Question | Answer |
Define geography | The Study of people, their environment and their resources |
Name 3 types of primary source documents | Newspapers, Photograph, letter |
What is Economics? | Economics is the study of how people manage their limited resources to satisfy wants and needs. |
Name 3 examples of secondary sources | textbook, encyclopedia, article |
How do archaeologists learn about the past? | They learn about the past by studying artifacts by digging and excavating. |
What is an artifact? | A man-made object, characteristic of an earlier time. |
Name two examples of artifacts | Any answer: clay pottery, marble, tools, scrolls. |
What is the PRIME MERIDIAN? | The Prime Meridian is an imaginary longitude line that runs through Greenwich, England. It divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres |
What is the equator | Equator: An imaginary latitude line circles the equator in the center by Northern and Southern Hemispheres |
What is a peninsula? | A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides |
Give one example of a peninsula | PORT WASHINGTON |
What is an island? | A piece of land surrounded by water |
What is culture | A total way of life |
What does the study of sociology teach us? | Sociology teaches us about how people behave in groups |
Name 3 examples of landforms | Any of these: Mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys |
What are the 3 features of a free market system? | Any of these: Consumers make choices, government has a limited role, competition is encouraged, businesses are owned by private citizens. |
Define IMPORT | Import: a good that is brought in from another country for sale |
Define EXPORT | Export: A good that is sent to another country for sale |
Define CONSUMER | Someone who buys something |
What is civics? | The study of the rights and responsibilities of you, the citizen |