6th grade Social Studies Post Test

Which does the Prime Meridian cross?

Which is true of boundary lines?

Which 2 nations are most likely to have a conflict over mineral resources?

To tell how far a place is from the Equator, maps use:

The line separating Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere is the ____ .

It took several years to build the Hoover Dam.

Lines running north to south are ____ lines.

What do we call the largest areas of land?

Which of these divides the earth in half?

____ are anything that represent something else.

Which of these might be used to compare the number of people living in five cities?

Many people are fleeing Syria due to the civil war there.

A developing (less developed) country often...

____ maps show Earth's natural features.

A farmer that grows only enough food for himself and his family...

A compass rose is placed on a map in order to show:

Which type of graph shows changes over a period of time?

Holland Woods Middle School is located at 1617 Holland Ave., Port Huron, MI 48060.

Where would a large city most likely be built?

The four main directions are called the ____ directions.

There are many different varieties of vegetation and animals in the Amazon Rain Forest.

A ____ tells you how much smaller the distance on a map is compared with the actual distance.

A ___ map shows information such as countries, states, cities, and other important features.

Which of these is a continent?

The imaginary line dividing the world into the Northern & Southern Hemisphere is called the __.

A ____ explains the symbols on a map.

People build homes differently using different materials based on the climate of the area.

The Great Lakes are some of the largest inland lakes in the world.

The United States is in the Western Hemisphere.

Many celebrities use twitter to inform their fans of where they are and what they are doing.