Oceans and Continents
Map Skills
5 Themes of Geography
Hunters and Gatherers
Farming and Government
100

What are the 7 continents?

Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Europe, Australia, North America, South America 

100

What does a title of a map tell you?

What the map is about

100

What is the acronym for the 5 Themes of Geography?

MRHELP

100

These are accepted explanations of what life was like based on clues

theories

100

What does it mean to domesticate an animal?

You are training the animal to help with daily life

200

What are the 5 oceans?

Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Indian, Arctic

200

What is a compass rose?

Tells you the principal directions on a map

200

What are the 5 themes of geography?

movement, region, human-environment interaction, location, place

200

What did hunters and gathers have to do to survive?

Hunt animals and gather resources

200

What is a surplus?

extra supply of material or food for storage or trade

300

What continent do we live on?

North America 

300

What do you use to give you an exact location on a map?

latitude and longitude

300

What theme of geography is this describing: A large number of people from New Orleans, Louisiana moved north after Hurricane Katrina

Movement

300

Why did people have to migrate?

They needed more resources for survival 

300

people specializing in different roles within a society is called what?

division of labor

400

Which continent is to the left of Asia?

Europe

400

What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees north and south?

Prime Meridian

400

What theme of geography is this describing: Simpson, Warren, Edmonson, Barren, and 18 other counties make up South Central Kentucky.

Region

400

What were cave paintings used for?

communication and telling stories 

400

What is divine right?

The ability to rule based of off a god

500

This continent is in the center of the map, it is very close to Asia and Europe.

Africa

500

What is the imaginary line at 0 degrees east and west?

Equator

500

What theme of geography is this describing: Simpson County, KY is near Warren County, KY

relative location

500

How does hunting and gathering transfer into farming and then into government?

Hunters and gathers begin to stay in one place because of the steady resource supply of farming. Because people are now settling, villages are forming and need the government to keep the peace.

500

Groupings of people based on social status

social class

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