Basic geography S

Question 1

Sahel

Answer 1

A semi arid area that lies between the Sahara and moister regions in the south in Northern Africa

Question 2

Salt trade

Answer 2

Exchange between West Africans selling gold and Arab traders selling salt, beginning around A.D. 750

Question 3

Samurai

Answer 3

Japanese warrior lord

Question 4

Satellite image

Answer 4

Picture of Earth’s surface taken from a satellite in orbit

Question 5

Satrap

Answer 5

Persian government

Question 6

Savanna

Answer 6

Park like landscape of grasslands with scattered trees that can survive dry spells, found in tropical areas with dry seasons

Question 7

Saving

Answer 7

Setting aside money for future use

Question 8

Scale

Answer 8

Relative size

Question 9

Scale bar

Answer 9

Section of a map that shows how much distance on the map represents a given distance on the land

Question 10

Scarcity

Answer 10

Having a limited quantity of resources to meet unlimited wants

Question 11

Schism

Answer 11

Split

Question 12

Science

Answer 12

Knowledge of the natural world

Question 13

Scientific revolution

Answer 13

A series of major advances in science during the 1500 and 1600s

Question 14

Scramble for Africa

Answer 14

Period during the late 1800s when European powers raced to seize control of African territories

Question 15

Scribe

Answer 15

Ancient Egyptians trained to write hieroglyphics

Question 16

Secede

Answer 16

To break away

Question 17

Secondary industry

Answer 17

Industry involving the use of resources to create new products, such as manufacturing

Question 18

Secondary source

Answer 18

Information about an event that does not come directly from the person that experiences that event

Question 19

Secular

Answer 19

Not religious

Question 20

Secularism

Answer 20

Idea that government should be separate from religion

Question 21

Sedentary

Answer 21

Settled

Question 22

Semi arid climates

Answer 22

Dry climates

Question 23

Separatist group

Answer 23

Group of people who want to establish an independent state

Question 24

Serengeti plain

Answer 24

A part of the savanna in Kenya and Tanzania, home to many animals such as elephants gazelles

Question 25

Serf

Answer 25

A peasant that is legally bound to work and live on land owned by a Lord

Question 26

Shah

Answer 26

Persian word for King

Question 27

Shamal

Answer 27

Hot dry winds that blow across Iran from west to east

Question 28

Shinto

Answer 28

Traditional religion that originated in Japan

Question 29

Shogun

Answer 29

Powerful Japanese military leader who often had more power than the emperor

Question 30

Siberia

Answer 30

Asiatic Russia