Introduction Unit Quiz

Question 1

Define Globalization

Answer 1

The increasingly connected and interdependent nature of the world.

Question 2

Define Interdependence

Answer 2

The reliance of countries (and people) on other countries for food, goods and raw materials.

Question 3

What are the 5 factors that influence climate worldwide?

Answer 3

Latitude, Proximity to water, landforms/obstructions/Topography, Elevation/altitude, air currents/air masses/ atmospheric circulation

Question 4

What is the circumference of the earth at its widest point?

Answer 4

25,000 miles

Question 5

What is the difference between climate and weather?

Answer 5

Weather is day to day changes in the air, or how the weather behaves over a short period of time. Climate is the weather tendencies of a region over a long period of time.

Question 6

Why do certain areas of the earth have 4 distinct seasons, while others do not?

Answer 6

The earth spins on a 23.5 degree axis. The earth’s tilt causes some areas to receive more direct sunlight than others. The areas of low latitudes receive direct sunlight all year and the areas of high latitudes receive no direct sunlight therefore no seasons.

Question 7

What are mid latitudes?

Answer 7

The temperate zones, since sunlight differs during the year, they have seasons.

Question 8

What are low latitudes?

Answer 8

Any area between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of Capricorn.

Question 9

What are high latitudes?

Answer 9

The region between the arctic circles and the poles.

Question 10

What is the tropic of Capricorn?

Answer 10

Line of latitude that is 30 degrees south of the equator.

Question 11

What is the tropic of cancer?

Answer 11

Line of latitude that is 30 degrees north of the equator.

Question 12

Define history

Answer 12

The study of the past.

Question 13

Define culture

Answer 13

The knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

Question 14

Define archaeology

Answer 14

The study of the past based on what people left behind.

Question 15

Define fossil

Answer 15

A part or imprint of something that was once alive.

Question 16

Define artifacts

Answer 16

Objects created by and used by humans.

Question 17

Define primary source

Answer 17

An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

Question 18

What are some examples of primary sources

Answer 18

Treaties, letters, diaries, laws, court documents, and royal commands.

Question 19

Define secondary source

Answer 19

Information gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness an event.

Question 20

What are some examples of secondary sources?

Answer 20

History textbooks, journal articles, and encyclopedias.

Question 21

Why should we study history (and geography)?

Answer 21

Because we benefit from studying the past.

Question 22

Define geography

Answer 22

The study of the earth’s physical and cultural features.

Question 23

Define physical geography

Answer 23

The study of the earth’s land and features.

Question 24

Define human geography

Answer 24

The study of people and the places where they live.

Question 25

What impact does the environment have on how a culture develops?

Answer 25

People who live near a river environment learn to make fishhooks and boats, while people who live in forest environments learn to make houses out of wood. Some religions were also based on the environment.