6th grade social studies
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| cartographer | map maker
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| diagram | representation of something in graphic form
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| environment | the natural world in a particular geographic area
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| geographic | relating to the natural features, population, characteristics of a region
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| globe | a round object with a map of the world; three dimensional representation of the world
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| satellite image | images of earth collected by satellites in space
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| spatial perspective: | study of where things happen - studies physical locations to determine how people live on the surface of the Earth
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| absolute location: | the exact position of a place on the Earth; usually expressed by a grid (latitude and longitude)
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| coordinate points: | set of numbers that determines the location of a point in space, expressed in latitude and longitude degrees
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| equator | line of latitude that stretches around the middle of the Earth
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| latitude | imaginary horizontal lines that run across the Earth;
sometimes called parallels since they run parallel to each other
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| longitude | imaginary lines that run north and south on a map of globe from the North Pole to the South Pole; not parallel (meet at the Poles)
parallel: line of latitude; extending in the same direction, equally distant at all points
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| Prime Meridian | line of longitude that divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
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| climate: | long-term trends in weather and conditions in the atmosphere of an area
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| criteria | standards used to judge or evaluate something
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| cultural region | area in which people share common cultural characteristics such as language, history, or religious beliefs,
landform shape, form, or nature of physical features of the Earth's surface
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| physical region | area that shares the same physical characteristics, such as landforms, climate, plant or animal life
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| population | total number of persons living in a country, city, or any district or area
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| region | area with similar characteristics that make it distinct from other areas; places within a region are more alike than places outside the region
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