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Unit 1: Social Studies and the World
Unit 1: Social Studies and the World
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What area of social studies includes the people and groups that have authority to make laws?
History
Economics
Geography
Government
2
What tells you how
measured
space on a map relates to
distance
on earth?
Intermediate directions
compass rose
Scale
Legend/Key
3
What is the difference between relative and absolute location?
Absolute = relationships to a place;relative = lat/long
Absolute=lat/long lines;relative uses relationships of place
4
What is the study of how goods and services are produced, managed, and exchanged?
Economics
History
Flow-Line Map
Government
5
How does a culture region become multicultural?
Interdependence of goods and services
all of the above
Immigration/migration to areas
Advances in technology help with the sharing of ideas
6
Can an area share more than one culture region?
Yes
No
7
What gives us the most accurate example of our world?
map
Robinson Projection
globe
projection
8
What is an example of relative location?
North of the Stanley-Boyd Schools
Next to the McDonalds
45*S, 90*W
B and C
9
What is the
special line
at
0* longitude
and divides the earth into east and west hemispheres?
longitude lines
meridians
equator
prime meridian
10
What do you call beliefs, customs, laws, art, language, and a way of living that people share?
History
Culture
Government
Geography
11
What theme tells where a place is in relation to the world? Can be absolute/relative
region
place
movement
location
12
What are examples of resources we use to find out about the past?
Facebook, instagram, youtube
newspapers, letters, journals
newspapers, letters, wikipedia
snapchat, internet, TV
13
What is the
special line
at
0* latitude
and divides the earth into north and south hemispheres?
latitude lines
equator
longitude lines
Prime meridian
14
What theme considers a movement of people?
place
location
movement
region
15
What kind of advancements help cartographers get better/more accurate images of the earth?
advancements in satellites
advancements in technology
advancements in grids
advancements in iphones
16
What kind of map shows boundaries of cities, states/providences, or other boarders?
Flow-Line
Thematic
Political
Physical
17
What kind of map shows physical features of the earth?
Thematic
Flow-Line
Political
Physical map
18
What tells you what the map is going to be about?
legend/key
title
19
What theme considers an area's
common
characteristics?
region
place
location
movement
20
What are the five fields of social studies?
location, region, place, movement, human environment
history, geography, economics, government, culture
21
What do you call the lines on a map that
run east and west
and measure north and south?
prime meridian
equator
longitude lines
latitude lines
22
What makes culture region?
similar areas
an area sharing similar culture/geographic traits
A place of people
a location on the earth
23
How do you prepare for this social studies test?
play video games
study math
go on facebook
study your basic map review and chapter notes
24
The different ways of showing earth's curved surface on a 2D representation is called...
projections
globes
maps
25
What kind of map shows movements of people, animals, or goods etc.?
Thematic
Flow-Line Map
Political
Physical
26
What are the five themes of geography?
space, area, place, time, location
location, region, place, movement, human environment
history, geography, economics, government, culture
who, what, when, where, why
27
Which area of social studies is a record of the past?
Economics
History
Government
Culture
28
What theme considers how people change and how they are changed by natural forces of the earth?
history
human environment interaction
location
movement
29
What theme considers an area's distinguishing characteristics or what it’s like?
location
place
region
movement
30
What does this cartogram tell us?
all of the above
Australia doesn't seem to have a lot of people
US is ranked 5th in the world's most populous countries
China and India seem to have the most population
31
What are two ways you can become a citizen?
Citizenship, naturalization
being a citizen
naturalization process and being born there
neutral territories, taking a test
32
What kind of map projection is this?
Azimuthal
Homolosine
Mercator
Robinson
33
What is the study of physical and human features of the earth and how they interact?
History
Geography
Economics
Culture
34
What do you call the
element
on a map that shows direction?
cardinal directions
compass rose
intermediate directions
scale
35
What makes this thematic map a cartogram?
China is the largest country
The countries are shown
The sizes of the countries are distorted to show meaning
It looks "digital"
36
What kind of map only has one theme or idea?
Flow-Line
Political
Thematic
Physical
37
What do you call the lines on a map that
run north and south
and measure east and west?
longitude lines
Equator
latitude lines
Prime meridian
38
What is a cartographer?
longitude/latitude lines
map photographer
mapmaker
map painter
39
Why does this map of Iowa NOT have trees in the middle?
It does, this is a trick question
Green represents about 1000 ft above sea level
This is a physical map
Green represents forests
40
What kind of map projection is this?
Robinson
Mercator
Homosoline
Azimuthal
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What kind of map is this?
Political map
Thematic map
Cartogram
B and C
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Why do we use the Robinson Projection more than the Mercator projection?
The Robinson distorts more, so that's why we use it
We use the Mercator projection more.
Mercator is square, Robinson is round
The Robinson distorts less, so that's why we use it
