Social Studies Test Flashcards
1
Q
What are thick sheets of moving ice?
A
Glaciers
2
Q
What are small communities?
A
Settlements
3
Q
What is an extra amount of something called?
A
A Surplus
4
Q
What is an advanced culture in which people have developed cities and industry?
A
Civilization
5
Q
What is a political unit that controls a city and its surrounding land?
A
City-State
6
Q
What are raised roads made of packed dirt?
A
Causeways
7
Q
What is a string with knots that stood for records?
A
Quipus
8
Q
What are wide, flat steps of land?
A
Terraces
9
Q
What is the study of ancient people?
A
Archaeology
10
Q
What are things that belong to the early people?
A
Artifacts
11
Q
What is the place in Northern Asia that was connected to Alaska by the land bridge Beringia?
A
Siberia
12
Q
What is the narrow body of water that was between Asia and North America?
A
Bering Strait
