2. Geography and Basic Social Studies Terms

3. Why do we need to study geography?

4. Basic Geography – You should know!
Physical Features: Features on the Earth’s surface such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and deserts.
Natural Resources: Materials humans take from the environment to use to survive.
Weather: The conditions of the Earth’s atmosphere at a given time.
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Climate: The average weather of a place over a period of years.

5. Geographical Maps
Physical Maps: Illustrates the physical features (mountains, rivers) of the world.
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6. Geographical Maps
Political Maps: Illustrates the borders, names, and capitals of each state or nation.
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7. Checking Your Knowledge Question
Which map of Asia would you want if you were to go mountain climbing? Why?
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8. Important Vocabulary of time
Decade: a ten year period
Century: a hundred year period
Millennium: a thousand year period
BCE: Before Common Era – Before Christ (your textbook might call it BC).
CE: Common Era – After Christ (your textbook might call it AD).
Question: What century are we in?
Answer:

9. Who Creates History? Archaeologists & Anthropologists
An archaeologist is someone who studies people and what they did in the past from the things they left behind. An archaeologist looks for artifacts (objects made by people) and fossils (human & animal remains) that will reveal more about the past. Artifacts  Stone tools, coins, arrowheads Fossils  human bones, animal bones, fossil imprints The discoveries made by archaeologists are used by Anthropologists to learn more about the development of ancient cultures

10. Who uses all this stuff? Geographers & Economists
Geographers study the effects of topography & natural resources on different societies
An economist is a social scientist who studies how societies & governments have used those scarce natural resources to provide for their people.
An economist also focuses on the major factors of production in a society such as:
What goods should be produced?
How should goods be produced?
Who should receive the goods?
Who should benefit from the sale/trade of the goods?

11. Basic Geography – You should know!
Continents & Oceans
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13. Closing Question
In your opinion, which geographic feature had the biggest effect on Global History I?
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14. Enduring Issues =
An ENDURING ISSUE is a challenge or problem that a society has faced and debated or discussed across time. An enduring issue is one that many societies have attempted to address with varying degrees of success.

15. CRQ = Constructed Response Question Two documents with a relationship
Compare & Contrast
Cause & Effect
Turning Point

16. Key Terms for Analyzing information
Historical Context
Geographic Context
Point of View
Bias
Purpose
Audience
Background to the event, what led to the event
Where and how are the physical features influential?
How the person “sees” or interprets the facts
One sidedness or degree a person expresses their own ideas
The motive that created the source
The person/persons that the source is created for