigation.

6.    Describe the Rocky Mountains.

7.    How do people in rural areas of the Mountainstates get supplies?

8.    Name the Mountain States.

9.    Describe national parks in the Mountain States.

Study guide chapter 9 test

Define the following words:

1. Irrigation-a method of supplying land with water

2. mission- a settlement for teaching religion

3. specialization-a business that has just one service

4. arid- very dry

Answer the following questions:

1. Name some jobs that skilled workers might do.     -working with computers, banking

2. What formed the Rocky Mountains?      -tectonic plates caused the Earth's crust to fold

3. What did the Pueblo and Tlingit have in common?   -they both hunted

4. Describe the climate of the West.    -It is varied. It has both the warmest ans coldest temperatures in the US.

5. Make sure you are able to distinguish facts from opinions.

6. How did the transcontinental railroad effect the West?   - It helped bring more settlers there and made travel and shipping easier.

7. Why are national parks important?    -They ensure that we are preserving nature for future generations to enjoy and helping to protect natural resources.

8. essay question:   compare and contrast the Pueblo and Tlingit. How were their cultures the same? How were they different?

Study guide chapter 9 lessons 1 and 2

1. what does geothermal mean?

2. How was the Grand Canyon formed?

3. Describe the climate in the west.

4. What states do the Rocky Mountains go through?

5. What state or states does the Colorado River go through?

6. What industries do people in the west work in?

7. What minerals are mined in the west?

8. What are national parks? Name three of them.

9. What are skilled workers? Name some industries they work in.

10. What does specialization mean?

Chapter 8 study guide

1. define the following words: elevated train, grain elevator, population density, wages  

2. Name the Great Lakes States.   - Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio

3. How did Chicago become a major trading center?-waterways were good for trading and transportation

4. Name the Great Plains States.- North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri

5. How did people change the prairie of the Great Plains?- They made it into farmland

6. Compare and contrast cities and suburbs in the Great lakes States.- both are densely populated, in cities population is falling, in suburbs it is rising

7. How did transportation help Chicago grow? Waterways connected Chicago to many other places allowing businesses to grow

8. Where are the major cities of the Great Plains located? Why?- near rivers because waterways are good for transportation and shipping

9. Why were many people leaving cities?- Improvements in transportation and technology

10. How did Omaha grow into a major city?- it was located on the Missouri River and because a hub for river and railroad travel/shipping

11. Make sure you know how to pick out the main idea from a passage (study the skillbuilder page)

Chapter 7 Test study guide

Define the following words:

1. tributary

2. supply

3. demand

4. homestead

Answer the following questions:

1. How do businesses in the Midwest use waterways?

2. What causes lake effect snow?

3. Why did immigrants settle in the Midwest?

4. What did the Europeans and Native Americans trade with each other?

5. Why did Chicago become a popular center for shipping?

6. What is a primary source?

7. What is a secondary source?

8. Compare and contrast the Woodland Indians and the Plains Indians

9. How did the Louisiana Purchase effect the settlement of the Midwest?

10. Describe how St. Louis and Minneapolis became large cities. Be sure to mention their industries and types of transportation.

Chapter 7 lessons 1 and 2 quiz study guide

1. What do waterways connect the Great Lakes to?

2. Compare and contrast the Great Plains states and the Great Lakes States.

3. How were the Great Lakes formed?

4. Name the Great Lakes states.

5. Name the Great Plains states.

6. Why did the Midwest become a center for farming and manufacturing?

7. Name some of the important natural resources of the Midwest.

8. Explain what supply is.

9. Explain what demand is.

10. Why were many factories built in the Midwest?

Chapter 6 test study guide

1. what is an ethnic group?    a group that shares culture, language, food, etc

2. define pollution.     Anything that makes something dirty or impure.

3. Name the states in the upper south.    West Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina

4. name the states in the lower south.   South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Texas

5. Name some reasons that a lot of companies have moved to the upper south.  Its climate

6. What kinds of research are done in the lower south? Why is research important to that region?   research of space and pollution. It is important because it helps create new jobs and because new information helps the nation.

7. What type of music was invented in the lower south?  Jazz

8. Study p. 176-177 and be able to answer questions about the steps needed to write a report.

9. Why is Memphis called America's distribution center?  It is the largest distribution center in the world and more air cargo is passes through its airport than any other in the world.

10.  What are three things to do or places to visit in the lower south? Listen to jazz, do outdoor activities, go to Disney World, etc.

Chapter 6 lessons 1 and 2 quiz study guide

1. name the states in the upper south.

2. Which city is a distribution hub in the upper south?

3. What is research triangle park?

4. Where do most people in the upper south live?

5. Which state is the leading producer of coal?

6. What important natural resource does Houston have?

7. What is researched in Louisiana?

8. Describe the people of the lower south.

Chapter 5 Study guide

1.      Defineproducer and consumer and give an example of each.

2.      Explainwhat boycott means.

3.      Whowas Rosa Parks? What is she know for?

4.      Explainwhat scarcity is? What happens when a resource is scarce?

5.      Whydoes the South have many industries that thrive there?

6.      Explainwhy plantations became successful in the south.

7.      Review“understanding points of view” and be able to read passages and explain eachauthor’s point of view.

8.      Whowas Martin Luther King? What did he do to help fight for equal rights forAfrican Americans?

9.      Explainthe importance of dams in the South. How would the economy in the South bedifferent without them?

10.   Describethe Montgomery bus boycott. What were some reasons for the boycott?

Chapter 4  Answers in red
1. what is a social institution? Give examples. An organization that helps the public such as churches and schools.
2. What are the three branches of government? What does each do? legislative- makes laws, executive-puts laws into action, judicial-carries out laws, decides if they're fair
3.Give three examples of industry in Boston. publishing, high technology, banking
4. Describe what farming is like in New England. difficult-rocky soil, short growing season
5. Why do people move to the suburbs from cities? Why do suburbs grow near cities? People move because cities get crowded. Suburbs grow near cities because people still need to be close to cities for work.
6. Know how to draw and read a circle graph. Draw an example. Use page 113 as an example.
7. Compare and contrast the soil in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Both are able to grow some crops, New England- rocky and infertile Mid-Atlantic-smoother, more fertile
8. Describe Puritan schools and churches. Schools were created to teach kids to read the Bible. Puritans created the first free schools and the first university (Harvard). Puritans created some of New England's first churches.



Chapter 3 test
1. Describe the climate of the East.
2. What are the factors of production?
3. what is the coastal plain?
4. what does culture mean?
5. Describe the landforms of the East.
6. What are some of the resources of the East? How do people use them?
7. What is a market economy? How is it different from a command economy?
8. What group settled around the Hudson River and Manhattan Island around the 1600's?
9. How did land and water affect the people of the East?
10. Describe the different groups that settled in the East. Why did they settle there? What kind of work did they do?
*know how to read and make a time line*
9.

quiz chapter 3 lessons 1 and 2

1. What is a coastal plain? Where is it usually found?
2. Why don't a lot of people live on mountains?
3. Describe the climate of the East.
4. Name some of the resources of the East ad tell what they are used for.
5. What is a market economy?
6. What happens when people trade a lot?
7. Name the factors of production.
8. What is private ownership?


Chapter 2 Test study guide

1. what is a border? What kinds of things do borders divide?

2. What is a climate region? Give examples?

3. Name the four major regions of the US.

4. How do people adapt to difficult climates? Give examples.

5. What is a natural region? Give examples.

6. What are some ways regions are defined?

7. Study lines of latitude and longitude and be able to find a city using them.

8. Study vocabulary words.

9. What is the prime meridian?

10. What is the difference between weather and climate?

11. How can an area be a part of several regions at the same time?

12. How do governments and businesses use regions?




Chapter 1 test study guide

1. How were the Appalachian Mountains formed?

2. Name three natural resources

3. What is geography? What questions do geographers ask?

4. What is a region?

5. What is a basin?

6. What is the equator?

7. Name three non-renewable resources.

8. How can people protect natural resources?

9. Why do people settle near water?

10. What are features? What features are found in IL?

11. Why is it important to protect natural resources?

Additional things to study: vocab. words, map skills








Chapter 1 lesson 3 study guide
 1. Name three natural resources.
2. Name three fossil fuels
3. How can people protect natural resources?
4. Do people always use resources correctly?
Make sure you study pages 22 and 23 and that you know how to make a map.




Chapter 1 lessons 1 and 2 study guide

1.  What is geography?

2.  What three questions do geographers ask about a place?

3.  What is a region?

4.  What is the equator?

5.  What is a hemisphere?

6.  Describe the Cascade Mountains. What formed them?(look at the picture on p. 16)

7.  What can cause mountains to become rounded?

8.  What is erosion? Give an example.

9.  How are lakes created?

10.             Why is the Mississippi River important?