WCPP Social Studies and Geography Terms

objects made and left by people who lived long ago

an area of land that rises far above the sea level

What are the five fields of learning that make up social studies?

How many continents are there?

a hilly land between flat land and mountains

the study of Earth and how we live on it

What are the imaginary lines that run parallel to the equator?

a very thick forest in an area where rainfall is very heavy all year long

What is a cartographer?

Location, place, movement, region, and human-environment are the five themes of what?

Lines of Longitude

What is the Prime Meridian?

moisture, such as rain, snow, and hail

A piece of land that is connected to a larger piece of land and surrounded by water on 3 sides?

What are the 5 oceans in the world?

the air, water, land, plants, and animals around us

the wearing away of land by wind, water, or glacial ice

What continent do we live on?

Who studies artifacts and other things to learn how humans lived long ago?

To share ideas and information

the way people make, buy and sell things ($)

a group of people living and working together

a high, flat area of land

a group of people who make the laws and lead others

What is a glacier?

a area that gets very little rain

What is the vocab. word for tools, materials, and knowledge people use to make things.?

A low, flat area of land.

the hot, soft layer of rock under the crust

A map that focuses on one idea or theme.