Social Studies Week 1 (Summer 2019)

What is the purpose of a map's key (also called a legend)?

• To explain the history of the map

• To figure out the distance from one place to another

• To identify the meaning of symbols on the map

• To shampoo your hair, rinse, and repeat

What does a map's scale help the reader do?

• Find out how much the map weighs

• Determine the distance from one point to another

• Understand the meaning of the map's symbols

• Dance the night away

Which feature of a map shows directions east, west, north and south?

• Scale

• Title

• Compass Rose

• Legend

What does the title of a map tell the reader?

• What the map is about (the topic of the map)

• The distance the map covers

• The name of the cartogtrpaher

• That Mr. Scully is the bomb-diggity

Items such as small shapes or drawings on a map used to represent real objects are called ____________________.

• Latitude
• Symbols
• Parallels
• Emojis

The center line of latitude, measured at 0 degrees, is the ________________.

• Prime Meridian

• Legend

• Boiling Point

• Equator

What do physical maps show?

• The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries.

• Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas

• Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region

• Directions to PE class

What do political maps show?

• The features people have created, such as cities, states, provinces, territories, and countries.

• Landforms and bodies of water found in particular areas

• Certain information (climate, population, languages, etc.) about a place or region

• Directions to making sense of politics

How do Supreme Court decisions affect the U.S. Constitution?

• They can modify the framework of the Constitution.

• They can lead to changes in the original parchment of the Constitution.

• They can change the way the Constitution is interpreted.

• They can directly bring about amendments to the Constitution.

Is it possible to make changes to the U.S. Constitution?

• No, it has not been changed since it was ratified in 1789.

• Yes, if the President proposes a change and Congress approves it.

• Yes, if two-thirds of both houses of Congress approve the proposal AND if three-fourths of states ratify the amendment.

• Yes, if the President proposes a change, the Supreme Court approves it, two-thirds of Congress approve and the American electorate ratifies it through popular vote.