Social Scientists
What do economists mainly study?
Money/Finances
Compass/Compass Rose
How many regions of the US are there?
5
What two types of factors brought people to the US?
Push/Pull factors
What is the difference between an "emigrant" and an "immigrant"?
An emigrant is someone who is exiting a country and an immigrant is someone arriving to a new country.
What do historians study?
The past
Have a team member show the four main directions with their arms/hands.
***Teacher's Discretion***
What region do we live in?
Northeast
The first people who inhabited the Americas are called _______________________.
Native Americans.
What is the definition of an artifact?
An object that was made in the past.
What is the main purpose of people in the government?
Make and carry out laws.
What is the purpose of a map key?
It shows symbols on a map and what they represent.
What region is California located in?
West
How many original colonies were founded in the US?
13
What does the word "diverse" mean?
Different
What do political scientists study?
The government
What is the difference between lines of longitude and latitude?
Lines of longitude go up and down/vertically and latitude lines go horizontally.
What region is Florida located in?
Southeast
Some scientists believe that the first people came to the Americas by _____________.
A land bridge.
What does it mean to be a "democracy"?
Voting in elected officials.
Provide an example of a natural feature and a human made feature.
***teacher's discretion***
What is the definition of a scale on a map?
A diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth
What region experiences the most amount of tornadoes?
Midwest(Tornado Alley)
What motivated people from Asia to come to the Americas?
Gold/Wealth/Jobs/etc.
What is a plateau?
A plateau is a hill with a flat top.