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Geography Shapes Lives
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Geography Shapes Lives
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. Which geographic feature is most likely to encourage ports, trade, and fishing in a region?
A. Mountain range
B. Coastline or harbor
C. Desert
D. Plateau
2. How does living near a major river most often affect daily life?
A. Makes travel and trade easier, and helps farming
B. Causes complete isolation from other places
C. Always causes much colder temperatures
D. Prevents people from growing any food
3. A coastal New Jersey town relies on fishing. After a major storm damages docks, which short-term job need is most likely to increase?
A. Construction and repair work
B. Mountain guide jobs
C. Underground mining
D. Space engineering
4. Check all that apply: Which of the following are ways geography affects people? (Choose all that are true)
Where jobs are located
Types of houses people build
Languages people speak
Food availability and types of farming
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Matching
5. Match each geographic feature (left) with its most likely effect on people (right). Draw a line or write the matching letter/number.
A. Coastline
B. Mountain range
C. River
D. Urban area (city)
1. Supports fishing, shipping, and trade
2. Creates barriers to travel and changes weather patterns
3. Provides water for farming and transportation routes
4. Offers more jobs, services, and dense housing
6. Give one specific example from New Jersey of how geography influences jobs or daily life (one short sentence).
7. How might people in New Jersey interact with people in another country because of geography? Write 1–2 sentences.
🎨 Part 3: Creative Activity
8. Draw your neighborhood and include one geographic feature that affects how people live (example: river, major road, park, or coastline). Label the feature.
9. Explain in one sentence how that feature shapes daily life in your neighborhood (where people work, travel, or play).
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