1. Unit 1 Study Guide WEMS Social Studies 7 Burnette/Davis Sept 2015

2. 1. Give two ways we show absolute location Coordinates of latitude and longitude (Bowling Green is at 37 N, 86 W) An address (WEMS is at 7031 Louisville Road)

3. 2. List things a human geographer would be interested in studying Population density Economics Politics Governments Religion Art

4. 3. What are physical characteristics? Give 3 examples Landforms – the natural way the land is shaped Mountains Plains Valleys

5. 4. Define relative location and give an example Describing where something is compared to another location. Examples: “WEMS is next to WEHS.” “Japan is east of China.” “My house is down the road from the Corvette Museum.”

6. 5. List things a physical geographer would be interested in studying Climate patterns Mountain ranges Oceanic trends River valleys

7. 6. How do physical environments affect people’s lives? It impacts shelters people build It impacts the clothing people wear It impacts the crops they produce

8. 7. Why do geographers like Robinson Projection? It’s most commonly used because it balances the distortions of size and shape to give a fairly accurate projection of the world.

9. 8. Give examples of maps that show elements of human geography Political maps Population density maps Economic activity maps

10. 9. Describe the population density of an urban area A large number of people living in a very condensed area. The higher the number of people in a given space, the higher the density.

11. 10. What are “push” factors? Give 3 examples PUSH factors are economic factors that keep people from settling in a region OR cause them to move away (being PUSHED) War Disease Drugs

12. 11. MAP SKILLS! That pesky South America map from your geography quiz will re-appear. MAKE SURE YOU CAN FIND LOCATION WITH LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AND USING RELATIVE TERMS!

13. 12. What are some ways landforms can affect people’s lives? Keeps them isolated so they don’t speak the same language Influences where people settle Influences what jobs are available

14. 13. What types of physical features would attract settlement? A rich mineral deposit A river valley Fertile farmland

15. 14. What can you find on a physical map? Landforms Mountain ranges Bodies of water

16. 15. List 3 examples of Human- Environment Interaction Mining for coal Building neighborhoods Irrigating a field of crops

17. 16. Describe a political map It’s a kind of map that shows boundaries of how humans divided the earth into states and/or countries

18. 17. What would a historian be most interested in studying? The knowledge, beliefs, and customs of a group of people.

19. 18. What would an archaeologist be interested in studying? Sites of ancient battles where they could find remains or artifacts

20. 19. Define culture The beliefs, customs, and art of a group

21. 20. What do cave paintings show? What animals roamed the earth How people hunted Hints about early people’s beliefs

22. 21. What are primary and secondary sources? PRIMARY = something written by somebody who experienced or took part in an event (like a journal) SECONDARY = information gathered by somebody about a subject (like a textbook or an interpretation)

23. 22. How does studying history improve your thinking skills? Leads you to ask important questions Leads you to create hypotheses Helping you identify main facts/clues

24. 23. What is prehistory? The term given to the time before written history

25. 24. What is a hominid? An early ancestor of humans

26. 25. What is the scientific name for modern humans? Homo sapiens

27. 26. What effect did the invention of tools have on early humans? They INCREASED the chances for survival

28. 27. What is the earliest skill hominids developed? The ability to create tools

29. 28. What is a society? A community of people who share a common culture

30. 29. Why did people make clothes and shelter as they migrated out of Africa? They needed more protection to survive in colder climates

31. 30. What marked the shift to the Neolithic Age? Using seeds to grow crops

32. 31. What was the most important result of the Neolithic Revolution? The change from hunting-gathering to farming

33. 32. What effect did farming have on people in the Stone Age? It allowed them to build permanent settlements

34. 33. How are farming and the growth of towns related? The development of farming helped establish permanent settlements.