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soc studies
unit 1 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is location | Where something on a map is |
| what is place | place shows where a human or physical feature is |
| what is the difference between physical features and human features | a human feature is a man made thing and a physical feature is nature |
| what is a region | region is an area where something is. there are physical, political, and cultural |
| what is human environment interaction | how nature affects people and how humans affect people |
| what is movement | how people, ideas, and goods get from place to place |
| what are lines of latitude | latitude goes east and west but measures north and south |
| what does latitude measure | measures north and south |
| what are lines of longitude | goes north and south but measures east and west |
| what does longitude measure | east and west |
| what is a key | a tool used for identifying what is on a map |
| what is a scale bar | a tool used to measure distance from one place to another |
| what is a compass rose | a tool that shows north south east and west |
| what is the difference between a large scale map and a small scale map | a large scale shows detail and small scale is a huge part |
| what does a physical map show | shows physical features like mountains and rivers |
| what does a political map show | shows the borders of areas and capitals |
| what does a population destiny map show | shows population |
| what does a economic map show | shows areas like oil mines and farms |
| what does a climate map show | shows average temp per year and weather |
| strengths and weaknesses of a globe | good for no distortion and bad for small areas |
| strengths and weaknesses of a map | good for measuring small areas and bad for distortion |
| what is distortion | one thing is bigger or smaller than it should be |
| why does distortion happen | people stretch the globe to make it square and changes something |
| what components make up a gps | has 30 satellites and 3 for location 4 for altitude |
| how does the GPS system work | 3 satellites that send info to you about where you are and where you need to go |
| what is a GIS | a system of layered maps that shows things like where there is a bad section of sidewalk |
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