global

Question 1

person who makes maps

Answer 1

cartographer

Question 2

the distance north or south of the equator

Answer 2

latitude

Question 3

the distance east or west of the prime meridian

Answer 3

longitude

Question 4

elevated part of earth’s crust, tall and rocky
- high peaks (summit)
- little farming, sparce population
- difficult to travel through, protection from invasion and prevention from spreading ideas

Answer 4

mountain

Question 5

recieves less than 10 inches of rain a year, little to no farming
- sparse, nomads
- difficult to travel through, protection from cultural diffusion

Answer 5

deserts

Question 6

arid

Answer 6

dry

Question 7

sparse

Answer 7

very few people live in an area

Question 8

low land between hills or mountains with a river running through this land
- fertile soils, good for farming
- dense population
- trade, travel, communication, cultural diffusion
- irrigation and floods can cause massive destruction

Answer 8

river valley

Question 9

broad area of flat land (grassland)
- few trees
- people can live here

Answer 9

plains

Question 10

dense population

Answer 10

large population

Question 11

flat area
- raised flat
- higher elevation than plains, lower elevation than mountains

Answer 11

plateau

Question 12

a chain or group of islands
- islands can create isolation or separation

Answer 12

archipelago

Question 13

total way of life with a group of people
- food
- music
- clothes
-holidays
- religion
- language

Answer 13

culture

Question 14

mix or blend of two cultures, separate cultures that come together and share ideas, spreading of ideas/culture
- rock n roll

Answer 14

cultural diffusion

Question 15

name the seven continents

Answer 15

north america
south america
asia
africa
antartica
australia
europe

Question 16

name the four oceans

Answer 16

pacific ocean
atlantic ocean
Indian ocean
antarctic ocean/artic or southern

Question 17

this map shows boundaries of countries, provinces, states, and cities
capital city is marked

Answer 17

political map

Question 18

this map shows mountains, rivers, deserts, plains, plateaus, and valleys

Answer 18

physical features/topography map

Question 19

this map shows population, groups of people, and movements of people

Answer 19

demographic map

Question 20

cultural diversity

Answer 20

the differences between cultures often caused by separation and isolation

Question 21

land, water, trees, minerals
resources

Answer 21

natural resources

Question 22

labor, talent, organizational skills
resources

Answer 22

human resources

Question 23

tools, computers, machinery, financial investment
resources

Answer 23

capital resources

Question 24

research, ideas
resources

Answer 24

information resources

Question 25

a limited resource or service available for meeting a demand

Answer 25

scarcity

Question 26

amount of a resource or service available for meeting a demand

Answer 26

supply

Question 27

the amount of a resource or service that people are ready and willing to consume

Answer 27

demand

Question 28

the study of how humans decide - what to produce? - how to produce it? - who gets the produce?

Answer 28

economics, economists make decisions

Question 29

study of scructures, activities, and behavior of government

Answer 29

political science

Question 30

an agency that exercises control and administration of a political unit size varies

Answer 30

government

Question 31

what factors shape a society's market scructures?

Answer 31

making informed and well reasoned economic decisions in a high speed environment