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3rd grade · Social Studies · Unit 4 of 8

Oregon's Regions

Coast, valley, mountains and desert

What your child practices

Kinds of maps, latitude and longitude, Oregon's regions from the Coast to the High Desert, its rivers and borders, and how geography and natural resources shape Oregon communities.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 3.G.GR.1; 3.G.GR.2; 3.G.HE.6; 3.G.HE.7 · kinds of maps of Oregon, latitude and longitude, Oregon's regions and how geography and natural resources shape communities

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Why do more people live in the Willamette Valley than the High Desert?

    • it has more water, farmland and jobs
    • it has no rivers
    • it is always snowy

  2. Question 2

    The 42nd parallel of latitude is Oregon's border with…

    • California and Nevada
    • the Pacific Ocean
    • Idaho

  3. Question 3

    Oregon and Idaho are part of a region called the…

    • Deep South
    • New England
    • Pacific Northwest

  4. Question 4

    Which Oregon region has rich farmland and most of the state's people?

    • the Blue Mountains
    • the High Desert
    • the Willamette Valley

  5. Question 5

    Oregon's beaches, sea stacks and fishing towns are in which region?

    • the Columbia Plateau
    • the High Desert
    • the Coast

  6. Question 6

    Many High Desert ranchers raise cattle because…

    • it is all ocean
    • it rains every day
    • the dry land grows grass for grazing more than crops

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