6th Grade Social Studies Western Hemishpere

Which statement about globalization is correct?

Logging in the Amazon Basin has become a major environmental issue.

Which visual tool might to show the steps in a process or parts that make up something?

To obtain the things you want and need, you use both natural and human resources.

The Inca were peace loving and cooperated with neighboring groups

A physical region is a geographic area in which people have certain traits in common.

A maps' scale bar is used to determine how many miles each inch represents on a map.

What does Line F on Map 2 represent?

When parents take their baby to be baptised, which element of culture i being observed?

The Amazon is the largest river in terms of the amount of salt water it carries.

Technology is rarely responsible for cultural change.

Early Native American societies in the Andes were primarily on agriculture.

Which of the following is common to almost all cities in the western United States?

Which of the following is one of the three basic economic questions?

A glacier is the smallest of the ice masses?

Based on the map, which city was founded in 1868?

Which of the following is an example of an ethnic group?

Portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed one time and from one location

A process by which water, wind or ice moves bits of rock elsewhere

A country's decision about what to produce determines its economic system.

 Acid rain can damage Earth's environment

What provision of the Homestead Act encouraged people to move west of the Mississippi River?

Disputed borders have presented challenges in the Andean and mid latitude counties for years.

The difference between the elevation of one feature and the elevation of another nearby feature

Trade between the United States and other countries begin in port cities.

the relationship between distances on a map and on Earth

Which invention increased harvests and profits for cotton farmers?

Where did the Maya live?

Why did the first people who came from Asia to Canada continue moving southward?

Mexico City is one of the most densely populated area in Mexico.

Unique locations on Earth  are defined by both physical and human characteristics are called

What is one way in which maps and globes differ?

refers to Earth's features in terms of their locations, shapes and relationship to on another

Which type of map would show the boundaries of a country?

Which of the following is most likely to be shown on a map but not a globe?

What does Area D on Map 2 show?

NAFTA is a trade agreement among Mexico, Canada and the United States

If you use Google Maps to help you find a nearby pizza parlor, you are using a geography skill

Which type of map would most likely be a small-scale map?

What is a peninsula?

What is the shape and nature of the land called?

Dance, music, visual arts and literature are all important elements of culture

What is one type of physical feature that can be used to describe locations on Earth?

a small ice mass that spreads outward on a land surface

A giant waves

Migration is one of the main causes of population shifts in our world.

Which of the following geographical tools is a visual display of numerical information?