Social Studies 7-11 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Human Geography | distribution of characteristics of today's people |
| Physical geography | focuses on earth natural environment |
| Geography | the study of the physical, biological, and cultural features of earth |
| Political Maps | show borders, cities, countries, states, and locates places on earth |
| Physical Map | shows natural features like mountains, rivers, bodies of water |
| Map Key | shows colors or symbols that represents many kinds of features on a map |
| Map Scale | measuring lines |
| Latitude | North or south of the equator |
| Equator | 0 line 90 degrees latitude |
| Longtitude | Lines measuring east and west of the Prime Meridian |
| Prime Meridian | 0 degrees longtitude; 0 degrees to 180 degrees |
| Compass Rose | shows the locations of a map on earth |
| Hemisphere | divides the earths sphere in half using Prime Meridian |
| Name the 7 Continents | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Antartica, and Africa |
| Name 4 Oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic |
| List the 4 Cardinal Directions | North South East and West |
| Intermediate Directions | Southwest, Southeast, Northwest and Northeast |
| Absolute location | exact location of a place on earth global coordinates |
| Relative location | the position of a place in relation to another place |
| Thematic maps | shows a specific spatial, theme. or topic |
| Plateau | large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land |
| Valley | a low place between mountains |
| Canyon | a deep valley with steep sides often carved from the earth by a river |
| Strait | a narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water |
| Non renewable resources | Resources that cannot be replaced ex. fossil fuel, oil coal gems gold silver |
| Renewable resources | resources that can be replaced naturally ex. Water, air, trees, fish, soil |
| Natural Resources | Coal, gems, water, air |
| Modifying the environment | change to suit the environment to suit the needs of the people |
| Adapting to the environment | changing your ways of doing things in response to physical characteristics of the place |
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