Quarter 2 Final Social Studies Flashcards
Name all Continents from biggest to smallest
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica,
Why is Europe considered separate from Asia?
Because of different culture and history
China, Russia, and Japan are part of which continent?
Asia
What is the largest desert?
Antarctica
Name all the Oceans
Indian ocean,southern ocean,Atlantic,ocean,pacific ocean,Arctic ocean.
Which ocean is surrounded by more than 2 continents?
Indian ocean
Which ocean is the smallest?
Arctic ocean
What is a compass rose?
A design on a map that shows directions
Cardinal Directions and Intermediate Directions?
Cd: 4 major directions
North
South
East
West
Id:
Nw,sw,ne,se
What is the equator?
Imagine line separating the north and south hemispheres
What is Prime Meridian?
A line of 0 longitude, Imaginary line runs vertically through center of earth
Latitude vs Longitude?
Latitude: distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees longitude: distance east or west of the prime meridian measured degrees
What is a Map key? Map Scale?
A map key: is an inset on a map that explains the symbols, provides a scale map scale:Map scale refers to the relationship or ratio between distance on a map
Physical vs Political Map?
Physical:Bodily means belonging to, concerned with, the human body Political Map:Political Maps - does not show physical features. Instead, they show state and national boundaries and capital and major cities
History is the study of?
Change over time
Historian study?
Historians are concerned with the continuous
What is Archeology the study of?
Archaeology is a person that studies from the past culture
What is an artifact? What do they include?
By human hands A artifact is something that was from along time ago hands and it includes
toys,pottery,and,tools
Primary vs Secondary sources?
Primary:The primary is a nomination process A primary narrows each party’s Secondary sources:found in books
What is geography the study of?
The primary is a nomination process. A primary narrows each party’s
Physical vs Human Geography?
physical :Bodily means belonging to, concerned with,The human body Political Human geography:The study of the interrelationships between people
Define land forms
Earth’s flat surface,mountains, valleys plains
Weather vs climate
Weather condition at a certain a time or place
climate is pattern of weather condition an area over a long pd of time
Features that identify a region?
Religion
Language
Physical like forest or grasslands
climate
