Chapter 1 SS Darden
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Study of Earth and its people | Geography
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| Name the 5 Themes | Location, place, HEI, movement and regions
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| Position of a place on the Earth's surface | Location
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| Exact spot on Earth | Absolute location
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| Describes where the feature is in relation to features around it. | Relative location
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| Describes characteristics of a location that make it unique | Place
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| Includes landforms, plants, animals and weather patterns | Physical features
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| Describes how people affect natural surroundings & how environment impacts them. | HEI ( Human Environmental Interaction)
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| Refers to areas of the Earth's surface that have common characteristics such as: land, natural resources and population | Region
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| _____________ geography is the study of natural resources available in an area and ways people use resources like: water, forests, land and even wind. | Physical geography
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| _____________ geography that focuses on people and their activities such as religions, languages and ways of life. | Human geography
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| 10 years is a ________________ | Decade
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| 100 years is a _____________________ | Century
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| 1000 years is a ____________________ | Millennium
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| Name the four periods that societies group history into | Prehistory
Ancient History
Middle Ages
Modern History
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| Identify the planet that is no longer a major planet? | Pluto
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| The Earth, sun and seven other planets make up the ___________? | Solar System
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| Leap year occurs every ________ year(s). | 4
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| Means to spin on an axis | Rotate
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| Imaginary line that psses through e cneter of Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole | Axis
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| Layer of oxygen and gases that surround Earth | Atmosphere
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| T/F - Direct rays of the sun bring less warmth. | False
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| Summer Solstice begins on what month and day? | June 21st
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| Winter Solstice begins on what month and day? | December 22nd
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| Spring Equinox begins on what month and day? | March 21st
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| Fall Equinox begins on what month and day? | September 23rd
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| T/F - The sun's rays hit indirectly in the low latitudes areas between Tropic of Cancer and th Tropic of Capricorn. | False -- rays hit directly
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| T/F - Sun's rays hit directly near the South and North Poles. | False --rays hit indirectly
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