Areas of Social Studies
Vocab
Areas of Geography
Maps and Graphs
Culture/Culture Regions
100
Name the area of social studies where you would study about the Vietnam War.
What is history?
100
Advances in transportation and communication have increased this.
What is interdependence?
100
Think of the United States. Name the area of geography that covers this information: the Western Hemisphere.
What is location?
100
I focus on special topics. Example: major battles in a war
What is thematic maps?
100
List three things that people in a culture region would share.
Answers will vary.
200
Name the area of social studies where you would study the different ways that people celebrate Christmas.
What is culture?
200
Each kind of food, clothing, or technology, belief, etc that is shared by a culture.
What is a culture trait?
200
Think of the United States. What area of geography covers this information: there are many different uses for land, including farming and mining.
What is Place?
200
I show the divisions within countries. An example of me is a map of Iowa.
What is political maps?
200
What is one reason for cultural change?
Answers will vary.
300
Name the area of social studies where you would study the regions of Africa.
What is geography?
300
Kind of government that everyone must obey the law.
What is a limited government?
300
Think of the United States. Which area of geography covers this information: it is similar and shares cultures with Canada.
What is Region?
300
I show the landforms and bodies of water in a region.
What is Physical Maps?
300
List one of the major culture regions in the world.
What is United States/Canada, Latin America, Europe, North Africa/Southeast Asia, Africa south of the Sahara, South Asia, and East Asia/Australia/Pacific Islands.
400
Name the area of social studies where you study how much a country earns from producing oil.
What is economics?
400
The conflict between people's desires and their limited resources.
What is scarcity?
400
Think of the United States. Which area of geography covers this information: A large portion of the population was once a citizen of another country.
What is movement?
400
http://www.fgienr.net/time-zone/fuseaux.gif What time is it in San Fransisco if it is 9 A.M. in New York City?
What is 6 A.M. ?
400
True or False: Many countries have become to depend upon each other economically.
What is True.
500
Name the area of social studies where you would learn about the different Supreme Court Justices.
What is government?
500
A legal member of a country.
What is a citizen?
500
Think of the United States. Which area of geography covers this information: irrigation systems allow water to be in places where it is not naturally found.
What is human-environment interaction?
500
http://www.fgienr.net/time-zone/fuseaux.gif What time is it in Iceland if it is 2 P.M. in Oregon?
What is 7 P.M. ?
500
Name an example of interdependence.
Answers will vary.
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