1. List today’s date in the left column of your composition notebook, then using the book under your desk, answer the following question: What is Social Studies?

2. List today’s date in the left column of your composition notebook, then using the book under your desk, answer the following questions: 1. What is Geography? 2. What is History?

3. List today’s date in the left column of your composition notebook, then using the book under your desk, answer the following questions: 1. What is Culture? 2. What is Government? 3. What is Economics?

4. What are the Five Themes of Geography?

5. Re-create & complete the following chart: Social Studies

6. Economics Government RegionPlaceMovement Human Environment Interaction Location Social Studies HistoryCulture Geography

7. Define: Absolute Location Relative Location

8. No Warm Up today. Silently study until class begins.

9. Define: canal delta plateau lake tributaryhill mountainharbor peninsulariver

10. On the very last page of your Composition Notebook, write today’s date in the margin and answer the following question. How does physical geography affect the way people live?

11. Name three salt water bodies of water and three fresh water bodies of water. Salt WaterFresh Water

12. Name three salt water bodies of water and three fresh water bodies of water. Salt WaterFresh Water Ocean Gulf Sea Channel Bay River Lake Sources Streams Glaciers

13. Assuming people live on your island… How does the physical geography of your island affect the people who live there?

14. In the back of your composition notebook, answer the following question. How can a school counselor support students in middle school? Please be specific!

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16. In the front of your composition book, use a Venn Diagram to compare & contrast maps & globes. Maps Globes

17. In the front of your composition book, use a Venn Diagram to compare & contrast maps & globes. Maps Globes Easy to carry Distorted Can be more detailed Flat, 2-D Show relative location of specific places Show directions Difficult to carry More accurate regarding shape, size & location Not as detailed Round, 3-D

18. At what degrees would you find the following: –North Pole –Arctic Circle –Tropic of Cancer –Equator –Tropic of Capricorn –Antarctic Circle –South Pole –Prime Meridian

19. What continents does the equator pass through? –What would the climate be like around the equator? What British city does the prime meridian pass through? –Why is this important?