Intro to Social Studies
What is Prehistory?
Prehistory is a period of time before history was written down
How location affects how people live
What is Geography
Events after the birth of Christ or after zero on a timeline
What is AD or After Death
Ruled by the people, people vote
What is a Democracy
What is history?
The study of the past
A scientist whose main job is to study artifacts?
What is an Archeologist
A map that represents Earth's physical features
What is a physical maps
Events before the birth of Christ or before zero on a timeline
What is BC or before Christ
Ruled by a small group of rich people
What is a Oligarchy
What is economics?
How people manage their money to get what they need and want.
A way of life shared by members of a society
What is culture
A map that shows boundaries of countries, states, provinces, or cities
What is a political map
How do you read a timeline?
Left to right
Ruled by one-all powerful ruler
What is a Monarchy
What is technology in ancient civilizations
Tools/thinking we use to make our lives easier
An original artifact is an example of what kind of source in Social Studies
What is a Primary Source
What is latitude?
Imaginary lines that run east and west that measure north and south of the equator. The equator.
If a civilization started in 2100 BC and ended in 900BC; how long did that civilization last for?
1,200 years
What country has a Democracy
What is the United States of America
What is an area of the world that has similar landforms, environment, and natural resources?
Regions
A copy of an artifact is an example of what kind of source in Social Studies
What is a Secondary Source
What is the imaginary line that runs at 0 degrees longitude?
What is the Prime Meridian
How can you tell that a civilization was more successful than another civilization?
The civilization that lasted the longest
What country still has a Monarchy?
What is United Kingdom
What is longitude
Imaginary lines that run north to south that measure east to west of the prime meridian