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7th grade How people changed the land and adapted to it worksheet

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How people changed the land and adapted to it

Grade 7 Social Studies Worksheet

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1.
In the Dutch chain, which box leads to two effects, Pia asks?
- The Zuiderzee floods the land around it
- The dam closes the Zuiderzee
- No box in this chain leads to two effects
- More land for farming in the polders
2.
What effects come from Lake Mead, Ren asks?
- A new sea, and nothing else
- Polders of new land for farming
- Flood control, irrigation water and power
- More floods each spring, and less water for farms
3.
How many effects come from the Lake Mead box, Tala asks?
Use the picture in question 2.
- Three
- Two
- Five
- One
4.
When was the Zuiderzee closed, Zee asks?
- 1960
- The early 2000s
- 1931–1936
- 28 May 1932
5.
About how much new land did the Dutch works make, Ari asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- About 1,650 km²
- About 32 km²
- About 16.5 km², the size of a small town
- About 68,000 km²
6.
What is a polder, Esme asks?
Use the picture in question 4.
- A desert where a lake was
- Low land drained from the water
- A tall step cut into a mountain for rice
- A dam across a river
7.
Why would people build a dam that controls floods, Jun asks?
- To make the river flood more often each year
- To dry up the river for good
- To drain a sea into new polders
- To protect towns and farms from floods
8.
Luz's note says, "The Afsluitdijk let the sea flood more land." Which fix is right?
- Change "sea" to "desert"
- Change it: it improved flood protection
- Leave it: the dam opened the way for the sea
- Change "Afsluitdijk" to "Hoover Dam"
9.
Milo's note says, "Hoover Dam had one use: making power." Which fix is right?
- Change it: it also controls floods and stores water
- Change "Hoover" to "Banaue"
- Change "power" to "polders"
- Leave it: one cause, one effect
10.
Noah's note says, "The Dutch works made new land for cities only." Which fix is right?
- Change "land" to "lakes"
- Leave it: the land was for cities
- Change "Dutch" to "Spanish"
- Change it: more land for farming, and flood protection

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About this worksheet

How people changed the land and adapted to it. Every version has 10 questions, and the answer key prints on the second page.

What your child will learn

I can follow how people carved terraces to farm steep slopes, and explain both changing the land and adapting to it.
I can read branching chains for the Dutch Zuiderzee Works (closed 1932; about 1,650 km² of new land) and Hoover Dam (1931–1936; floods, irrigation, power).
I can explain the Aral Sea as a trade-off: watered farmland, and a lake shrunk to 10% by 2007. I can also make careful claims about the North Aral Sea since 2005.

Standard: D2.Geo.8.6-8

Common mistakes

Your child reversed cause and effect. The cause comes first and makes the effect happen.

Your child chose a claim that says more than the evidence shows. Keep the claim as small as the evidence.

Your child chose something the chain does not say. Read the box again.

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Your child reversed cause and effect. The cause comes first and makes the effect happen.

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