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Herold 7th Soc St
Final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do you call a book of maps? | Atlas |
| What is the study of land, as well as water, plants, animals and people | Geography |
| What do geographers study? | The physical and human characteristics of places. |
| What do we call individual features of the land, such as mountains and valleys. | Landforms |
| What is another name for our natural surroundings? | Environment |
| What do we call areas that share common cultural characteristics or similar physical environments. | Regions. |
| Movements of air are called ___________. | winds. |
| Winds follow typical patterns, affecting ____. | Climate. |
| What do we call poweful seasonal winds that blow over continents for months at a time? | Monsoons |
| On what continents are monsoons usually found? | Asia and Africa |
| What do we call a funnel-shaped windstorm? | Tornado |
| What country has more tornados than any other country? | United States |
| A violent tropical storm that forms over the warm water of the Atlantic Ocean in late summer or early fall is called a _____ | Hurricane. |
| Hurricanes usually strike in the countries of ___________. | the Caribbean islands and North America. |
| What do we call a hurricane that strikes in Asia? | Typhoon. |
| What do we call a long period of extended dryness, with no rain? | Drought. |
| Which is warmer... cities or in the country. | Cities, because streets and buildings absorb more heat than plants. |
| What do we call the buildup of gases from burning fuels that cannot escape into the atmosphere? | The greenhouse effect. |
| What is the name of a dense (thick) forest that gets a large amount of rain each year? | Rain forests. |
| What is the way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs called? | Culture |
| What are the eight traits of a culture? | language, religion, history, arts, government,economy, daily life and social groups. |
| What do we call people who share the same language, history, religion and some physical characteristics? | Ethnic group. |
| What do we call a local form of a language that is a little different from the main language? | Dialect |
| What cultural trait has caused many conflicts and struggles between people throughout history? | Religion |
| Many cultures celebrate holidays to honor who? | Their heros and heroines. |
| What do we call the process of spreading new knowledge and skills to other cultures? | Cultural diffusion. |
| Name one way that cultural diffusion happens. | One of these: television, internet, war, people moving |
| What do we call highly developed culture? | Civilizations. |
| What caused the Industrial Revolution? | When countries began to build factories to produce products and goods. |
| When did the Industrial Revolution happen? | In the 1700s and 1800s. |
| What has caused the Information Revolution? | Computer technology. |
| What are culture regions? | Countries that share traits (or cultural characteristics) |
| What do we call a type of government in which power rests with the people of a nation> | Democracy. |
| What kind of government does the United States have? | Representative democracy. |
| What type of government has a single person control and rule as he or she wishes? | Dictatorship. |
| In what kind of government do kings and queens inherit the power to rule? | Monarchy. |
| Who was the major religious figure of Buddhism? | Buddha |
| Who was the major religious figure of Christianity? | Jesus Christ |
| Who was the major religious figure of Hinduism? | Unknown |
| Who was the major religious figure of Islam? | Muhammad |
| Who was the major religious figure of Judaism? | Abraham. |
| What is the definition of "death rate"? | The number of people out of every 1000 people who die in a year. |
| What is the definition of "birth rate"? | The number of children born every year for every 1000 people. |
| What do we call a lack of food? | Famine. |
| What is population density? | The average number of people living in one square mile or one square kilometer. |
| What percent of the earth is covered by land? | 30% |
| Half of the earth's land is uninhabitable because of ____ | ice, deserts, or high mountains. |
| What is the word for the fact that many people are leaving villages and farms and moving to cities. | Urbanization. |
| When boundaries of cities and their suburbs keep expanding outward, it is called _____ | Urban sprawl. |
| What is the word that means to leave the country in which you were born and move to another country. | emmigration. |
| What do we call people whe flee to another country to escape persecution or disaster? | Refugees. |
| Products thare are products of the earth that people use to meet their needs. | Natural resources. |
| Resources that cannot be used up, but can be replaced naturally or grown again. | Renewable resources, such as trees and wind. |
| Resources that are provided by the earth in limited supply, and cannot be replaced. | Nonrenewable resources, such as coal and oil. |
| The rules that a country develops for deciding what is produced, how it is produced, and who receives products. | Economic system. |
| The type of economic system in which the government makes all the decisions. | Command economy. |
| The type of economic system in which economic decisions are based on customs, passed down through history. | Traditional economy. |
| The type of economic system in which individuals and businesses make their ouwn decisions. | Free enterprise economy. |
| When a country cannot produce enough of a particular good or product, they must _____ it. | Import |
| When a country produces more of a good or product than they need, they can ____ it. | Export |
| A tax that is added to the price of goods that are imported. | Tariff |
| A number limit that a government places on how much of a particular product can be produced. | Quota |
| Taking down trade barriers so that goods flow freely among countries. | Free trade |
| Countries that have a great deal of manufacturing. | Developed countries. |
| Countries that are working toward industrialization and often practice subsistence farming. | Developing countries. |
| Which usually makes more money, industry or farming? | Industry. |
| The ability of humans to make things that help them and give them some control over their environment. | Technology |
| When did the Agricultural Revolution begin? | Over 10,000 years ago. |
| When have important transportation and communication technologies begun? | 100 years ago, the early 1900's. |
| Name three technologies that have allowed the instant worldwide sharing of knowledge. | telephone, satellites, radio, television, internet. |
| What is the name of the global network of computers? | The internet. |
| Being an involved citized and caring about the public affairs of your community, state, nation and world | civic participation. |
| Benefits that are guaranteed to a person by law. | Rights. |
| Duties owed to other citizens and the government. | Responsibilities. |
| Depending on other countries for products, raw materials, and places to sell goods | Interdependence among nations. |
| Development of world culture and interdependence among nations | Globalization. |
| Why it is important to learn about the beliefs and values of other people in the world? | So you can understand connections between them and our country and be an informed member of the global community |
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