Final S1 S.S study guide

Question 1

What is the difference between a island and a continent?

Answer 1

An island is a small landmass fully surrounded by water while a continent is a large landmass that rises above the oceans.

Question 2

List and define the 5 themes of geography

Answer 2

Location- position of a place on earth’s surface (absolute and relative)
Place- Characteristics of a place that make it unique
Region- Areas on earth’s surface that share common characteristics
Movement- Going from point A to point B (people, ideas, goods)
Human Environment Interaction- How humans interact w/ the environment

Question 3

What is the difference between a historian and a geographer?

Answer 3

Geographer studies the earth and its people while a historian studies events of the past

Question 4

What is the Prime Meridian and is it latitude or longitude?

Answer 4

Vertical line located at 0 degrees longitude and divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres (III )

Question 5

What is the Equator and is it longitude or latitude?

Answer 5

Located at 0 degrees latitude separates northern and southern hemispheres (—-)

Question 6

How do supply and demand affect each other?

Answer 6

If there is more supply demand goes down and if there is a less supply demand goes up.

Question 7

What does a circular flow model show?

Answer 7

The movement of money and products through the economy in a simple way.

Question 8

What type of government will you find in a country with a command economy with one example country

Answer 8

Communism China

Question 9

What type of government would you find a country with a market economy with an example country?

Answer 9

Anachary Hong Kong (no country is 100% market economy)

Question 10

Which of the 6 world organizations does the United States belong to?

Answer 10

NATO, United Nations, G-7

Question 11

In a dictatorship form of gov. who holds the power and why?

Answer 11

The government because the people have no say over what happens

Question 12

In a representative form of gov. who holds the power and why?

Answer 12

People and gov. share the power because the people can vote for their leaders.

Question 13

What type of economy would you find in a democracy?

Answer 13

Mixed the people and the gov. share the profit

Question 14

Is Monarchy a limited or unlimited form of government?

Answer 14

Unlimited

Question 15

Is democracy a limited or unlimited form of government?

Answer 15

Limited

Question 16

Is Anarchy limited or unlimited form of gov.?

Answer 16

Neither there is no government at all.

Question 17

Theocracy: Limited or Unlimited?

Answer 17

Unlimited

Question 18

Democratic republic: limited or unlimited?

Answer 18

limited

Question 19

List the time periods in chronological order

Answer 19

PreHistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, Modern HIstory

Question 20

PreHistory: time frame and why do they call it that?

Answer 20

Beginning of time to about 3500 BC called that because it was before people were able write.

Question 21

What was the Bronze Age? What time frame did it occur in? Why did they call it that?

Answer 21

It was when people began to use bronze to make tools. It started in about 3000 BC and it was called that because that is when the use of bronze became popular

Question 22

How long is a decade, century, and millennia?

Answer 22

Decade - 10 years Century - 100 years Millennia - 1000 years

Question 23

What do BC, AD, BCE, CE stand for?

Answer 23

BC-Before Christ AD-Anno Domini BCE-Before Common Era CE-Common Era

Question 24

What are primary sources?

Answer 24

Sources from people involved in an event or the people themselves. Ex.) Diary, letters, pictures

Question 25

What are questions you should ask yourself when analyzing a Primary source?

Answer 25

-What is the item -Where did it come from -who created it? -When was it created -What does it reveal about the topic I am studying?

Question 26

Time frame of Paleolithic Age (Old Stone Age)

Answer 26

Start of time to about 8000 BC