FORMATIVE MINI ASSESSMENTS
First Grading Period 2010-11
September 21-24
STUDENT NAME _________________________________________________
DATE ______________
Social Studies – Grade 4
Read each question and choose the best answer. Be sure to mark all of your answers.
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Goods
can easily
move into
and out of
the state
on trains,
planes,
ships or
trucks.
T E X A S
Miles
140
Kilometers 140
1
2
280
280
A good title for this map would be _______.
3
Texas is
close to the
center of the
Western
Hemisphere.
Texas
borders
the Gulf of
Mexico.
The main idea of this graphic organizer is —
A Texas Landforms
A Texas has a poor economy and few jobs
B Texas Regions
B Texas needs a waterway for travel
C Major Texas Cities
C Texas shares its border with Mexico
D Major Texas Rivers
D the location of Texas is good for trade
Texas has lush forests and rich soil. It also has
valuable minerals such as oil and natural gas.
Texas is also abundant in its water supply.
From these statements, you can tell that Texas
is rich in —
4
If a person wanted to move to Texas and
wanted to live in an area that was near the
water they would live in the__________.
F Mountains and Basins Region
G Great Plains Region
F precipitation
G waterways
H Coastal Plains Region
J
Central Plains Region
H renewable resources
J
natural resources
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5
The river that separates Texas from the
country of Mexico is the —
7
If you were reading a map and it did not have
a map scale, what information would you
NOT be able to find? The —
A Mississippi River
B Red River
A directions on the map
C San Antonio River
B state capitals
D Rio Grande
C distances between cities
D mountains and rivers
6
The body of water that forms the Texas coast
is the —
8
Which of the following is NOT a region of
Texas?
F Guadalupe River
F Mountains and Basins
G Rio Grande
G Flat Land Plains
H Gulf of Mexico
H Coastal Plains
J
J
Pacific Ocean
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Central Plains
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9
Which Texas city is closest to Big Bend
National Park?
10 The Gulf of Mexico borders Texas on the
_________side.
A Austin
F Southeast
B Amarillo
G Southwest
C El Paso
H Northwest
D Waco
J
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Northeast
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