1. Social Studies Test Grade 5
Landforms and Bodies of Water Name: __________________
Choose the best answer for the following questions. (Points 15)
1. This river and it’s tributaries makes up the largest drainage basin in the United
States. (1 point)
a. the Ohio
b. the Mojave Desert
c. the Mississippi
d. Canada
2. The Appalachian Mountains are found in the ____________________. (1 point)
a. eastern part of the United States
b. Mexico
c. Europe
d. the Central Plains
3. The Continental Divide is _______________________. (1 Point)
a. a huge lake
b. b. in Florida
c. part of the Hawaiian Islands
d. an imaginary line that divides the eastern river system from the western
river system.
4. If I wanted to raise cattle or buffalo, I would want to have a farm _____________.

2. (1 point)
a. in the Rocky Mountains
b. in the Great Plains
c. in the Gulf of Mexico
d. in the Mojave Desert
5. The letters HOME remind us of what land feature? (1 point)
a. the Great Lakes
b. the price of tea in China
c. the mountain ranges in the western United States
d. the names of Great Uncle Herbert’s brothers
6. Indiana is situated in the _________________________. (1 Point)
a. the Rocky Mountains
b. the Costal Plains
c. the Central Plains
d. The Appalachian Mountains
7. The five (5) Great Lakes are: (5 points)
a. _______________________
b. ________________________
c. ________________________
d. ________________________
e. ________________________
8. The Gulf of Mexico is considered: (1 Point)

3. a. a mountain
b. an inlet
c. a desert
d. a continent
9. The Piedmonts are: (1 Point)
a. the foothills near the Appalachian Mountains
b. a family that lives in Tennessee
c. near the Mojave Desert
d. in the Gulf of Mexico
10. The word prairie describes: (1 Point)
a. a flat area where tall grasses and streams run.
b. an area where there is a very deep ocean.
c. on top of a mountain
d. under the Grand Canyon