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Date: ___________________
Social Studies: Geography Study Guide
1. Name the 5 themes of Geography: _____Location_____, ______Place__________,
_______H.E.I.________, ________Movement_____, __________Region__________.
2. What are the two types of location: ____Absolute Location______ and
_________Relative Location_____?
3. Define Geography: _______The study of the earth and its physical and human
Features______________.
4. Name the cardinal directions: ________North________, _____South______,
________East_______, _________West_________.
5. Name the intermediate directions: _____Northeast_________, ____Southeast________,
_________Southwest__________, ________Northwest___________,
6. When you relate a location to another place you are using _____Relative____ location.
7. Name the four hemispheres: _____Northern_________, _____Southern________,
_______Eastern__________, _______Western_________.
8. Global Coordinates are an example of _______Absolute___________ location.
9. What two types of Movement are there: _______Communication_______ and
_____Transportation_________?
10. Sources of evidence that come from someone who directly experienced the event are
known as _________Primary Sources___________.
11. _____Elevation_________ is a landform’s height above sea level.
12. The pattern of weather over time determines an areas ________Climate_______.
13. A natural resource that cannot be replaced is a ____NON-renewable Resource_______.
14. Moisture that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow or sleet is called
_____Precipitation_________.
15. When something in nature is useful to humans, such as air, water, or minerals we call it a
____Natural Resource______.
16. ___Erosion____ is when soil and rocks are washed away due to wind, rain, or ice.
17. ___Hemisphere__ is used to describe half of the earth.
18. A natural resource that can be reused or replaced is called a ___Renewable Resource_.
Five Themes Practice: Write the Theme of Geography that best explains the following statements.
1.
This theme of geography would describe the human features of a country such as; cities,
languages, and population.
____________________Place______________________
2.
This theme of geography would examine how ideas and information are spread from person to
person.
________________Movement__________________________
3.
This theme of geography would use global coordinates to find a city on a map.
________________Location______________________________
4.
This theme would explain why the states of Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine,
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are group together and called New England.
________________Region_______________________________
5.
This theme of geography looks at the physical terrain of a location including the landforms and
waterways.
________________Place_________________________
6.
This theme of geography describes the consequences of modifying the land in your community.
______________Human/Environmental Interaction____________________________
7.
Which theme would apply if I said that Holicong is directly next to C.B.East.
____________Location ___________________________________
8.
The states that make up the Great Plains all share the same physical characteristics (low flat land),
which theme of geography best explains why we group those states together?
____________Region_______________________________________
9.
This theme of geography looks at how natural resources can be useful to human beings.
_______ Human/Environmental Interaction _______________________
10. This theme of geography describes how information is transmitted from place to another.
______________Movement________________________
Measuring Time:
1. If the Egyptian Kingdoms united in the year 3100 B.C. how many years ago did this happen?
____________5116 years ago__________________
2. The Greeks and Persians began fighting one another 2514 years ago, what year did their war begin?
____________498 B.C.________________________
3. The Islamic Prophet Muhammad was born 1445 years ago; what year was he born?
____________A.D. 571________________________
4. The Crusades were first fought in A.D. 1095, how many years ago did these wars begin?
________________921 years ago________________________
5. The Chinese Han Dynasty lasted from about 220 B.C. to A.D. 280, how long did their dynasty last?
_________________500 years ___________________
Key Terms from the Social Studies Skills Unit
Relative Location
Renewable Resource
Elevation
Hemisphere
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Primary Source
Climate
Geography
Longitude
Transportation
Mountains
Chronology
Secondary Source
Word Bank
Absolute Location
Erosion
Latitude
Plateau
Communication
Interpret
Plain
Natural Resource
Precipitation
Nonrenewable Resource
River System
Landform
Hills
Ocean
Lake
Bias
Seas
Anno Domini
1. The study of the earth’s physical and human features is called ___Geography_______.
2. _Absolute Location_ refers to the exact location of a place on earth using global coordinates.
3. __Chronological_ refers to ordering events in the order in which they occurred.
4. A ____Plateau____ is an area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation.
5. When you compare the location of a place to another you are using _Relative Location__.
6. _____Elevation________ is a landform’s height above sea level.
7. The pattern of weather over time determines an areas _______Climate________.
8. _____Seas_____ are smaller than oceans and are usually partially surrounded by land.
9. Flat level land at a low elevation is called a _______Plain_______________.
10. A body of fresh water completely surrounded by land is a ________Lakes___________.
11. A natural resource that cannot be replaced is a ____non-renewable resource_____.
12. The movement of goods and people is known as ____transportation____.
13. North, South, East, and West are the _____cardinal directions_____.
14. A landform that is more than 2000 feet above sea level and has a peak. __mountain__.
15. Moisture that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow or sleet is called _____precipitation_____.
16. When something in nature is useful to humans, such as air, water, or minerals we call it a ____natural
resource_______.
17. A ___river system____ is the river and all the streams that flow into it.
18. ___Erosion__ is when soil and rocks are washed away due to wind, rain, or ice.
19. ___Hemisphere___ is used to describe half of the earth.
20. A natural resource that can be reused or replaced is called a ___renewable resource___.
21. When studying history be aware that sources can have _bias_ meaning the favor one side more than another.
22. ___Anno Domini__ means “The Year of Our Lord”.
23. A ___Primary Source___ is a source that comes from someone or something that experienced the event.
24. The movement of ideas and information is typical referred to as _____Communication______.
Timeline Practice: Use the timeline below to answer the following questions.
1. What event happened first, Benjamin Franklin moves to London, or the Declaration of Independence?
_______________Benjamin Franklin Moves to London____________
2. What event happened in 1790?
_______________Benjamin Franklin Dies_______________________
3. Approximately what year did Benjamin Franklin conduct his famous Kite experiment?
____________________A. D. 1751 or 1752___________________________
Cause and Effect: In the Space below create a cause and effect chart any topic you like.
Use page Tools5 for help.
Varies student to student
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World Map
Objective: Match the following items to the attached map
Bodies of Water
__K___ Pacific Ocean
__H___ Atlantic Ocean
__ I___ Indian Ocean
__ J___ Arctic Ocean
Continents
__C___ North America
__F___ South America
__E___ Europe
__B___ Asia
__G___ Africa
__D___ Australia
__A__ Antarctica
Lines of Longitude and Latitude
__L___ Prime Meridian
__N___ Equator
__M___ Tropic of Cancer
__O___ Tropic of Capricorn
__T___ Arctic Circle
__S___ Antarctic Circle
PA Standards: 7.1 Basic Geography Literacy, 7.2 Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions