Social Studies Unit 1

What is a border?

• it is another name for a continent

• the line where one place, such as a state or country, ends and another begins

• it is part of the government

• it is the name of a state

What is a state?

• it is a city

• this imaginary line divides the earth in half

• one of the 50 main areas with their own governments that make up the United States

• the study of Earth-its spaces, land, water, air, and people

The _________ is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• state

• ocean

• continent

• equator

What do you call one of the five largest bodies of water on Earth?

• state

• equator

• ocean

• geography

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres?

• equator

• prime meridian

• continent

• geography

_______ is the study of Earth-its spaces, land, water, air, and people.

• Prime meridian

• Continent

• Ocean

• Geography

A ________ is one of the seven large bodies of land on Earth.

• ocean

• state

• prime meridian

• continent

What do you call an area of land that has its own government?

• A country

• An ocean

• A border

• Geography

What is a government?

• It is a continent

• the study of the Earth

• a group that helps run a community, state, or country

• It is like an equator

What is the name of the city where the government of a country or state meets?

• A continent

• A border

• A state

• A capital