Social Studies Semester Review

Geography is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and _____.

• environments

• climates

• maps

• oceans

The Pueblo people of the Southwest practiced dry farming, conserving scarce water to grow corn, beans, and _____.

• tomatoes

• potatoes

• peppers

• squash

The Rocky Mountains are parallel mountain chains known as a(n) _____.

• avalanche

• cordillera

• chinook

• Frontier

Lines of longitude measure distance on Earth _____.

• in a north-to-south direction

• in miles

• in kilometers

• in an east-to-west direction

What is the name of the line that is equally distant from the North Pole and the South Pole?

• the Prime Meridian

• the Equator

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the International Date Line

Which line is used as a starting point to measure longitude?

• the Prime Meridian

• the Tropic of Cancer

• the Equator

• the Tropic of Capricorn

In which subregion is Washington, D.C., our nation's capital, located?

• New England

• the Mid-Atlantic

• the Midwest

• the Southeast

Which is a type of location that describes where a place is relative to another place?

• cardinal directions

• latitude and longitude

• absolute location

• relative location

Which of the following best shows the steps in a process?

• a diagram

• a graph

• a map

• a chart

Which of the following accurately shows places on the Earth's surface?

• thematic maps

• globes

• general-purpose maps

• physical maps