Geography
The map to the left shows what kind of regions (6.1b)
Continental Regions
Marisol recently moved with her family from Mexico City to Denver, Colorado. When she arrived, she noticed that Denver is surrounded by tall mountains and has cooler, drier air than where she used to live. Her parents found jobs working in the city, and on weekends the family explores nearby hiking trails. Sometimes, they video call relatives back in Mexico and share photos of their adventures.
Denver’s tall mountains and dry air describe its physical characteristics. Which theme focuses on these types of features?
Place
What conclusion can students draw from the graph? (6.1c)
Farmers modified their environment to increase water availability.
Which religions were monotheistic?
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
The division of the government into Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches is an example of:
Separation of Powers
What is a region?
an area on the earth’s surface that is defined by certain unifying characteristics.
Marisol recently moved with her family from Mexico City to Denver, Colorado. When she arrived, she noticed that Denver is surrounded by tall mountains and has cooler, drier air than where she used to live. Her parents found jobs working in the city, and on weekends the family explores nearby hiking trails. Sometimes, they video call relatives back in Mexico and share photos of their adventures.
If Marisol wanted to find the exact latitude and longitude of Denver, she would be using which theme of geography? (6.1c)
Location
The inventions between 9,000 and 8,000 BC of ground stone, the domestication of sheep, and the cultivation of wheat and barley are connected to which of the following achievements
The creation and use of farms
Which religions were polytheistic?
Buddhism, Hinduism
Which is an example of the Executive Branch (President) checking the power of the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
Vetoing a bill
What type of region is shown on this map? (6.1b)
Physical Region
What conclusion can you draw from this graph? (6.1c)
Miami’s rainiest months are in the summer.
Based on this chart, which statement best explains why the Neolithic Revolution is considered a turning point in history?
It changed the way humans interacted with their environment to provide food.
Based on the timeline, which monotheistic religion is the oldest?
Judaism
The primary purpose of this system of "Checks and Balances" is to:
Prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful or tyrannical.
Which term below describes the location of Saudi Arabia on the map? (6.1c)
Southeast of Turkey
What is relative location?
describes where a place or object is situated in relation to other landmarks, environments, or locations
According to the information in the chart, what was a direct result of the development of agriculture?
People established permanent settlements and larger communities
One effect of rugged, mountainous geography on the civilization of ancient Greece was the development of:
separate, independent city-states
Federalism is a system of government where:
Power is shared between the national (federal) government and the state governments.
This body of water lies along the northern coast of Turkey (6.1b)
Black Sea
Name 4 different climate zones.
Dry, Tropical, Polar, Cold, Temperate
Human societies have existed for a long time. But humans did not begin to write until around 3200 BCE. The period before humans invented writing is called the Prehistoric Period. Because there are no written sources from the Prehistoric Period, scholars today have to learn about it by studying the items that people left behind.
Which of the following items could help scholars learn about the people who lived during the Prehistoric Period?
Cave Art
Geography affected trade routes and resources. Which sentence best explains how geography affected trade in some way?
Geography created farmland in the Greek islands where mainland Greeks could go to start colonies, which were often successful and produced a lot of food.
Adapted from the U.S. Constitution:
"The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. The President shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed."
Based on this passage, what is a major responsibility of the President?
Enforcing laws