Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Multiple Choice 1
Mixed
Fill in the answer
100
A firsthand, or eyewitness, account or original object or document from the past?
What is a Primary Source?
100
Half of the earth.
What is Hemisphere?
100
The two hemispheres that New Mexico is in.
What are the Northern and Western Hemispheres?
100
New Mexico's most vital resource.
What is water?
100
The largest river in New Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande river?
200
A reference line that runs through Greenwich, England, and divides the world into eastern & western hemispheres.
What is Prime Meridian?
200
An area of land with unique features as well as distinct plants and animals.
What is a Province?
200
New Mexico has the following life zones EXCEPT.... What is a. Upper Sonoran b. Hudsonian c. Smithsonian d. Canadian
What is c. Smithsonian
200
The way life zones are determined.
What is by elevation?
200
The amount of life zones New Mexico has.
What is 6 life zones?
300
The measurement of distance east and west of the prime meridian.
What is Longitude?
300
A natural or manmade pond or lake used for storing water.
What is a Reservoir?
300
An example of a Natural feature is.... a. Yellowstone National Park b. Aztec Ruins c. The Grand Canyon d. The Golden Gate Bridge
What is c. The Grand Canyon
300
The 5 Themes of Geography.
What are location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region?
300
The Southwest Region is made up of New Mexico and what other states?
What are Arizona, Texas, and Oklahoma?
400
An account or summary of an event based on the study of one or more primary sources; a secondhand account of an event.
What is a Secondary source?
400
A one-sided point of view.
What is Bias?
400
Some tools geographers use are..... a. humidifiers, seismorgraphs, e-rays, and sonographs b. maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs c. barometers, sextons, wind socks, and altimeters d. calipers, scales, plumb bobs, and rulers
What are b. maps, globes, satellite imagery, and aerial photographs
400
An example of a Human feature is..... a. The Appalachian Mountains b. Mt. Rushmore c. The Mississippi River d. The Redwood Forest
What is b. Mt. Rushmore
400
The Four Providences of New Mexico are.....
What are Rocky Mountain, Colorado Plateau, Great Plains, and Basin & Range?
500
The measurement of distance north and south of the equator.
What is Latitude?
500
An understanding of events and people based on the accepted ideas and values of the time period being studied.
What is Perspective?
500
It is important to study history from multiple perspectives... a. because you can learn more about historic events? b. because the first perspective is always wrong? c. because it is a state law? d. because studying only one perspective would be boring?
What is ..... a. because you can learn more about historic events?
500
This makes someone a historical thinker..... a. someone who wants to live just like people did in the past? b. someone who enjoys history? c. someone who creates his or her own history? d. someone who questions history and draws conclusions?
What is d. someone who questions history and draws conclusions?
500
Geography is.......
What is the study of earth's land, water, people, plants, and animals?
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