Social Studies cards

Question 1

Culture

Answer 1

is a set of shared mental rules about how people should behave

Question 2

Culture Shock

Answer 2

what happens when you are in a place where your culture does not fit the conditions around you

Question 3

Cultural Adaption

Answer 3

changing your ideas and tools to fit the conditions around you better

Question 4

Criterion

Answer 4

a measure that you use to divide things into groups

Question 5

growing season length

Answer 5

length of time when there are no freezing temperatures which is important because many plants

Question 6

hazards

Answer 6

physical geography conditions that cause danger or problems for people in particular places

Question 7

hurricanes

Answer 7

are storms with strong, violent winds that bring flooding to coastal areas near oceans

Question 8

region

Answer 8

a group of places that are similar to each other in some way and also near each other

Question 9

regionalization

Answer 9

the process of dividing a large area into smaller areas, where each small area is a group of places that are alike in some way and also near each other

Question 10

terrain

Answer 10

physical conditions of the land that focus on height and flatness or steepness

Question 11

earthquake

Answer 11

a violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes destruction of buildings and roads and sometimes bends or breaks rock layers and lifts mountains

Question 12

environment

Answer 12

the set of physical conditions that surround people in places where they live

Question 13

tornadoes

Answer 13

winds that spin at high speed (sometimes destructive speed)

Question 14

volcanoes

Answer 14

are mountains that have risen after explosions of hot lava and hot glasses that move upward from deep in the earth