stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Social Studies 6th Grade SCS Study Guide Chapter 2 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Social Studies 6th Grade SCS Study Guide Chapter 2
Social Studies 6th Grade SCS Study Guide Chapter 2
41 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
14 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
41 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
41
Answers
1
What is a traditional economy?
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
2
A federal system is a government that has both a central and state government.
True
False
3
What is a hemisphere?
One half of the globe
One fourth of the globe
Horizontal lines that tell location
Vertical lines that tell location
4
What are exports
Goods came in from other countries
Goods countries give to other countries
5
What is a projection?
A location of latitude and longitude
One fourth of the globe
a way of showing the round Earth on a flat map
The start of a civilization
6
What is culture?
Where a group of people live
People who move around often
the set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits shared by a group of people
Features on land like weather and humidity
7
What is a political map?
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map of one country
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows land and water features
8
What is inflation?
a continued rise in prices or the supply of money
a period of slow economic growth or decline
9
What is a physical map?
a map of one country
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map that shows land and water features
10
What is entrepreneurship?
the ability of people to do work
the use of advanced methods to solve problems
money and goods used to help people make or do things
the act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business
11
What is a line of longitude?
One fourth of the globe
Imaginary vertical lines that tell location
Imaginary horizontal lines that tell location
One half of the globe
12
What is the legislative branch?
Part of government that makes laws
Part of government that interprets laws
Part of government that enforces laws
13
What is the Mercator Projection?
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
14
What is a recession?
what is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something
a period of slow economic growth or decline
15
What is the Robinson Projection?
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
16
What is separation of powers?
a type of government where people can’t vote for there leaders
A government that has three branches, legislative, executive, and judicial
a type of government where the people elect the leaders
a type of government where people elect representatives who elect leaders
17
What is the executive branch?
Part of government that interprets laws
Part of government that enforces laws
Part of government that creates laws
18
What are cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
People who move around often
Features on land like weather and humidity
19
What is globalization?
the growth in free trade between countries
Goods came in from other countries
Goods countries give to other countries
20
What is capital?
money and goods used to help people make or do things
the ability of people to do work
the act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business
the use of advanced methods to solve problems
21
What is a representative government?
a type of government where the people elect the leaders
a type of government where people can’t vote for there leaders
a type of government where people elect representatives who elect leaders
22
What is naturalization?
Not being a citizen
Living in a country and not belonging to it
The act of becoming a citizen
23
Is a jury someone who is sworn to make a decision on a case.
True
False
24
What is demand?
the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy
the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell
25
What is the Winkel Tripel Projection?
A distorted scale model that kind of looks like Earth
A projection that is a scale model to Earth
26
What is opportunity cost?
what is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something
a period of slow economic growth or decline
Where you buy stonks
27
What is a command economy?
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
28
What is a citizen?
Someone who doesn’t live in a country and moves around a lot
Someone who lives in a country but doesn’t belong to it
Someone who lives in a country and belongs to it
29
What is a scale?
East and West
North and South
The directions on a map
a measuring line that shows the distances on a map
30
What are checks and balances?
A system that has both a central and state government
A system where people can’t vote for there leaders
A system where the people elect the leaders
System where each branch of government limits the power of another branch
31
What is a market economy?
an economic system in which the government chooses what you buy or sell
an economic system in which traditions decide what to buy and sell
an economic system in which you choose what you want to buy or sell
32
What is scarcity?
the lack of a resource
Something you have a lot of
33
What is a special purpose map?
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a map that shows land and water features
a map of one country
34
What is a line of latitude?
One fourth of the globe
Imaginary vertical lines that tell location
Imaginary horizontal lines that tell location
One half of the globe
35
What are imports?
Goods came in from other countries
Goods countries give to other countries
36
What is a choropleth map?
a map that shows the names and borders of countries
A map that uses color to show population density
a map that shows patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population
a map that shows land and water features
37
What is supply?
the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell
the amount of something that a consumer wants to buy
38
What are the five themes of geography?
Location, Climate, Precipitation, Life, Reality
Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, regions
Animals, Humans, Human creations, Weather, Climate
Popularity, Population, Population density, Visitors, mayor
39
What is the judicial branch?
Part of government that interprets laws
Part of government that enforces laws
Part of government that creates laws
40
What is barter?
to trade by exchanging one good or service for another
Buying things with a form of currency
41
What is migration?
Different places on a map
The act of sound waves moving in the air
The force of motion that makes an object move
The movement of people from one place to another
