School Name (Week _8)
Skill: Regions of Kentucky
Subject: Social StudiesGrade: 4
This test section contains EIGHT multiple-choice and ONE open-response (short-answer) questions. Please mark your answers for the multiple-choice questions in the spaces provided on your Student Response Booklet. Mark only one answer for each question. If you do not know the answer, make your best guess. DO NOT WRITE ANY ANSWERS IN THIS TEST BOOKLET. WHEN YOU FINISH, DO NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER TEST SECTION.1. / Look at the map below. Which region of Kentucky is the most mountainous and is part of the Appalachian Mountain Chain?
O / A. / Bluegrass
O / B. / Eastern Kentucky Coal Field
O / C. / Jackson Purchase
O / D. / Eastern Coal Fields
2. / Which region of Kentucky is the most populated?
O / A. / Pennyroyal
O / B. / Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields
O / C. / Western Kentucky Coal Fields
O / D. / Bluegrass
3. / Julie and her family decided to visit CumberlandFalls, where one of the only moonbows in the world is located. Which region did they visit?
O / A. / Jackson Purchase
O / B. / Pennyroyal
O / C. / Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields
O / D. / Bluegrass
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4. / Each Kentucky Region has its own special ______.O / A. / temperatures
O / B. / landforms
O / C. / holidays
O / D. / mountain chain
5. / Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region is BEST known for
O / A. / its many caves
O / B. / its deep coal mines
O / C. / its mountains
O / D. / its forests
6. / Which is the largest of Kentucky’s six regions?
O / A. / the Jackson Purchase
O / B. / the Eastern Coal Fields
O / C. / the Pennyroyal Region
O / D. / the Bluegrass Region
7. / Which region is famous for its horse farms?
O / A. / the Bluegrass region
O / B. / the Eastern Coal Fields Region
O / C. / the Pennyroyal Region
O / D. / the Western Coal Fields Region
8. / Kentucky’s Bluegrass region includes
O / A. / dry land with a few farms.
O / B. / rolling land with fertile soil.
O / C. / rocky land with several factories.
O / D. / coastal land with many ports.
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Annotated Rubric/ Performance Expectations for ORQ
Academic Expectation:
AE 2.19
Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations.
Core Content:
Geography
SS-04-4.2.1
Students will compare regions in Kentucky and the United States by their human characteristics (e.g., language, settlement patterns, beliefs) and physical characteristics (e.g., climate, landforms, bodies of water)
Ceiling DOK Level: 2Question DOK Level: 2
Essential Vocabulary:
Regions, Pennyroyal, Jackson Purchase, Bluegrass, Eastern Coalfields, Western Coalfields
Resources/Technology:
Question Sources:
- Scott Foresman Kentucky Social Studies Assessment Guide
- Clairmont Press “KentuckyLand of Beauty and Wonder”
- The Kentucky Adventure
- Harcourt Kentucky Social Studies
Interactive Practice:
- United Streaming: Kentucky Geoquest-A Statewide Ride
Lessons
Grade 4– Subject: Geography
Question / First
A.E. / First CC
SS-04-4.2.1
Students will compare regions in Kentucky and the United States by their human characteristics (e.g., language, settlement patterns, beliefs) and physical characteristics (e.g., climate, landforms, bodies of water) / DOK
Level of MC Question / Answer
Key / Rational/Annotation for MC Questions
1 / AE 2.19
Students recognize and understand the relationship between people and geography and apply their knowledge in real-life situations. / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 2 / B / The correct answer is B; Eastern Kentucky Coalfield. Students should be able to use maps to compare regions in Kentucky by their physical characteristics. Students should know that the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is a mountainous region and be able to determine this by looking at physical features on a map.
2 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 1 / D / The correct answer is D; Bluegrass. Students should be able to compare regions in Kentucky by their human characteristics, such as population.
3 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 2 / C / The correct answer is C; Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields. Students should be able to compare regions of Kentucky using natural landforms. CumberlandFalls is a natural landform in the Eastern Coal Fields Region.
4 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 2 / B / The correct answer is B; landforms. Students need to recognize that Kentucky’s regions have their own special physical characteristics which helps tell them apart.
5 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 1 / A / The correct answer is A; its many caves. Students need to be able to compare regions of Kentucky by their physical characteristics. Students should recognize that the Pennyroyal Region is known for MammothCave.
6 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 2 / C / The correct answer is C; the Pennyroyal Region. Students should be able to look at a map and compare one region’s size with another.
7 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 1 / A / The correct answer is A; the Bluegrass Region. Students must be able to categorize regions by physical and human characteristics. The Bluegrass region is known for its horse farms.
8 / DOK Ceiling Level - 2 / 2 / B / The correct answer is B; rolling land with fertile soil. Students must be able to recognize certain regions based on physical characteristics.
Multiple Choice Item Information: