Social Studies: Introduction

All the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live is called our _________________.

• geography

• environment

• economy

• climate

A ___________ is a person who studies the past.

• historian

• artifacts

• climate

• geography

______________________ means a description of the Earth's surface.

• Climate

• Artifacts

• Geography

• Environment

The weather of an area over a number of years is called an area's _______________.

• climate

• economy

• environment

• historian

An object made by humans long ago is a called _________________.

• climate

• artifacts

• environment

• economy

The ____________ is the way a country's people use natural resources, money, and knowledge to produce goods and services.

• economy

• historian

• environment

• artifacts

How many major regions are in the United States?

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 6

Is our Social Studies book a primary or secondary source?

• primary

• secondary

What important document has a Preamble and starts out "We the people of the United States...?"

• Gettysburg Address

• Social Studies Syllabus

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights

All the living and nonliving things in a given area

• ecosystem

• census

• citizen

• culture