global unit #1

Question 1

History

Answer 1

The knowledge of the past, and understanding how it will affect the future

Question 2

Primary Sources

Answer 2

First hand accounts of history. Ie: journals, diaries, autobiographies

Question 3

Secondary Sources

Answer 3

Information created after the event has occurred. Ie: textbooks and biographies

Question 4

Geography

Answer 4

Study of the Earth, its physical features, and how it affects human development

Question 5

Cultural Diffusion

Answer 5

The movement of ideas and culture

Question 6

Interdependence

Answer 6

The dependence of countries on each other for development

Question 7

Political Science

Answer 7

Study of the structure, activity, and behavior of government

Question 8

Totalitarian

Answer 8

Government that creates laws to maintain their own power. They do not consider the needs of the people in their decisions. The population has no real input into the functions of government.

Question 9

Democracy

Answer 9

Government creates laws that reflect the will of the people, and the government changes with the will of their population.

Question 10

Economics

Answer 10

Study of resources and how they affect people and cultures in their development. The idea of scarcity is the number or amount of resources found in an area

Question 11

Traditional Economy

Answer 11

No money exchanged. Bartering of goods and services. Labor intensive. Very little surplus.

Question 12

Capitalist

Answer 12

Market economy. Supply and demand. People produce goods, that meet the demand of the population. Prices are set on population

Question 13

Socialism

Answer 13

Command economy. The government sets the amount of goods made, and their price. Also known as communism.

Question 14

Mixed economy

Answer 14

When capitalism and socialism are combined and used in a country

Question 15

Archipelago

Answer 15

Group of islands, with shared cultural identity

Question 16

Isthmus

Answer 16

Narrow piece of land that connects two larger pieces of land

Question 17

Lake

Answer 17

Body of water surrounded by land

Question 18

Plateau

Answer 18

Elevated land that is flat at the top

Question 19

Strait

Answer 19

Narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Question 20

Plains

Answer 20

Large area of flat grassy land, lacking of trees

Question 21

Peninsula

Answer 21

A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Question 22

Gulf

Answer 22

A body of water surrounded by land on all but 1 side

Question 23

Mountain

Answer 23

Elevated land that ends at a peak, very rocky and taller than hills

Question 24

Hills

Answer 24

Elevated land that is rounded and tends to have vegetation

Question 25

Political Map

Answer 25

Borders of the countries, capital cities, and major cities

Question 26

Physical Map

Answer 26

Elevations of land above sea level

Question 27

Population Map

Answer 27

Shows the population density of a given area

Question 28

Environment/Climate Map

Answer 28

Shows the average daily weather and ecosystem of an area

Question 29

Economy Map

Answer 29

Shows the major economic work of a region or area

Question 30

Culture

Answer 30

The beliefs, traditions, language, and norms shared by a group of people

Question 31

Customs and traditions

Answer 31

Unwritten rules of culture
Ie: giving presents on birthdays; eating hotdogs on the 4th of July

Question 32

Ethnocentric

Answer 32

Judging a culture by your culture’s standards

Question 33

Racism

Answer 33

Believing that one culture or group is naturally superior to another group