Government
In this type of government, the leader must follow the same laws as everyone else.
What is Limited Government?
This basic economic problem happens when there isn't enough of a resource for everyone.
What is Scarcity?
The beliefs, customs, laws, and art that make up a group’s way of life.
What is Culture?
This theme explains how people, goods, and ideas get from place to place.
What is Movement?
This "factor" (like a better job or a better climate) attracts a person to move to a new country.
What is a Pull Factor?
This branch of the U.S. government includes the President and is responsible for carrying out laws.
What is the Executive Branch
This person takes a risk to start a new business in hopes of making a profit.
What is an Entrepreneur?
These are the three major world religions that all began in the Middle East.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
This theme describes what a location is like, such as "it is mountainous" or "it has many skyscrapers.
What is Place?
This part of a map explains what the symbols, lines, and colors stand for.
What is the Map Key or Legend?
A government where the leader has total control and citizens have no rights or "say."
What is an Unlimited Government or Dictatorship?
This term describes how much wealth, comfort, and "stuff" the average person in a country has.
What is Standard of Living?
This is the term for a religion that believes in only one God.
What is Monotheism?
When humans adapt to their environment by wearing a heavy coat in the winter, they are using this theme.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
These imaginary lines run East and West and are used to measure distance from the Equator.
What are lines of Latitude?
This is the name for the written plan of government that protects the rights of the people.
What is a Constitution?
A tax placed on goods that are imported from another country.
What is a Tariff?
This major world religion, common in India and parts of SE Asia, believes in karma and reincarnation
What is Hinduism or Buddhism?
If you give your address as "three blocks past the gas station," you are giving this type of location.
What is Relative Location?
This term describes the process of people moving from small country towns into big cities.
What is Urbanization?
Name two "Civic Responsibilities" that citizens in a democracy are expected to perform.
What are voting, serving on a jury, or paying taxes?
In this type of economic system, the government tells producers exactly what to make and what to charge.
What is a Command Economy?
This "holy city" is considered sacred by Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike.
What is Jerusalem?
Geographers use this theme to group different places together because they share a similar climate or language.
What is Region?
This type of map shows the "lay of the land," including mountains, plains, and bodies of water.
What is a Physical Map?