Social Studies Chapter 3 Study Guide by Mrs. Masters

Question 1  to change the way you do something

Answer 1  adapt

Question 2  a place where people live, work, and have fun together

Answer 2  community

Question 3  is a community located by a large city

Answer 3  Suburban community

Question 4  in a large city, where might find tall buildings and busy streets

Answer 4  urban community

Question 5  a community in the countryside, where towns are usually far apart

Answer 5  rural community

Question 6  a high bank or wall built along the sides of a river to keep it from overflowing

Answer 6  levee

Question 7  all of the things that surround us, such as land, water, air, and trees

Answer 7  environment

Question 8  Your ________ is where you live, work, and have fun.

Answer 8  community

Question 9  Many suburbs used to be_________.

Answer 9  farmland

Question 10  Rural Communities have small ________.

Answer 10  populations

Question 11  Urban community usually have _________, _________, and ________.

Answer 11  busy streets, tall buildings, and many people.

Question 12  What is one way in which suburban and rural areas are different?

Answer 12  Suburban areas are near large cities and rural areas are in the countryside.

Question 13  One way that people have changed the environment of Louisiana is …

Answer 13  that Henry Miller Shreve cleared trees from the Red River so boats could use the river.

Question 14  How have people in our state adapted to the many rivers and bayous?

Answer 15  They built boats to travel on water.

Question 16  Suppose you just moved to Louisiana from a much colder state. What is one way you might adapt to this change?

Answer 16  You would change the way you dress.

Question 17  People in Louisiana have cleared land to build cities. They have also built dams to control floods. How are these alike?

Answer 17  They are both way of changing the environment.

Question 18  ___________ is the place where the suburban community of Marrero is found.

Answer 18  Jefferson Parish

Questions 19  __________ is an urban community.

Answer 19  Lake Charles

Question 20  ____________ has the largest populations in Louisiana.

Answer 20  New Orleans

Question 21  Athens, Louisiana is best described as ____________________________.

Answer 21  a rural community by the fact that it is a small town surrounded by rolling hills.

Can you draw a picture of each of the three types of communities?  rural community,  suburban community,  urban community.