Mrs. Zaputil's Social Studies Chapter 1 Review

Question 1

Which of these continents is completely in the Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 2

What continent do you live on?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 3

In the United States, smaller parts of our country are called what?

Accepted Answer

states

Question 4

What is the study of Earth?

Accepted Answer

geography

Question 5

What happened to Christopher Columbus when he first came to North America?

Accepted Answer

He was excited because he thought he was in Asia.

Question 6

What is a community?

Accepted Answer

A place people live, work, and play.

Question 7

What line divides our Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

prime meridian

Question 8

What state do you live in?

Accepted Answer

Iowa

Question 9

What two hemispheres is North America in?

Accepted Answer

Northern and Western

Question 10

The equator and the prime meridian divide the world into ________________.

Accepted Answer

hemispheres

Question 11

What line divides our Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

equator

Question 12

In the 1400's North America was a continent on our world map.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

What ocean is on the western side of North America?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 14

Antarctica and Australia are both __________________.

Accepted Answer

continents

Question 15

What is a line where one place ends and another begins?

Accepted Answer

border

Question 16

Which continent is the smallest?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 17

What ocean is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 18

What is the largest continent?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Questions 18