Social Studies Week 1

What is a region?

• a place found only in Texas

• an area with similar characteristics

People who create maps

• cartographers

• migrants

Migration

• the ways people, ideas, and materials move.

• an area that has similar characteristics.

A geographer thinks about people and how they live and work in their environment. Which claim does this statement support?

• Cartographers are people who create maps.

• People modify their environment to meet their needs.

What is an example of relative location?

• The school is by the park.

• 1412 Main Street.

Geographers ask questions to understand problems in the community.

• True

• False

The population of Texas increased by _______ million between 1940 and 1980.

• eight

• four

• Community problems are not important.

• Geographers can quickly identify problems.

What is an example of human-environment interaction?

• building a skyscraper

• a lake freezing over

What does the image represent?

• map scale

• compass rose