Intro to Social Studies

Theme that asks....WHERE IS IT?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Movement

Theme that asks....WHAT IS IT LIKE?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Movement

Theme that asks....HOW IS IT ALIKE OR DIFFERENT FROM OTHER PLACES?

• Place
• Location
• Region
• Movement

Theme that asks....HOW DO PEOPLE, GOODS, AND IDEAS GET IN AND OUT OF THERE?

• Human Environment Interaction
• Place
• Region
• Movement

Theme that asks....HOW DO PEOPLE CHANGE OR ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT?

• Human Environment Interaction
• Place
• Region
• Movement

The latitude and longitude of a place?

• Relative location
• Absolute location
• Formal Region

Line that splits the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Prime Meridian

Geographers use __________ lines to measure places north and south of the equator

• longitude
• latitude
• meridian

Theory that states earth was once a supercontinent

• Pagean theory
• Plate Tectonic theory
• Continental drift theory
• Mantle theory

Which is NOT a plate boundary?

• divergent
• transform
• convergent
• subduction