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Social Studies test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Primary Sources | A firsthand account of an event |
| Secondary Sources | A account that happened after the event |
| What is a mental map? | A map that is made up in your mind to get around |
| What are the three types of maps? | Physical Political Thematic |
| Where is the Equator on the map? | 0 degrees latitude |
| Where is the Prime meridian on a map? | 0 degrees longitude |
| Latitude | The lines that run horizontally on a map |
| Longitude | The lines that run vertically on a map |
| Northern Hemisere | The Northern part of a map that is seperated from the South by the Equator |
| Southern Hemishere | The Southern part of a map that is seperated from the North by the Equator |
| Eastern Hemisphere | The Eastern part of a map that is seperated from the West by the Prime Meridian |
| Western Hemisphere | The Western part of a map that is seperated from the East by the Prime Meridian |
| What is the part of the map that shows the distnce down to scale? | The Map Scale |
| What are the Cardinal Directions? | North South East West |
| What are the Intermediate Directions? | Nothwest Northeast Southwest Southeast |
| Why do we have seasons? | We have seasons in relation to the tilt of Earth towrd the sun |
| How is the relation of the Northern Hemishere different than the Southern Hemisphere? | The seasons in the Sothern Hemisphere are flipped to the Nothern Hemisphere (Vise versa) |
| What kind of growth would a Triangular pyrimid have? | A rapid growth (quickly) |
| What kind of growth would a Beehive pyrimid have? | A negative growth (shrinking) |
| What kind of growth would a Rectangular pyrimid have? | A slow growth |
| What part of the Climograph chart does the temperature read? | The line |
| What part of the Climograph chart does the precipitaion read? | The bar |
| What is a GIS system? | A map that has multiple layers of data (that can be removed or added) |
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