Vocabulary (all units)

Question 0

Define

Plate tectonics

Answer 0

The theory developed to explain continental drift.

Question 1

Define

Continental shelf

Answer 1

Shallow seabed surrounding a continent

Question 2

Define

El niño

Answer 2

Irregularly occurring climactic changes

Question 3

Define

Fault

Answer 3

A fracture in a rock where there has been movement or displacement

Question 4

Define

Nation

Answer 4

An organized body of people under a single government

Question 5

Describe

Environment

Answer 5

The totality of surrounding conditions

Question 6

Define

Place

Answer 6

What makes a location unique (natural and cultural features)

Question 7

Define

Society

Answer 7

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

Question 8

Define

Paleolithic

Answer 8

Earliest age of human history

Question 9

Define

Systematic agriculture

Answer 9

Agriculture done in a way that they could rely on crops

Question 10

Define

Domestication

Answer 10

To tame an animal

Question 11

Define revolution

Answer 11

To overthrow a government or social structure for a more favorable one

Question 12

Define

Aristocracy

Answer 12

Upper class whose wealth is based on land

Question 13

Define

Traditional economy

Answer 13

traditions, customs, and beliefs shape the goods and products the society creates

Question 14

Define

Pharaoh

Answer 14

Title of Egyptian monarchs

Question 15

Define

Kami

Answer 15

Divine spirit in the Shinto religion

Question 16

Define

Ise

Answer 16

A city in japan

Question 17

Define

Amaterasu

Answer 17

Principle deity of Shinto religion

Sun goddess

Question 18

what are the five constant relationships

Answer 18

1) Ruler to Subject
2) Father to Son
3) Elder Brother to Younger Brother
4) Husband to Wife
5) Friend to Friend

Question 19

Define

Tao te Ching

Answer 19

Fundamental text in Daoism and Confucianism

Question 20

Define

Vedas

Answer 20

Ancient Hindu scriptures

Question 21

Define

religion

Answer 21

Belief in and worship of a superior all knowing being

Question 22

Define

Dharma

Answer 22

Hinduism’s principle of cosmic order

Question 23

Define

Yogas

Answer 23

A method of training developed by Hindu used to lead to oneness with god

Question 24

Define

Atman

Answer 24

Sanskrit word that means “inner self”

Question 25

Definition

Five pillars

Answer 25

Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
Establishment of the daily prayers;
Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
Self-purification through fasting; and
The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.