1. Chapter 1: Our Communities ANSWER KEY

2. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
A community is a place where people live, work, and play.
Location is where something needed can be found.

3. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
Natural Resource is something found in nature that is useful to people.
*Choose one natural resource and explain how it can help a community.
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4. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community
A region is an area with common features that set it apart from other places.
This town is in a mountainous region.
What region do we live in?
Midwest

5. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
A mineral is a resource that does not come from an animal or a plant.
Iron is a mineral. How do we use iron?
We use iron to make tools, buildings, cars, and ships.
How do we use coal?
Coal is used for energy. It makes heat and electricity.

6. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
Culture is the way of life of a group of people. It includes their traditions, religion, and area they live in.
Diverse means different.
Do you think it’s better to have a diverse community or one where everyone is the same? Why?
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7. Lesson 1: What Makes a Community?
Communities change over time. What are some ways a community may change?
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8. Lesson 2: Where Communities are Located
the cardinal directions are:
North
South
East
West
Intermediate directions are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest.
Fill in the directions on the Compass Rose on the right.

9. Lesson 2: Where Communities are Located
A symbol is a picture or sign on a map that stands for something.
*Label what you think each symbol is for.
Forest
Mountains
Bathroom

10. Lesson 2: Where Communities are Located
The equator is a line of latitude that divides the Earth into two hemispheres, Northern and Southern.
Northern
Hemisphere
Southern
Hemisphere

11. Lesson 3: Three Types of Communities
Use the table on page 36 to fill in the table below.
Rural
Suburban
Urban
Location
in the countryside
near a large city
In a large city
Population
Small population
medium-sized population
large population
Buildings
farm houses,
barns
houses
shopping malls
apartment buildings, rowhouses,
skyscrapers