Social Studies Weeks 1 & 2 Vocabulary Quiz

What is the study of Earth, its people, and how things change over time called?

• Geography

• Cartography

• Climate

• Migration

Who is someone that thinks about people and how they live and work in their environment?

• Geographer

• Cartographer

• Historian

• Meteorologist

What term refers to a particular place?

• Location

• Region

• Scale

• Climate

What tells us where something is in relation to something else?

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Physical characteristics

• Human characteristics

What is the exact location of something called?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Place

• Region

Who creates maps?

• Cartographers

• Geographers

• Historians

• Scientists

What are parts of a location’s natural environment, including forests, mountains, oceans, and rivers?

• Physical characteristics

• Human characteristics

• Regions

• Places

What is the relationship between people and the environment, including how people depend on, modify, and adapt to the environment?

• Human-environment interaction

• Physical characteristics

• Migration

• Climate

What term describes how we describe what a location is like?

• Place

• Region

• Scale

• Grid system

What is it called when people move from one place to another?

• Migration

• Movement

• Climate

• Region