Orela Social Studies Flashcards
base maps
created from aerial and field survey base maps serve as the starting point for topographical and thematic maps
topographical maps
these show the natural and human made surface features of the earth
thematic maps
use base or topographical maps as a base for showing data based on theme
example: population, wildlife, economic trends
time zones
24 zones linked to the longitude, 15 degrees for each zone
cartography
the art and science of mapmaking, first map makers were Egyptians and Greeks
Vegetation zones or biomes (4)
forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra
Climate zones (5)
tropical, dry, temperate, continental, polar
three types of coral reefs
fringing reefs - surround or fridge an island
barrier reefs - grows so large as to encompass and act as a barrier around the island, sinks the island
atolls - sinking island goes under leaving the ring of coral reef around the lagoon
orogeny
plates collide and the crust forms mountains
Five themes of geography
1) Location - relative location
2) place - physical characteristics
3) human - environment interactions
4) movement - interactions through trade, migration, communications, political boundaries
5) regions
geomorphology or physiography
science of relationships between geographical structures and surface landscape features
humid continental climate
four seasons, large span of temperature
subtropical climates
humid, tropical, long summers, mild winters
prairie climates
dry flatlands of grasslands or desert
marine climate
near or surrounded by water, mild temperatures, rain
prime meridian
international date line, passes through green which England
how many amendments in the Consitution
27
robber barons and what they are known for (7)
Jay Gould - railroads
Andrew Carnegie - steel
John Rockefeller - oil
Philip Danforth Amour - meatpacking
JP Morgan - bank
John Jacob Astor - fur trading
Cornelius Vanderbilt - steamboat shipping
Early Empires
needed : a strong military, centralized government, commerce, money, taxes, weight system,official language
examples: mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome
Middle Ages (Medieval Ages)
500-1500 AD, strong national govs in places in France, Germany, England, Roman Catholicism, universities, crusades, black death plague, protestant reformation
Renaissance
renewal of interests in ancients, arts, philiosophy, Italy was the hub
Petrarch - philosopher
Erasmus - protestant
Thomas Moore - Utopia
Industrial Revolution
Started in England in the 1700’s bc of use of coal and steam engine
Reasons for the American Revolution
- cultural disconnect between Americans and remote England
- Americans fought in 7 years war treated bad
- fear of restricted religious freedom
- taxes, no court representation, govern themselves
events leading up to American Revolution
- sons of liberty - protest group
- Boston massacre - march 1770 5 people killed
- Boston tea party - December 1773
- shot heard around the world - April 1775 fighting ensues
