Social Studies Post-Test Review

Question 1

Accessibility

Answer 1

How easily one place can be reached from another

Question 2

Diffusion

Answer 2

How people or things move in certain directions at certain speeds

Question 3

Complimentary

Answer 3

The mutual exchange of people all goods among places usually occurs over those shortest possible distances

Question 4

Mental Map

Answer 4

Information of place information from memory

Question 5

Population Map

Answer 5

Helps people understand the overall distribution of population of a particular area, such as a region, city or entire world

Question 6

Topographic

Answer 6

Generally represents a small area with a lot of detail, including elevation with contour lines, natural features, and man-made features

Question 7

Physical Map

Answer 7

Has colors that make natural patterns stand out; the colors can stand for types of vegetation, mountain, and natural features

Question 8

Navigational Map

Answer 8

Maps and GPS

Question 9

Historic Map

Answer 9

Shows information about past events and where they occurred

Question 10

GIS

Answer 10

Is a system or tool for displaying in analyzing data related to positions on the Earth’s surface

Question 11

Ecosystem

Answer 11

The relationship among all living and nonliving things that exist within a certain area

Question 12

Habitat

Answer 12

A place or area where organism lives

Question 13

Perceive/Perception

Answer 13

To recognize, discern, envision or understand

Question 14

Alter/Modify

Answer 14

To change

Question 15

Adaptation

Answer 15

To adjust one so if two different conditions, environment, etc.

Question 16

Urbanization

Answer 16

Huge growth of cities

Question 17

Site

Answer 17

The actual location of a settlement oh placement of a building on the earth influenced by landforms, vegetation etc

Question 18

Situation

Answer 18

The location of a place wanted to would surroundings and other places; influenced by the accessibility of the location

Question 19

Core

Answer 19

The area of greatest concentration of traits or characteristics of an area

Question 20

Periphery

Answer 20

The outer influence of culture or economic traits of an area

Question 21

Formal Region

Answer 21

The defining features of the region extend clearly and consistently from border to border

Question 22

Functional Region

Answer 22

Regions where the defining feature of the Legion is based around a central place or feature where is strongest, but usually becomes less evident or weaker towards the edges of the region

Question 23

Perceptual Region

Answer 23

Imaginary regions with no officially agreed upon boundaries

Question 24

Industrialization

Answer 24

the large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.

Question 25

Immigration

Answer 25

to come to a country of which one is not a native

Question 26

Migrate

Answer 26

to go from one country, region, or place to another.

Question 27

Diversity

Answer 27

Variety; a range of different cultures

Question 28

Culture

Answer 28

the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group

Question 29

Distinctive

Answer 29

characteristic of one person or thing, and so serving to distinguish it from others.

Question 30

Cultural Diversity

Answer 30

the variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region, or in the world as a whole.

Question 31

Assimilate

Answer 31

take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.

Question 32

Enterprise

Answer 32

A project undertaken or to be undertaken, esp. important or difficult or that requires boldness or energy

Question 33

Community

Answer 33

a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.

Question 34

Region

Answer 34

the vast or indefinite entirety of a space or area, or something compared to one

Question 35

Hierarchy

Answer 35

A ranking system to show comparisons between places