Social Studies Quiz

What are scientists who study aspects of human societies and the way that humans lived in the past called?

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

• Migration

• Scribe

What do you call scientists who study humans in the past by investigating the objects that they left behind?

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

• Migration

• Scribe

What is the term for when people leave their home to live elsewhere?

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

• Migration

• Scribe

What is the term for a professional writer?

• Anthropologist

• Archaeologist

• Migration

• Scribe

What is the term for the exchange of goods from one place/person to another?

• Trade

• Cuneiform

• Political Map

• Special-Purpose Map

What is the form of triangular shaped writing?

• Trade

• Cuneiform

• Political Map

• Special-Purpose Map

What type of map shows the names and borders of countries or states?

• Political Map

• Special-Purpose Map

• Physical Map

• Longitude

What type of map shows themes or patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population?

• Political Map

• Special-Purpose Map

• Physical Map

• Longitude

What type of map shows land and water features?

• Political Map

• Special-Purpose Map

• Physical Map

• Longitude

What are imaginary lines that circle the Earth from pole to pole called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Cardinal Directions

• Intermediate Directions