Map Skills Unit Flashcards
What are the steps to paraphrasing?
Hint: There are 4 steps
1- Chunk the text (smaller pieces)
2- Read thoughtfully
3- THINK
-What did I just read?
-How does it fit with my purpose?
4- Write
-Short bullets
-In own understanding
Chunk, Read, Think, and write.
What is Paraphrasing?
Paraphrasing is writing something in your own understanding.
Write something in your own understanding
Purpose can change your paraphrasing by changing the reasoning for your paragraph
What is culture?
Culture is the way of life by a group of people.
What are norms?
Norms are the unwritten rules of group or society.
You should do but are not laws
What do cultural traits make up?
Culture
Culture is the way of life by a group of people.
What is the largest continent by size?
SIZE OF LAND
Asia
SIZE OF LAND
What is the smallest continent by size?
SIZE OF LAND
Australia
SIZE OF LAND
What is the largest continent by population?
Asia
What is the smallest continent by population?
Antarctica
What does Tuebor mean?
Tuebor means I will defend
What are the animals on the Michigan flag?
Elk and moose and eagle
What is the Prime Meridian?
It is the “zipper” of the world that slips the world into the east and west hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
The Equator is the “belt” of the world that slips the world into the north and south hemispheres.
What is a Grid Used For
On maps
A grid is used as a border showing you sections of a place
What do flags show you about the culture/people they represent / what is important to them?
What do flags show about culture?
Flags show the values of the country, town, family, or state
there are more then the example
Why is Paraphrasing important?
It is important since you can put something in not your own understanding
What are some culture traits
Don’t have to name all of them
Family Structure
Human Response to the Environment (animals/geography alone are not culture)
Clothing
Food
Holidays
Appearance
Technology
Jobs
Sports
Education
Entertainment
Literature
Religion
Festivals
Architecture
Monuments
Dance
Housing
Transportation
Military / law
Health / medicine
Symbols / Flags
Government
History
Currency
Language/Communication
Beliefs
Ideas about Right and Wrong
Traditions
Rituals
Customs
Norms
Economy
