WorksheetsUnit 1: INTRODUCTION TO SS / GEOGRAPHY / SOCIAL SCIENCES
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 44mins
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
a textbook chapter about the colonization of Jamestown
a diary entry from a civil war soldier
a dictionary of sociology
a biography about Benjamin Franklin
Define the term culture
A people's way of life, including religion, customs, food, shelter, and clothing
A vast treeless plain in the Arctic region
Useful materials found in nature
Movement by people from one place to another
Fossils found in a Hendrickson Park are an example of which of the following sources?
A Secondary Source
A Secret Source
A Primary Source
A Xhenge Source
Our American history textbook is an example of which of the following sources?
A Fictional Source
A Autobiographical Source
A Primary Source
A Secondary Source
Which theme of Geography does the following example represent?
Many products travel from Asia to North America on cargo ships.
Movement
Region
Human Environment Interaction
Location
Areas of the Earth that are alike in some way, sharing common cultural and physical characteristics represent which theme of Geography.
Region
Location
Place
Movement
The theme that looks at the way that people adapt to their physical surroundings is called: ____________________
Movement
Interaction
Location
Place
Maps that shows individual countries and each country is separated by national boundary are called
Airline Map
Political Map
Resource Map
Physical Map
Lines that run left to right on a map and measure how far north or south you are of the equator are known as ___________________.
Longitude
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Compass Rose
What are maps that show natural features such as mountains, rivers, and oceans are called?
Physical Map
Political Map
Road Map
Gps map
Which is the most important line of latitude?
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
What is the most important line of Longitude?
Tropic of Cancer
Prime meridian
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
one-half of the earth
Hemisphere
Continent
Equator
Map Projection
Distortion
What is a drawing of the earth surface on a flat map called?
Continent
Equator
Map Projection
Distortion
Hemisphere
What element on the map shows directions?
scale
compass rose
title
country
What type of map is this?
Political
Physical
Economic Activity
The U.S. is located in the
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Which statement is true based on this map?
darker green areas get more precipitation
lighter green areas get more precipitation
Which line is the EQUATOR?
A
B
C
D
What is a round model of the earth that shows its shape, lands, and directions?
Map
GPS
Thematic Map
Globe
What is the definition for Climate?
Sea or land breeze over a large region that changes directions with the seasons
The areas between the tropical and polar zone
The average, year-after-year conditions of temperature, precipitation
A greenhouse gas that is released during the combustion process
Who are historians?
People who study the past
People who make history
People who study science
People who make science
The study of the past based on the discovery of artifacts.
History
Culture
Archaeology
Fossil
They analyze artifacts, and primary and secondary sources in order to draw conclusions about behaviors in the past.
Historian
Geographer
Political Scientist
Economist
Sociologist
They study the land features, the natural resources and the climate of a region.
Historian
Geographer
Political Scientist
Economist
Sociologist
They study the type of governments established and how we maintain law and order.
Historian
Geographer
Political Scientist
Economist
Sociologist
They study what people are producing with the available natural resources?
Historian
Geographer
Political Scientist
Economist
Sociologist
What do the people of this culture believe? What traditions and customs do they share?
Historian
Anthropologist
Political Scientist
Economist
Sociologist
