Chapter 1 - Exploring Social Studies

Question 1

What themes do geographers use to organize information?

Accepted Answer

location, regions, places, movement, and HEI

Question 2

Why do we study history?

Accepted Answer

to make better decisions about the present and future.

Question 3

A confederation is ______________

Accepted Answer

a government in which power resides with individual states

Question 4

What does a geographer study?

Accepted Answer

Earth's physical features, like mountains, rivers, & oceans.

Question 5

Secondary sources are...

Accepted Answer

Records that explain or interpret 1st hand experiences, Text books, biographies, newspaper articles

Question 6

What happens when the Supply is low and the demand is high?

Accepted Answer

The price increaces

Question 7

Are these textbooks primary or secondary sources?

Accepted Answer

Secondary Sources

Question 8

Landform means ____________

Accepted Answer

a natural feature of the earth's surface.

Question 9

Specialization

Accepted Answer

When you are really good at one specific thing.

Question 10

What is Demand?

Accepted Answer

Amount of a product that someone is willing and able to pay

Question 11

What advantage do globes have over maps?

Accepted Answer

They show the world as it really is.

Question 12

In economics, the term capital refers to

Accepted Answer

human made g/s used in the production of other g/s

Question 13

Supply and demand refers to the idea that...

Accepted Answer

The availability of a product, and the need for the product

Question 14

The Bill of Rights was created to...

Accepted Answer

protect all Americans

Question 15

A primary source is...

Accepted Answer

a letter, document, photograph or object from that time., evidence created at the time that is being studied.

Question 16

What is the bill of rights?

Accepted Answer

The first 10 amendments

Question 17

What happens when the supply is high and the demand is low?

Accepted Answer

The Prices tend to fall

Question 18

Maps are round and globes are flat.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Political maps

Accepted Answer

show boundaries of continents, countries, cities, towns etc.

Question 20

Physical maps

Accepted Answer

show the geography of an area

Question 21

A map key shows you what the symbols and colors on a map mean.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Citizenship began with __________________

Accepted Answer

Ancient Greece and Rome

Question 23

How do you obtain citizenship?

Accepted Answer

naturalization

Chapter 1 - Exploring Social Studies

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Chapter 1 - Exploring Social Studies

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