Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Natural resources

Answer 1

a natural resource is somehting that is found in nature and can be used by people. EX: trees, animal fur

Question 2

migration

Answer 2

to move from one country or place to another

Question 3

glyphs

Answer 3

symbolic figures or a characters (as in the Mayan system of writing) usually cut in or carved in stone

Question 4

Adaptation

Answer 4

adjusting to the envoronment. Ex. Wearing warmer clothes in the Arctic

Question 5

Civilization

Answer 5

a relatively high level of culutral and techonological development

Question 6

Social hierarchy

Answer 6

breaking a group of people into groups based on their jobs or how much social power they have. EX: Cheif, nobles, commoners, slaves

Question 7

Western hemisphere

Answer 7

The west half of the Eath, that includes North and South America

Question 8

Indigenous

Answer 8

peolpe who are the origional or easliest known people to live in an area.

Question 9

Map Key

Answer 9

a box usually found at the bottom of a map that is explain what the symbols on the map mean

Question 10

Compass Rose

Answer 10

A symbol on the map that shows the caridnal directions (north, east, south, west)

Question 11

Government

Answer 11

Something that makes the laws of teh land and ensures that all people are treated fairly by those laws.