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Mr. D's Intro Unit
Intro to the Social Sciences
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is "history"? | It is the story of our past |
| How do historians study the past? | Historians examine primary sources and secondary sources of information |
| What is a "primary source"? | A primary source is a first-hand account from a witness/participant of the event or an artifact from the event |
| What is a "secondary source"? | A secondary source of information is an account of the past written some time after the event itself by a person that was not part of the event |
| What is "geography"? | Geography is the study of the world's people and places. |
| What are the "Five Themes of Geography"? | Movement, Region, Location, Interaction between people and their environment, and Place |
| What is the theme of "Movement"? | Movement is the flow of goods, people, and ideas |
| What is the theme of "Region"? | A region is an area that has one or more features thart makes it different from surrounding areas. |
| What is the theme of "Location"? | Location is where something happened |
| What is the theme of "Interaction Between People and Their Environment"? | Human-Environment Interactions are the adaptions that people make to change their natural surroundings |
| What is the theme of "place"? | Place is the describing of an area using its human and physical characteristics |
| Why is a globe more accurate than a map of the world? | A globe is round like the earth. |
| What is a "map projection"? | A map projection is a flat drawing of the earth |
| What does a "cartographer" do for a living? | A cartographer makes maps |
| Which map projection distrts the sizes of the land masses near the polar areas? | A Mercator Projection |
| Which map projection distorts the shapes of the land masses? | A Peters Projection |
| Which map projection distorths the sizes and shapes both by a little? | A Robinson Projection |
| How many standard time zones are there in the world? | 24 |
| What do lines of latitude measure? | Lines of latitude measure north and south of the Equator |
| What do lines of longitude measure? | Lines of longitude measure east and west of the Prime Meridian |
| What is the line of latitude at zero degrees called? | The Equator |
| What is the line at zero degrees longitude called? | The Prime Meridian |
| What is the line at 180 degrees longitude called? | The International Date Line |
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