Maps
Five Themes
Earth's Structure
Religion/Culture/Gov
Economy
Climate/Weather/Plate Tectonics
100
Key, compass, scale, symbols, colors, grid system
What is elements of a map?
100
The exact point or relative point of somewhere on a map.
What is the theme of location?
100
The large land masses above the water on Earth.
What are the continents?
100
How people live, behave, think, what they believe in, and their values are all part of this.
What is culture?
100
People producing, selling, and buying services/goods taht benefit them/others.
What is an economy?
100
The patterns of weather in a specific region over long periods of time.
What is climate?
200
This map demonstrates human-made borders of a state. Other maps like this show human-made boundaries such as borders of states, countries, counties, etc.
What is a political map?
200
The description of a location such as what it looks like, the people there, the culture, the languages spoken, what the architecture looks like, etc.
What is the theme of place?
200
The crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core.
What are Earth's layers?
200
A set of beliefs, practices, morals, and values a group or culture has.
What is religion?
200
The four different types of economic activity.
What are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship?
200
Tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, etc
What is extreme weather?
300
This map demonstrates landforms and physical features such as mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.
What is a physical map?
300
The study of how people, ideas, and goods travel across the globe.
What is the theme of movement?
300
The sun, Earth, and seven other planets, and space debris make this up.
What is the Solar System?
300
These are at least four of the six major religions in the world.
What is Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism?
300
The value of the goods and services a country produces.
What is GDP (Gross Domestic Product)?
300
95% of these occur at tectonic plates borders. It is the sudden sliding of plates past each other.
What are earthquakes?
400
This map demonstrates elevation changes of the land depicted.
What is a topographic (topography) map?
400
The grouping together of locations and areas based on similar characteristics both physical (mountainous or dry climate) and/or human (language, culture, religion, etc.)
What is the theme of region?
400
The cycle of water on Earth.
What is the Hydrologic Cycle?
400
Societies that have highly developed shared culture, symbolic communication systems, and technology.
What is a civilization?
400
These are the three different types of economic sectors. (Bonus 100 points to name what they did)
What are
Primary sector - taking raw materials from soil or water
Secondary Sector - Manufacturing raw materials (making machines, cars, etc)
Tertiary Sector - Services to individuals or businesses
400
Large pieces of Earth's lithosphere moving under the earth's crust on top of magma.
What are tectonic plates?
500
This map specifically is made to demonstrate the climate of the regions of the U.S. Other maps in this category are designed to specifically show date or info based on a single topic.
What is a thematic map?
500
The study of how humans rely on, adapt to, or modify the environment they live in.
What is the theme of human-environment interaction?
500
What are the three parts of the biosphere and what does each specifically have?
Lithosphere - the earth/ground
Hydrosphere - the water on earth
Atmosphere - The air
500
These are at least four of the six types of government and what they are.
What are
Democracy - people vote for reps to lead the government
Monarchy - king, queen or emperor rule the government. Sometimes share power like a constitutional monarchy.
Dictatorship - one single authoritarian ruler who does not give citizens rights.
Oligarchy - Small group of people lead government.
Communism - Market Economy where government is in control and citizens usually have little to no personal rights or property.
500
Name three economic systems and what they are.
Traditional Economy - People trade goods and services instead of using money
Market Economy - Private businesses create goods that people buy
Command Economy - Government owns most parts of the economy and decide what is to be bought and sold.
500
Protection and management of natural environments to prevent wildlife extinction
What is Habitat Preservation?