Chapter 1 - Exploring Social Studies

The study of the past using artifacts and records from people who lived long ago is called -

• culture

• geography

• economics

• history

The study of earth and its people is called -

• culture

• geography

• economics

• history

Places grouped together by common features are called -

• places

• movements

• regions

• transportations

A physical map focuses on geography and shows these features -

• rivers and mountains

• states, and countries

• people, and places

• culture, and citizenship

According to the map, the key identifies -

• the amount of precipitation in 2010.

• physical regions of the U.S.

• latitude and longitude of the U.S.

• the size of the states in the U.S.

This feature shows the direction of north, south, east, and west on a map.

• boundary lines

• map title

• map key

• compass rose

What does Area B on Map 1 show?

• Northern Hemisphere.

• Southern Hemisphere.

• Northern Tropics.

• Northern Temperate Zone.

What is A on Map 1?

• Equator.

• Tropic of Capricorn.

• Prime Meridian.

• Tropic of Cancer.

What is F on Map 2?

• Tropic of Cancer.

• Prime Meridian.

• Tropic of Capricorn.

• Equator.

Lines of latitude run from -

• east to west.

• north to south.

• east to south.

• north to west.