Common Assessment 1 Review
1. Be able to find absolute location using latitude and longitude
2. What do the following maps show?:
a) physical map - Physical features of the earth like mountains, deserts and
rivers
b) political map - countries and cities
c) economic activity map – anything relating to the production and selling
of goods and where to find natural resources
d) vegetation map – the main kinds of plants found in an area
e) street map- a map that helps you navigate a city. It shows where the
streets and landmarks are.
3. Know the elements of a map such as:
a) map scale – compares distance on a map to distance in the real world
b) Compass rose – shows the cardinal directions in relation to the map
c) cardinal direction North, South, East, West
4. Be able to name and locate the 5 oceans and 7 continents:
1. Arctic
1 Antarctica
2. Atlantic
2 Asia
3. Pacific
3 Europe
4. Indian
4 Africa
5. Southern
5 Australia/Ociania
6 North America
7 South America
5. Be able to define the following kinds of government:
a) Presidential republic - Three separate branches of government and the
people elect the President
b) Dictatorship – All government power rests in the hands of one supreme
ruler who usually took and holds power by force.
c) Monarchy – Rule by a king or Queen
d) theocracy – Rule by religious leaders
c) democracy – Rule by all of the people – where everyone votes on every
law and decision
6. Which of the above types of government give people the least freedom?
Theocracy, Monarchy and Dictatorship_
7. Which types of government give people the most freedom?
Democracy, Republic
8. Define Climate – weather patterns in a given place over a long period of time
9. What is a culture region? An area of the world where the people share a
similar culture (beliefs, practices and ways of life).
10. Name three common elements of society Religion, Education, and
Government
11. The combination of right and responsibilities of citizens is called Citizenship.
Examples include a) Casting an informed vote, b) Volunteering c) serving in the
military, d) serving on a jury, e) paying taxes, and f) obeying the law.
12. Describe the following kinds of economies:
a) market (free enterprise) the people own private property and make all
their own decisions about what to make, how much to make, how to make it,
what to charge for it etc.
b) Command (communist) The government owns everything and makes all
economic decisions like where you will work, what to make, how much to make,
etc. People do not receive pay for work done and there are no luxury items to
buy.
c) traditional people follow the practices of their ancestors
d) mixed a combination of free market with government involvement like in
the regulation of our food and drug supply by the FDA
e) socialism Where the government owns most things and makes many of
the economic decisions but citizens may still own private property and run small
businesses. Also people may receive pay for work done and must pay for luxury
goods.
13. Which type of economy gives consumers the most choice? Free market (free
enterprise)
12. What is the difference between a limited and unlimited government? A
limited government is less powerful because it’s hands have been tied with a
constitution. An unlimited government has unlimited power over it’s citizens.
13. What are the 5 types of industry and what are examples of each?
a) agriculture – farms, logging, ranching
b) manufacturing – making goods in factories
c) wholesale – sale of goods for resale – the middle man who buys from the
factory and sells to the store in the mall
d) retail – the direct sale of goods to the consumer (the mall)
e) Service - teachers, doctors, waiters
14. name and describe the 5 themes of Geography
a) Location – tells us where it is
b) place – what it is like when I get there
c) movement – people, goods and ideas get around
d) region – what places have in common like climate, religion, language,
education
e) human environment interaction – how people change the environment
and how the environment affects the people.
Country 1
• Government controls all television, radio and the internet
• Two government controlled television stations with one of the stations controlled by the army
• Access to the internet is very limited
• One government-controlled radio station
Country 2
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Cable TV subscription service provides access to foreign channels
About 20 commercial radio stations broadcast
Unrestricted access to the internet
Citizens have choice in deciding what to watch or listen to