Social Studies Unit 2 Test – Map Skills- Friday, Oct. 26

• Use a compass rose for directions
• Read a landform map
• Read a climate map
• State the purpose of a map
• Why do we call regions by certain names? Corn Belt, Rust Belt, Great Lakes Regions
• 5 Regions of the U.S. (Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, West, Midwest)
• Common traits for a region

Examples – Midwest has the Great Lakes, farming, steel industry, iron ore, fruit and 4 seasons.

Southwest has deserts, mountains, dry and hot summers, rivers and plateaus.

In their Social Studies notebooks they have maps, charts, and writings. They also did a comparison piece on Google slides or documents about the Southwest and Great Lakes Regions.