Social Studies Weeks 6 and 7

The study of the earth and its people.

• geography

• cartography

• biology

• biography

North, west, east, and south are __________ directions.

• bluebird

• cardinal

• intermediate

• absolute

Which of these are NOT an intermediate direction?

• Northwest

• Southwest

• Eastsouth

• Northeast

Exact location is ___________ location.

• relative

• hemisphere

• human

• absolute

_________ location tells us where something is in relation to something else.

• absolute

• relative

• hemisphere

• intermediate

People who create maps are

• cartographers

• geographers

• biographers

• photographers

People explore new places for various reasons. Those reasons are finding resources, spreading religion, and expanding __________.

• locations

• regions

• scale

• empires

The movement of people from one place to another is called ___________.

• migration

• adaptation

• experimentation

Forests, mountains, oceans, deserts, plains, and rivers are all part of the earth's _________ characteristics.

• human

• absolute

• relative

• physical

Which one of these is NOT a human characteristic of the earth?

• homes

• mountains

• bridges

• roads