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Social Studies Reviewer /World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 71% of Earth's surface | Water |
| one of the most accepted theories of the planet's origin | Theistic Evolution or Evolutionary Creationism |
| holds the belief that God exceeds common time and space,with nature having no survival self-sufficient of God's Will | Theistic Evolution or Evolutionary Creationism |
| Where is the theory of creation located? | Genesis in the old testament of the Bible |
| idea that the universe came about due to a colossal explosion | Big Bang Theory |
| developer of Nebular Theory | Immanuel Kant |
| gave scientific form to Nebular Theory | Pierre Simon Laplace |
| assumed that the solar system in its first state is a nebula | Nebular Theory |
| hot slowly rotating heap of mass of rare matter | Nebula |
| explains angular momentum | Encounter or collision Theories |
| developed by Thomas Chambelin and Forest Ray Moulton in the early part of 20th century | Planetisimal Theory |
| weighty elements that were not clustered together are thrown into space to form stars and planets | Big Bang Theory |
| thrust Bodies | Planetisimals |
| Huge tides were raised on the surface and some of these erupted matters were torn free | Planetisimal Theory |
| proposed Gaseous Tidal Theory | James Jeans and Harold Jeffreys |
| year of Gaseous Tidal Theory | 1918 |
| The gaseous Debris torn from the sun by tidal forces is supposed to have condensed into planets | Gaseous Tidal Theory |
| proposed by Georges Buffon | Dynamic Encounter Theory |
| states that the world is formed out of molten materials from the sun that collided with other planets | Dynamic Encounter Theory |
| proposed by Georges-Louis Leclerc | Solar Disruption Theory |
| believes that the sun and a big star almost collided in space which made some parts of the sun burst.The pieces formed became planets | Solar Disruption Theory |
| 97% of all water on Earth | oceans |
| 2% of earth's water | Glaciers and polar ice caps |
| great blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth | atmosphere |
| layers of the atmosphere | Troposhere,mesosphere,stratosphere,exosphere,thermosphere |
| refers to all of the earth from its surface from its center | Lithosphere |
| three regions of Earth | crust,mantle and core |
| three main zones | Atmosphere,lithosphere,hydrosphere |
| consist of water that covers the Earth | Hydrosphere |
| largest layer of earth | mantle |
| thickness of mantle | 2700 km |
| outermost layer of Earth | crust |
| inner core | solid |
| outer core | liquid |
| contains iron and nickel | core |
| large unbroken land mass completely surrounded by water | continent |
| crashing of rock at or near the surface of the earth | weathering |
| includes the reduction in the size of rock materials | Physical weathering |
| what expands when it freezes? | water |
| involves a chemical change in the composition of rock | chemical weathering |
| process that removes loose and weathered rock and carries tit to a new site | erosion |
| what can cause erosion? | water wind glacial ice and force of gravity |
| most common process of erosion | running water |
| ____ of the colorado river | grand canyon |
| China's Sorrow | Huang Ho in Northern China |
| consists of continents,ocean floor | crust |
| erosion that happens in arid or dry regions onle | wind erosion |
| force responsible for raising mountains and plateaus and new landmasses | Leveling |
| outermost solid portion of the earth | Lithosphere |
| tectonic is from the greek word "tektonikos" which means? | builder |
| consist of crust and upper mantle | crust |
| natural physical features of the earth | landforms |
| group of landforms in particular area | landscape |
| large flat,and mainly grassy areas | plains |
| lands with elevations more than 1000 feet above surrounding areas | mountains |
| less than 1000 ft above surroundings | hills |
| perched between 300-3000 feet high,flat and elevated areas | plateaus |
| mountains formed by tectonic activities | fold mountains |
| mountains formed by volcanic activities | volcanic mountains |
| highest mountain | Mt. Everest |
| largest mountain by volume | Maono Loa |
| longest chain of mountains | mid-ocean ridge |
| 30% of earths surface | plateaus |
| lands that are totally bounded by water | islands |
| "tablelands" | plateaus |
| prairies and steppes are? | plains |
| flat land between hills and mountains | valleys |
| dry lands with little or no rainfall | desert |
| deserts are formed in? | rain shadow areas |
| formed by land that is carried in by currents and deposited in the mouth of the river | deltas |
| deposits of silt and little amounts of sand and clay | Loess |
| natural flowing streams of fresh water | rivers |
| huge slow moving bodies of ice | glaciers |
| glaciers formed in high mountains | alpine glaciers |
| glaciers formed in cold polar regions | continental glaciers |
| third largest continent | North America |
| lies between arctic Circle and Tropic of Cancer | north america |
| north america is _____surrounded by water | almost |
| North of NA | ARCTIC OCEAN bering sea |
| West of NA | Pacific Ocean |
| EAst of NA | Antlantic Ocean,carribean sea and gulf of mexico |
| the shape of North america | inverted triangle |
| largest country in NA | CANADA |
| HIGHEST POINT IN NA | mt mckinley |
| lowest point in NA | Death Valley |
| occupies 1/8 of NA's continental land area | Mississippi River Basin |
| 12% OF EARTHS LAND SURFACE | SA |
| lies between equator and tropic of capricorn | SA |
| fourth largest continent | SA |
| only non-speaking spanish in SA | Brazil(portuguese) |
| where "America" came from | Amerigo Vespucci |
| narrow strip of land that connect NA and SA | isthmus of panama |
| second highest mountain range situated in Sa | andes mountain range |
| argentina | SA |
| bolivia | sa |
| brazil | sa |
| chile | sa |
| columbia,ecuador | sa |
| paraguay peru | sa |
| uruguay | sa |
| venezuela | sa |
| SA's lowest point | peninsula valdes, east argentina |
| highest point sa | mt aconcagua,west argentina |
| second longest river | amazon river |
| second largest continent | africa |
| africa northernmost point | cape blanc,tunisia |
| africa south point | cape agulhas ,south africa |
| africa west point | cape verde,senegal |
| africa east point | ras hafun,somalia |
| highest point in africa | mt kilimanjaro,tanzania |
| lowest point in africa | lake assal |
| newest country in world | south sudan |
| date of independence of south sudan | july 9,2011 |
| vast desert occupying 1/4 of africa | sahara desert |
| smallest continent consisting of countries and territories in the pacific ocean | oceania |
| largest country in oceania | australia |
| largest mountain range in oceania | great dividing range |
| mountains in great dividing range | blue mountains |
| highest point in oceania | mt kosciusko,australia |
| lowest point in oceania | lake eyre |
| former name of south sudan | republic of sudan |
| new guinea | oceania |
| tasmania | oceania |
| new zealand | oceania |
| hawaii | oceania |
| melanesia,micronesia,polynesia | oceania |
| southernmost,coldest,iciest,driest,windiest and most remote continent | antarctica |
| highest point in antarctica | vinson massif |
| largest continent | asia |
| north of asia | arctic ocean |
| east of asia | bering strait,pacific ocean |
| west of asia | indian ocean,red sea,mediterranean sea |
| boundary that separates asia and europe | ural mountains |
| _____ is composed of 40 countries | europe |
| two major english speaking countries | UK and Ireland |
| northern countries? | denmark finland norway sweden |
| large western peninsula of the continent of asia | europe |
| highest point of europe | mt.elbrus of russia |
| lowest point of europe | caspian sea |
| longest river in europe | river volga |
| largest lake in europe | lake ladoga |
| most populous countries of europe | germany and france |
| term for northern countries | scandinavian countries |
| lowest point in asia | dead sea |
| north of europe | arctic ocean |
| west of europe | antlantic ocean |
| south of europe | mediterranean sea,black sea |
| east of europe | ural mountains |
| has three peninsulas | ural mountains |
| scandinavia peninsula? | denmark finland norway sweden |
| iberian peninsula | spain portugal italy |
| balkan peninsula? | greece albania bulgaria romania |
| largest island europe | england |
| two of world's newest countries | kosovo 2008 montenegro 2006 |
| 30% of worl'd total land area | asia |
| spatial dimension of human activity | geography |
| concerned with human-environment interaction | geography |
| represents temporal dimension of human activity | history |
| where something is | location |
| latitude and longitude? | absolute location |
| relationship of one's place to another | relative location |
| refers to physical and human characteristics of a specific location | place |
| area with definite character | region |
| transfer of people goods ideas from one place to another | movement |
| narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water | strait |
| narrow strip of land connecting larger bodies of water | isthmus |
| process by which cultural ideas traits behavioral patterns are spread from one place society to another | cultural diffusion |
| wrote the book "Origin of the Species" | charles Darwin |
| date of Origin of Species | 1859 |
| factors of evolution | natural selection. mutation |
| theories about origin of man | religious story of creation scientific theory of evolution |
| family of primates including humans and pre-human creatures | hominids |
| "southern apes" | Australopithecines |
| inhabited africa some 4 million years ago | Australopithecines |
| two major grps of hominids | homo australopithecines |
| oldest known ausralopithecine | Australopithecus afarensis |
| discovered in afar, ethiopia | lucy( ausralopithecus afarensis) |
| appeared 2.5 million years ago | Homo |
| Homo habilis lived during the firsr quarter of ____________ | paleolithic period |
| lived in africa about 2.5 million years ago | Homo habilis |
| Man of skill | Homo habilis |
| person who walks upright | Homo erectus |
| food gatherers | Homo erectus |
| learned how to make fire | Homo erectus |
| make clothing | Homo erectus |
| developed speech | Homo erectus |
| "person who thinks" | Homo sapiens |
| only living species of genus Homo | Homo sapiens |
| first Homo sapiens? | Neanderthals |
| Neanderthals named from? | Neander valley in Germany in 1850 bce |
| "two legged primates" | hominids |
| nomadic hunter gatherers | neanderthals |
| crafted stones,knives spear and bone tools | neanderthals |
| advanced culturally.. cared for the sick,had a belief in life after death | neanderthals |
| pre historic people who lived in Europe from about 40,000 to 10,000 years ago | Cro-magnons |
| anatomically modern people | cro-magnons |
| first modern humans to inhabit europe | cro-magnons |
| made tools weapons out of SOFT materials | cro-magnons |
| cro magnons named? | cro magnon rock shelter in les eyzies,southwestern france |
| built more permanent homes | cro-magnons |
| known for their creativity | cro-magnons |
| low brow long face large jaws walked upright | australopithecines |
| high forehead small brow ridges and well defined chin | cro-magnons |
| WHITE PEOPLE | caucasoid |
| black people | negroid |
| aborigines in australia | australoid |
| asian people | mongoloid |
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