Social Science & Decision Making

Studying the past and learning how the past impacts the world today is the study of

• Geography

• History

• Political Science

• Government

By studying geography we can understand

• how physical features impact humans.

• how governments work.

• political science.

• how past decisions impact the world today.

Why do we study the past

• to learn about important people

• so we elect good leaders

• so we know about history

• to make informed decisions based on history

Humans are not influenced by the environment and the environment doesn't change.

• True

• False

I am camping at the location  $33\degree N,\ 75\degree W$ This is an example of what? 

• a fun place to vacation

• relative location

• a road map

• absolute location

I live North of Atlanta in Cumming, GA. This is an example of what?

• absolute location

• an intersection

• relative location

• a point on a map

Which is true about latitude and longitude?

• They run in the same direction

• Longitude describes the length of rivers and latitude describes temperature

• Latitude measures distance from the Equator, Longitude distance from the Prime Meridian.

• They run North to South

The study of human geography helps us learn about all of the follow EXCEPT what?

• Climate

• Language

• Customs

• Language

The study of river systems, mountains, deserts, & plant are examples of what part of social studies?

• Absolute location

• relative locations

• topography

• physical geography

The study of different types of government is called

• government

• geography

• decision making

• political science