5th Grade Social Studies Review

ON the MAP

100

Each degree number names this, and two of these describes a specific location on the map

coordinates

200

North America is located in these 2 hemispheres

Northern and Western

300

This is the longitude line located at zero degrees

The Prime Meridian

400

This is located at 180 degrees

The International Date Line

500

This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemisphere

The Equator

The Americas

100

This is the study of Earth's surface and its characteristics.

geography

200

This term is used to describe the weather conditions of an area over a long period of time

climate

300

These people are known as American Indians and had established their own cultures more than ten thousand years before Europeans arrived in the Americas

Native Americans

400

Some Native Americans lived in enviornments suitable for growing crops and therefore developed this

agriculture

500

Unlike farmers, these people had to travel to ensure that they had food

hunter-gatherers

Exploration

100

He wrote a book after traveling to China that inspired others to explore the new world

Marco Polo

200

This trade route connected China and Europe

The Silk Road

300

When this was invented mass printing was able to take place and therefore information could spread faster

The Printing Press

400

As a newly invented navigating tool this contributed greatly to the age of exploration

the astrolabe

500

This simple tool helped improve navigation

the compass

European Explorers 1

100

A Venetian explorer known for his book which describes his voyage to Asia

Marco Polo

200

He made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. In 1492, 1493, 1498, and 1502

Christopher Columbus

300

Itailian born who voyaged to the New World on behalf of Spain the the late 15th century

Amerigo Vespucci

400

He became the first European to encounter the North American continent since the Vikings when he landed in 1497

John Cabot

500

He set out from Spain in 1519 to discover a sea route to the Spice Islands, also the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean

Ferdinand Magellan

European Explorers 2

100

Best known for conquering the Aztecs and claiming Mexico on behalf of Spain

Hernan Cortes

200

English explorer and naval officer who circumnaviagted the globe in a single expedition

Sir Frances Drake

300

Explored North America from North Carolina to Florida`

Sir Walter Raleigh

400

He explored the Pacific Ocean while searching for the Northwest Passage and made formal contact with the Hawaiian Islands

James Cook

500

Spanish conquistador, led expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru

Francisco Pizarro