Geography Basics
Government and Citizenship
Economics
Culture
All About Earth
100
We use these to know where we are and how to get places
Maps
100
What is a democratic government?
The citizens vote leaders into office
100
What country has a command economy?
North Korea
100
This is a group of people with a shared culture who have organized themselves to meet basic needs.
Society
100
What causes earthquakes?
Blocks of crust slide against one another, often at plate boundries
200
What kind of map is this?
A) Political
B) Physical
C) Special Purpose
B) Physical
200
What type of government does North Korea and Cuba have?
Authoritarian
200
The United States, Canada, and Mexico all have this type of economic system:
Mixed Economy / Capitalist / Market
200
A set of spoken sounds, written symbols or gestures that people use to communicate
Language
200
What is the mantle made of?
Hot molten rock called magma
300
Deforestation is an example of which of the five themes of geography?
Human Environment Interaction
300
This is a person who is a legal member of a country
Citizen
300
These are people who buy and use goods and services
Consumer
300
A system of worship and belief about nature or god
Religion
300
What are the phases of the water cycle?
Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
400
What imaginary lines do geographers use to find absolute location?
Latitude and Longitude
400
What is a monarchy?
A government where kings and queens run the country
400
People or businesses that mark and sell goods or services
Producers
400
What is a culture region?
An area where a singular culture is dominant
400
This describes the average weather in a specific region
Climate
500
Name all seven continents and four out of five oceans
Continents: Antarctica, Australia, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe.
Oceans: Artic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern
500
This document has the rules and guidelines that governments have to abide by
Constitutions
500
This is the cost of what you have to give up when you make an economic choice
Opportunity Cost
500
This is a pattern of organized relationships among groups of people within a society
Social Structure
500
Before all the continents split apart, it was one massive continent called:
Pangea