Chapter 2 Social Studies

Question 1

Region

Answer 1

Is an area with at least one feature

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

Of a place is the number of people living there

Question 3

Urban

Answer 3

City regions a city is the largest kind of community

Question 4

Harbor

Answer 4

Is a protected place with deep water that allows ships to come close to shore

Question 5

Transportation

Answer 5

Is the movement of people and goods

Question 6

Grid system

Answer 6

Is a set of lines the same distance apart that cross one another to form boxes

Question 7

Landform map

Answer 7

Shows a place’s main physical features.

Question 8

Preserve

Answer 8

Or save Appalachian culture.

Question 9

Natural resource

Answer 9

Is something from nature that people can use,such as trees,water,and soil.

Question 10

Minerals

Answer 10

Gold, iron, copper,and salt are some of earth’s many minerals.

Question 11

Renewable

Answer 11

Resource is one that can be made again by nature or people.

Question 12

nonrenewable

Answer 12

Resource cannot be made again quickly by nature or people.

Question 13

Fuel

Answer 13

Is a natural resource that is burned to make heat or energy.

Question 14

Environment

Answer 14

Is made up of the physical features and human features of a place.

Question 15

Human features

Answer 15

Are things that people add to the landscape, such as buildings,bridges,and roads.

Question 16

Adapt

Answer 16

Or change,their ways of life to fit their environments.

Question 17

Natural disaster

Answer 17

Is an event in nature that causes great harm to people and damage building and roadways.

Question 18

Modify

Answer 18

Or change, their environment to meet their needs or to do their jobs.

Question 19

Tunnel

Answer 19

Is a path that runs under something.

Question 20

Canal

Answer 20

Is a waterway dug across land.

Question 21

Terraces

Answer 21

Which look like giant stairs cut into hillsides.

Question 22

Irrigation

Answer 22

Is the moving of water to dry areas.

Question 23

Dams

Answer 23

Are huge structures built to hold back water.

Question 24

Reservoir

Answer 24

Or human-made lake used for collecting and storing water.