A capital resource is a tool, or machine, or building people use to produce goods and services.
100
What is region?
A region is an area that has one or more features in common.
100
Define economy.
An economy is the system people use to produce goods and services.
100
What does the compass rose show?
Cardinal and intermediate directions.
200
What is a high, steep-sided area that rises above the nearby land?
A plateau.
200
What are human resources?
Human resources are people and the skills and knowledge they bring to the job.
200
What is erosion?
Erosion is the process by which water and wind wear away the land.
200
What does a physical map show?
A physical map shows the location of physical features, such as landforms, bodies of water, and resources.
300
Name one physical feature of the western US.
Sharp mountain peaks, deep canyons.
300
What is conservation?
Conservation is the protection and careful use of natural resources.
300
Name at least two regions and the resources they are famous for.
Coal - KY, cotton - South, wheat - midwest (North and South Dakota), corn - MN, dairy - Midwest.
300
How can natural forces affect the land?
Water and wind change the land - erode land, form land.
300
What does a political map show?
A political map shows cities, states, and countries.
400
Give two examples of landforms.
Mountain, valley, plain - feature on the surface of the land.
400
What are nonrenewable resources? Define and give at least two examples.
Nonrenewable resources are resources that cannot be replaced once they are used up. Examples include oil, coal and other minerals, and natural gas.
400
What is specialization and why is it important?
Specialization is the result of people making the goods they are best able to produce with the resources they have. It is important because it enables them to produce goods at a lower cost.
400
How can human activities affect the land?
Building (highways, homes, offices), digging mines, using chemicals (pollution), introducing new life forms into the ecosystem.
400
Name at least three standard map features.
Standard map features include the title, legend, compass rose, inset map, and map scale.
500
Name the three factors that affect climate.
Distance from the equator, landforms, and plants.
500
Explain scarcity.
A lack of something - there are not enough resources to provide all that people want so people have to make decisions about what they want the most.
500
Name at least three different ways the US can be divided into regions.
Similar physical features, common location (close to each other - NE, S, MW, W), climate, political (states and counties), resources, activities people in the area share).
500
How do land and its resources affect where and how people live?
Resources and location, land has to be able to support the people there have to be available jobs, food, shelter, access to transportation.
500
Would you use a physical map or a political map to compare the size of different states?
You would use a political map to compare the size of different states.