SOURCE DETECTIVES
A student sees dark clouds and writes, "It is going to rain." Is that an observation or an inference?
Inference
Which type of map would BEST help you locate mountains, rivers, and deserts?
A physical map
A drought causes families to leave a farming region. Is the drought a push factor or pull factor?
Push factor
People have more wants than available resources. What economic problem does this describe?
Scarcity
Goods a country SELLS to another country are called what?
Exports
A photograph taken during an event and a diary written by someone who experienced it are what type of sources?
Primary sources
What part of a map explains what its colors and symbols mean?
The legend or key
A city has thousands of new jobs, attracting workers from other areas. The jobs are what type of factor?
Pull factor
A school can afford either new computers or a new playground, but not both. Why must the school make a choice?
Its limited resources have competing uses.
Goods a country BUYS from another country are called what?
Imports
A student reads one interview and says, "Everyone in this city feels the same way." What is wrong with the claim?
One source is not enough evidence to support the claim.
In PEGS, which lens asks how people make money, produce goods, and use resources?
Economic
People in a dry region begin planting drought-resistant crops. Is this adaptation or modification?
Adaptation
Name the FOUR factors of production.
Natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship
Country A has iron ore but few factories. Country B has factories but little iron ore. Why might they trade?
Each country has resources or products the other needs.
Why should an investigator compare a photograph, written source, and graph instead of using only one source?
Different sources can provide different evidence and perspectives.
A city grows beside a river and major highway. Which geographic idea BEST explains the growth?
Location and transportation access can influence settlement and economic activity.
People build an irrigation canal to bring water into a dry farming region. Is this adaptation or modification?
Modification
A company has workers, wood, and machines, but nobody willing to organize the business and take the risk. Which factor of production is missing?
Entrepreneurship
A country depends on another country for resources while the second country depends on it for manufactured goods. What is this relationship called?
Economic interdependence
Source A says flooding damaged homes. Source B shows rainfall was much higher than normal. What does using BOTH sources allow you to explain?
The evidence supports a cause-and-effect relationship between heavy rainfall and flood damage.
A population map shows many people living along a flat coast and very few living in steep mountains. What conclusion is BEST supported?
Physical geography influences where populations are concentrated.
A large number of immigrants move to a city, opening businesses, creating cultural organizations, and bringing new traditions. What major geographic idea does this demonstrate?
Migration can change the character of a place or region.
Most businesses are privately owned, consumers make choices, and buyers and sellers help determine prices. Which economic system is this closest to?
Free enterprise or market economy
Why is it better to use GDP per capita, literacy rate, AND life expectancy instead of only one number when judging economic development?
Several indicators give a more complete picture of a society's level of development.