UNIT 1
"MAPS"
Grade 4: SOCIAL STUDIES:
STUDY GUIDES
1. What is the name of the nation (or country) in which we live? (pages
16-17)
The United States of America
2. Our nation is made up of 50 states.
The state which we call home is New Jersey. (pages 16-17)
3. New Jersey's unofficial nickname is The Garden State.
(pages 18-19)
4. New Jersey's official state motto is "Liberty and Prosperity"
(pages 18-19)
5. Name our states eight official symbols. (pages 18-19)
Flower: violet
Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
Tree: red oak
Insect: honeybee
Animal: horse
Fish: Brook Trout
Dinosaur: Hadrosaurus
Dance: Square Dance
Shell: knobbed whelk, known as the conch shell or Busycon carica gmelin
Tall Ship: A.J. Meerwald
6. How does a popular symbol become
an "official" state symbol? (pages 18-19)
People present suggestions to our state legislature and campaign to have
their idea approved officially.
7. Name 3 well known symbols of America? What does each stand for? (pages
18-19)
U. S. Flag - states
Bald Eagle
Uncle Sam,
Liberty Bell
Seal of the United States
American Beauty Rose
8. Flip through the text to find three New Jersey maps that each have
a different scale of miles. (pages 20-21)
9. New Jersey is divided into 21 sections called counties.
(pages 22-23)
10. Name your county and its county seat. (pages 22-23)
County: Hunterdon County
County Seat: Flemington
11. Name the counties that border your home county. (pages 22-23)
Warren, Morris, Somerset, Mercer
12. Why are longitude and latitude lines called "imaginary?"
(pages 24-25)
They do not actually exist, but are found only on maps.
13. What is the difference between lines of longitude and lines of latitude?
(pages 24-25)
Longitude: imaginary lines which run in a north and south direction
around the Earth
Latitude: imaginary lines which run in an east and west direction
around the Earth
14. Name New Jersey's approximate longitude and latitude. (pages 24-25)
Longitude: 74, 75 degrees West
Latitude: 39, 40, 41 degrees North
15. Name the seven continents. (pages 26-27)
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
16. Name the four oceans of the world. (pages 26-27)
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean
17. Which continent do we live on? (pages 26-27)
North America
18. Which ocean borders New Jersey? (pages 26-27)
The Atlantic Ocean
19. What is another name for Latitude 0æ ? (pages 26-27)
The Equator
20. What is another name for Longitude 0æ ? (pages 26-27)
The Prime Meridian
21. The Earth can be divided into 4 hemispheres. Name them?
(pages 28-29)
Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
22. Name the two hemispheres that New Jerseyans call home. (pages 28-29)
Northern and Western Hemispheres
23.
I live near the city of Quakertown.
My township is Franklin Township.
I live in Hunterdon County.
My county seat is Flemington.
My state, New Jersey is made up of 21 counties.
The capital of my state is Trenton.
My country is The United States of America (full name).
The capital of my country is Washington, D.C.
It is located on the continent of North America. (pages 30-31)