Social studies

Question 1

What is an “absolute location”?

Answer 1

An exact location on earth’s surface.
(The coordinates of longitude and latitude 40.7598°N, 74.4171°W of Madison NJ)

Question 2

What is a “relative location”?

Answer 2

The location is related to another location.
(MJS is about a half mile east of McCools)

Question 3

What are unique characteristics in a “place”?

Answer 3

Weather, plants, animals, history and people that live there.

Question 4

What is “Human Environment Interaction”?

Answer 4

Humans interact with the social system and human system
Examples:
Humans impact Earth by: Polluting gasses, building houses and building, and growing crops and food
Environment impacts us by:
Weather (If its cold we wear lots of layers, and if it’s hot we wear less layers)

Question 5

What is “Movement”?

Answer 5

The world is constantly changing with movement
Examples:
Resources: Goods; food and clothes are always being transported
Ideas: Plans are always being passed to different people by voice and through technology
People: People are always walking around, picking up and moving to a new location, and driving their cars around

Question 6

What is “Region”?

Answer 6

Unifying characteristics
Examples: desserts, countries, cities, lakes and oceans are examples of regions

Question 7

What is climate?

Answer 7

Climate is the weather patterns an area experiences over a long period of time.

Question 8

What is weather?

Answer 8

Weather is the conditions during a short period of time.

Question 9

What are the 3 Factors that impact a location’s climate?

Answer 9

Latitude (The distance north/south of the Equator), Altitude (High altitude = generally colder climates even in the tropics.)
Ocean Currents (Temps near the coast are kept more mild by the ocean currents offshore)

Question 10

What are the 2 factors that control where and how humans settle?

Answer 10

Climate (People settle in climates that make it easy to survive (not too cold or dry)
Natural Resources (People settle in areas with lots of natural resources like water and food and stone and wood because they can be used to survive and make life easier)

Question 11

Define renewable resources + an example

Answer 11

Resources that can be replaced at the same rate they are used. (plants)

Question 12

Define nonrenewable resources + an example

Answer 12

Resources that can only be used once. (oil)

Question 13

What does DOGSTAIL stand for?

Answer 13

Date, Orientation, Grid, Scale, Title, Author, Index, and Legend

Question 14

What is a political map?

Answer 14

They show political boundaries such as countries, states, counties and cities.

Question 15

What is a physical map?

Answer 15

They show landforms and bodies of water like continents, mountains, plains, deserts, oceans, seas and rivers.

Question 16

What is a special purpose map?

Answer 16

They show specific topics or details that political and physical maps don’t focus on.

Question 17

What does the DOGS stand for in DOGSTAIL?

Answer 17

DATE: All maps list the date it was created. ORIENTATION: All maps have either a North pointer, or a a compass rose to allow the reader to orient the map
GRID: Imaginary set of line places on top of a map
SCALE: A map, just like a globe, shows a large area on a very small space

Question 18

What does TAIL stand for?

Answer 18

TITLE: Name of the area being shown
AUTHOR:

Question 19

What do archaeologists do?

Answer 19

They study the past by examining the things people left behind (tools, pottery, coins, clothing)
These “things” are called artifacts.

Question 20

What do historians do?

Answer 20

They record history, they focus on the last few thousand years when people left written records.
Prehistory = the time before we could read/write.

Question 21

What is the study of geography?

Answer 21

It’s the study of human and physical features of the earth. (mountains, valleys, towns and streets)

Question 22

What do anthropologists do?

Answer 22

They study human development and culture.

Question 23

What do Paleoanthropologist do?

Answer 23

They study the earliest hominins.

Question 24

Define Observation…

Answer 24

Using your 5 senses to carefully gain info or evidence.