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4th grade · Social Studies · Unit 1 of 8

Oregon's Land & Neighbors

Mountains, rivers, regions and capitals

What your child practices

Oregon's physical geography (Mount Hood, Crater Lake, the rain shadow, its great rivers), US regions and western capitals on maps, and how dams, wind turbines and the Beach Bill shape Oregon's land and people.

Oregon State Standards learning standard: 4.G.GR.1; 4.G.GR.2; 4.G.HI.6; 4.G.GE.7 · reading regional maps, locating western states and neighbours, how geography shapes land use, and the effects of dams and wind power

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

    Which Oregon region has the mildest, wettest climate?

    • the Coast
    • the Blue Mountains
    • the High Desert

  2. Question 2

    Which ocean forms Oregon's western border?

    • the Arctic Ocean
    • the Pacific Ocean
    • the Atlantic Ocean

  3. Question 3

    Which US region includes New York and Maine?

    • the Northeast
    • the Southwest
    • the Southeast

  4. Question 4

    What is the highest mountain in Oregon?

    • Mount Hood
    • Mount McLoughlin
    • Mount Jefferson
    • Mount Shasta

  5. Question 5

    The dry area on the side of mountains away from the ocean is called a…

    • delta
    • rain shadow
    • rainforest

  6. Question 6

    Oregon's 1967 Beach Bill keeps the dry-sand beaches…

    • owned by hotels
    • closed to visitors
    • open to the public

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