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7th Grade Social Studies Core Concepts Part 1 pages 2-17.
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The terms
history
and
prehistory
are examples of how historians today
mark the point at which people began using the same calendar
keep track of movements of the sun
explain the difference between the common era and before
organize time
2
The five themes of geography are
Location, place, region, movement, human environment Inter
place, human features, nonhuman features, region, movement
absolute & relative location, human features, culture, place
absolute location, relative location, movement, region,place
3
An anthropologist might study these to learn how human beings developed physically.
Fossils
Layers of soil
Buried ruins
Oral traditions
4
The part of the map that would help you measure distance between two cities is the
Scale Bar
compass rose
Key
Title
5
Archaeologists focus their studies on
the written records left by ancient peoples.
buried and hidden evidence of ancient times.
oral traditions
human remains
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What part of the map tells you where North, South, East, and West are?
The Key
The title
The scale Bar
The compass rose
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What is the purpose of a historical map?
To illustrate the five themes of geography.
To give information about a place at a particular time.
To compare the past to the present.
To contrast two different places.
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Part of the map that tells you how to identify what a particular color or symbol means is the
title
The label
compass rose
key
9
The part of the map that would help you measure distance between two cities is the
key
compass rose
title
scale bar
10
A person who studies ruined buildings and artifacts of an ancient culture is
an anthropologist
an archaeologist
an oral historian
a geographer
11
Which of the five themes describes where a place is found?
Location
Region
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
12
A locator map can be useful
only with road maps
only with maps that have keys
with any map.
only with physical maps.
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A historical source where the author clearly disliked a key figure should be evaluated for
an artifact
primary source.
unnecessary facts.
bias
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Why must students of history learn to evaluate historical sources?
Only secondary sources are reliable and accurate.
All types of sources can be biased, or unreliable.
Opinions are much more useful than facts.
Only primary sources are reliable and accurate.
15
The relative location of Washington D.C. is
at 380N, and 770 W
about eight miles south of Silver Spring.
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
impossible to tell from this map
16
The part of the map that would help you identify what a particular color or symbol means is the
label
key
compass rose
title
17
A timeline is a tool that historians often use as a way of organizing events according to
historical significance
chronology
their role in prehistory
different calendars
18
Throughout history, different people and cultures have
used the same calendar.
developed their own calendars.
based their calendars mainly on the changing seasons.
relied on timelines to keep track of time.
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Historically, what has been a common basis for the creation of different calendar systems?
The movement of Earth, the Sun, and the stars.
A need to lengthen the growing season.
The birth and death of key religious figures
The age of the culture's leader.
20
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy..."--Speech by President FDR
bias
A secondary source.
an artifact.
A primary source.
21
Who is most likely to study the oral traditions of a society?
An archaeologist
An architect
A paleontologist
An anthropologist
22
The area around Washington D.C., illustrates which of the following geographic themes
Movement
Human-Environment Interaction
Absolute Location
Region
23
If a political map and a road map showed the same state at the same size, they should both
have the same scale bar
have the same title
have the same compass rose
have the same key symbols
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Which of the five themes describes where a place is found?
Region
Human-Environment Interaction
Movement
Location
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Archaeologist can be described as treasure hunters because
mostly interested in finding artifacts of great value.
good archaeologists are wealthy
ancient peoples often had lots of gold and jewels.
they search for hidden objects.
