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SS6 Unit 1 Review
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1
What occurs when the sudden movement of Earth's plates shakes the surface?
a volcano
a tornado
a fierce hailstorm
an earthquake
2
What is a method of preparing soil for planting?
erosion
lava
tropics
slash and burn
3
A reservoir is a ...
lake that forms behind a human made dam
lake that contains salt water
lake that forms when water fills a place in Earth's surface
4
Which of the following is true?
people settle in dry inland areas
people settle along bodies of water
people settle on mountain ranges
5
One way people might adapt to living in an extremely cold environment is by ...
building home with many openings
building homes with few windows and doors
using air-conditioning
6
How does the movement of tectonic plates create mountains
lava shoots out of the ground
they magically appear
the plates push together and the edge fold
No body knows
7
Scientists believe that continental drift ...
was not responsible for how Earth's continents were formed
caused Pangaea to split into separate continents
caused Earth's continents to move closer togther
8
Approximately how many people make up a band?
80
30
120
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the area around Earth between the latitudes of 23.5 degrees North and 23.5 degrees South
tropics
erosion
10
Which of the following does not affect climate?
farming
heating and cooling between the land and water
a place's latitude
elevation
11
A city-state is ...
a city with a ziggurat
a city and the land around it
a group of 6,000 people
a village
12
What is a black volcanic rock used as a cutting tool?
obsidian
lava
slash and burn
livestock
13
What is the use of ditches, pipes, canels to carry water
irrigation
fault
lava
erosion
14
Where are the largest concentrations of people now found?
metropolitan areas
rural areas
15
How much of Earth's surface is covered by water?
less than 10%
less than 30%
more than 70%
more than 90%
16
Wind and water change Earth's surface in a process known as ...
faulting
weathering
plate tectonics
glacial melt
17
The largest metropolitan area in the world today is ...
Tokyo
Mumbai
New York City
Mexico City
18
What is the carrying away of land by forces of nature?
slash and burn
fault
livestock
erosion
19
Any organized group of people with shared customs is referred to as ...
city
generation
society
family
20
What are domesticated animals that provide resources?
livestock
fault
tropics
obsidian
21
How would you describe a polar climate?
extremely humid
extremely cold
extremely hot
neither very hot nor very cold
22
How has changing from food collecting to food producing affected Early humans?
people didn't live as long
more people could live together in cities
people had to keep migrating
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A pastoral society is one in which ...
people cultivate crops
people live as nomadic herders
people travel alone
the people live in permanent shelters
