Unit 1 and 2

Question 1

Infrastructure

Answer 1

the basic systems of a business, region, or nation

Question 2

Paleolithic Age

Answer 2

when people lived in caves, and they used stones and other natural resources to live (old stone age)

Question 3

Neolithic Age

Answer 3

when humans started to build actual houses and they started to invent and create more useful tools (new stone age)

Question 4

Civilization

Answer 4

the network of cities that are defined by the economic, political, social, and cultural interactions between themselves

Question 5

Imperialism

Answer 5

when the country’s power and influence through diplomacy or military force is extended

Question 6

Primary Source

Answer 6

a first-hand or contemporary account of an event or topic (Ex: a diary from a person that experienced the event)

Question 7

Secondary Source

Answer 7

a second-hand account of an event or topic (Ex: a book with information from a primary source)

Question 8

Brain Drain

Answer 8

when an extremely talented and smart person immigrates from one country to another

Question 9

Apartheid

Answer 9

a system of segregation of race

Question 10

Sovereignty

Answer 10

supreme power or authority

Question 11

Absolute Location

Answer 11

a specific place on earth that uses longitude and latitude

Question 12

Relative Location

Answer 12

a description of a place based on its relation to other places around it

Question 13

Acculturation

Answer 13

learning and incorporating the beliefs, values, and traditions from a new country

Question 14

Climate

Answer 14

climate is the kind of weather in a specific location

Question 15

Cultural diffusion

Answer 15

when different parts of culture travel to different places

Question 16

Culture

Answer 16

the different beliefs, traditions, and/or behavior in a society

Question 17

Globalization

Answer 17

when different businesses start to operate internationally

Question 18

Human geography

Answer 18

a part of geography that shows how humans effect the earth

Question 19

Physical geography

Answer 19

a part of geography that shows how the earth changes naturally over time

Question 20

Region

Answer 20

an area in the world with specific characteristics that define it and make it unique

Question 21

Location

Answer 21

a specific place in space

Question 22

Place

Answer 22

the characteristics of a specific location

Question 23

Movement

Answer 23

how people, goods, and ideas move between different places

Question 24

Human-environment interaction

Answer 24

how people interact with the environment of a place

Question 25

different types of economic activity

Answer 25

primary, secondary, tertiary

Question 26

primary economic activity

Answer 26

extraction of raw materials

Question 27

secondary economic activity

Answer 27

manufacturing processes

Question 28

tertiary economic activity

Answer 28

community services

Question 29

what countries were part of the scramble for Africa?

Answer 29

The British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Belgian, Spanish

Question 30

what country probably benefitted the most from their colonies in Africa?

Answer 30

Great Britain

Question 31

what parts of Africa did France and Britain claim?

Answer 31

France and Britain mainly took over the North Western (France) and North Eastern and Southern (Britain) parts of Africa

Question 32

What countries claimed the most land in Africa?

Answer 32

Great Britain and France

Question 33

what was life like under King Leopold’s rule?

Answer 33

men, women, and children were forced to work and if they didn’t they would be brutally assaulted in many ways. They also numbered everyone just like during the Holocaust