soc part 2 Flashcards
Geography
is the study of places and relationships between people and their environments
Geographers
explore both the physical properties earths surface and the human societies spread across it
timeline
Shows something in chronological order. the reader should be able to distinguish where growth took place. Timelines can be completed using words or picture
Lines of lattitude and longitude
A sytem of lines to find the location of any place on the surface of the earth. Can also be called a grid system with two sets of lines that cross each other.
Land and water forms
Three quarters of the earth is covered in water. Size, shape, and rol it plays are just a few criteria to distinguish one body of water from another. The earths surface has many shapes and elevation
equater
the lattitude line that goes around the center of the earth
prime merridean
the longtude line at zero degrees.
aproximatley when did the first Americans arrive and who were they?
thousands of years ago and they were Native Americans
how many Americans populated the Americas
1500 millions
when was the last Ice age
about 1200 years ago
what did the ice age make?
A land bridge from Asia to North America
how many years ago did the people learn how to plant and rase crops?
9000 years ago
What are the three sisters and what was so special about them.
The three ssters are maize, pumpkins or squash, and beans. These crops grew in harmony with eachother providing nutrients, shade, and suport
What also began about 9000 years ago?
groups started building permanent homes and structures.
The 5 themes of Geography
.Location
.Place
.interaction
.movement
.region
What is location
Fnding the exact location on a map
What is place
Physical features, climate life, water, land forms, human features. Changes made by people.
What is interaction
Adaption to natural environments by people. Examples include: drilling oil, irrigating water to dessert areas
what is movement?
People, goods, and Ideas moving from place to place
What is region
Area that has unifying characteristics
what is the heartland of the Iriquois people
The heartland of the Iriquois people is stretched across what is now New York
At the center of the earth stood what
The great elm
What was considered sacred to the Iriquoi people
smoking tobbaco and elm trees
Burning tobbaco ment what to the Iriquoi people
You were sending messages to the skyworls(heaven)
The relationship between the Iriquoi people and land was explained by what
The Iriquoi religion
How did the Iriquoi veiw land
they viewed land as sacred/holy and could not be bought or sold (viewed like how we view air)
What were the five nations the confederacy/league contain?
Seneca, Oneda, Onodaga, Cayuga, and Mohawk.
Why was the confederacy formed?
To reform and keep peace with other tribes
What were the Women able to do?
They chose and could remove the leader.
What were tribe councls made up of?
cheifs from smaller villages to manage affairs.
NY was what to the 13 colonies?
vital
What was NY known for?
fruit orchads, farms, and forest(produced much of the food for the rest of the colonies)
Why was the NYs huge forests highly valued?
Used for ship building in America and England
Why was many places In NY name after areas in england?
The Geography was similar
Long island and Manhatten quickly became the center for what?
fishing and whaling fleets
What place in NY was the center of commence and trade and a stock market
Manhatten
When was the stock market in manhatten created?
1792
As a state NY lead the naton in….
production, finance, technology, education, and almost every other aspect of American life.
What are New Yorkers known for?
Ther grit and determination
