Communities Around the World

Unit Review Sheet

Facts and Definitions

Lesson 1: Exploring a Community

• Rural means in the country.
• Urban means in the city.
• A three-dimensional shape stands on its own and is not flat.

Lesson 2: Roles of People in Communities

• Different communities have different types of community workers.

Lesson 3: Goods and Services

• Communities provide goods and services for the people who live in them.
• Goods are items that we purchase in the community to use or eat.
• A service is something someone does for us.

Lesson 4: Wants and Needs

• Goods and services are what we buy to satisfy our wants and needs.
• A need is something we must have to be healthy or safe.
• A want is something we would like to have.

Lesson 5: Money

• Money is what we earn when we work.
• Money is what we use to buy goods and services.

Lesson 6: Uses of Money

• People spend, save, and give money they earn.
• People work for money.
• People use money to purchase goods and services to satisfy their wants and needs.

Lesson 7: Work and Money

• People have limited amounts of money.
• People have to decide how to use the money they have.
• When people work together, they can often get a job done more quickly.

Lesson 8: Customs and Holidays

• On Memorial Day we remember and honor people who have died to serve and protect our country.
• On the Fourth of July we celebrate America's birthday, the day America became a country.

Lesson 9: Different Communities

• Communities can have things that are the same and things that are different.
• Research means to look for information when you want to learn more about something or find the answer to a question.

Lesson 10: Communities Change

• A natural resource is something used by humans that is found in nature.
• A human resource is something used by humans that is made by humans.
• History is the story of important events that have happened in the past.

Lesson 11: Government and the People

• To vote means to express your choice between two or more options.
• A tally mark can be used to keep track of one event or object.

Lesson 12: Rules and Laws

• A consequence happens because of a decision you made. Consequences can be good or bad.
• A law is an order set up by government that tells people how to behave.
• A rule describes the behaviors that are expected of the people who belong to a group.
• A person in authority enforces rules or laws and applies consequences when rules or laws are not followed.

Final Project: Community Brochure

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