Social Studies Year Review
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- Name four items that can be recycled.
- aluminum-steet cans, paper, cardboard, and glass
- What is a custom?
- The special way a group of people does something.
- What is the imaginary line that runs east and west around the middle of the earth?
- equator
- Name 3 ways people are destroying our earth.
- air, land, and water pollution
- What is a consumer?
- A person who buys and uses goods or services
- What is wilderness?
- Unsettled land just nature.
- What is a foreign country?
- Any country other than your own as Mexico or Canada
- What continent do you live on?
- North American
- Who is the "Father of our Country?
- George Washington
- Who is the head of our state government?
- Governor
- What is our responsibility,duty , as citizens in our school?
- To follow the "Guidelines for Success"
- What is an immigrant?
- A person who comes from another country to live in a new land.
- What is air pollution?
- Unclean, unsafe air
- What great American settled in Kentucky?
- Daniel Boone
- What is a volunteer?
- A person who works without pay.
- Name 3 ways we can help save our planet.
- reduce, reuse, and recyle
- What is water pollution?
- Dirtying of water by chemicals and waste materials
- What are three types of government we have in the United States?
- Local Government, State Government, and National Goverment
- Who is the head of our local governement?
- Mayor
- What is the purpose of our government?
- To make laws to protect our rights and make us safe
- What is a harbor?
- Sheltered place where ships dock to land
- Who is the head of our nation government?
- President
- What states border Kentucky?
- Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, and Missouri.
- What does retire mean?
- Stop working at a job after a certain age
- Name the seven continents.
- North American, South America, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia and Antarctica
- How is the mayor elected?
- by people voting in an election
- What is a prairie?
- Flat or rolling land that was once covered with tall grass.
- What is a tax?
- Money that people must give to a government to pay for community needs.
- What is a ocean?
- A large body of salt water that covers much of the earth's surface.
- What are natural resources?
- Things we use from nature, such as air, soil, plants, and animals
- Who is the president of the United States?
- George W. Bush
- What is a factory?
- A Building where goods are manufactured(made)
- What is a pioneer?
- A person who is the first to settle in a place.
- What is a pilgrim?
- A person who makes a moves to an other country to make their home; often for religious reason.
- What is the only continent in which people do not make their home?
- Antarctica
- What is the scientific name given to the gradual "wearing away" of land?
- Erosion
- Which part of the United States would most likely have cold weather?
- North
- Name the directions.
- North, South, East and West
- What is the meaning of the word "pledge".
- to promise or vow
- Using a map, what state is east of Kentucky?
- Virginia
- What is a hogan?
- house
- What are some important services do our taxes provide?
- Fire and Police Departments, road reparis, trash collection, recycling centers, parks, schools and library programs
- Name the oceans of the world.
- Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian
- What is a symbol?
- A item that stand for something real-As Flag, Statue of Liberty
- What shape is the earth?
- sphere
- What is our national capital?
- Washington, D.C.
- What is responsibility?
- Duty as to follow the laws of our country
- What are suburbs?
- Smaller communities that surround a city.