Economics
Who has the power to veto a law in the United States?
Who is the President
In what hemisphere are the Americas (North and South) located?
What is the Western Hemisphere
What is to blame for the fall of both the Inca and the Aztec empires?
What is the Spanish Conquistadors
What is one of the economic reasons for European Exploration?
What is to search for gold
What is migration
What is culture?
What country is in North America
Canada
China
Africa
What is Canada
Which empire was considered the most "warlike" and violent?
What is the Aztec Empire
People need food water and shelter to live. Where would be the worst place to settle (live)?
Near water
In the Mountains
In the desert
What is the desert
What are the two common migration theories?
What are the
Bering Land Bridge Theory
Coastal Migration Theory
Why is climate in Canada different then Mexico?
They are located in different regions, North and South
What is zero degrees longitude on a map called?
What is the Prime Meridian
When the Spanish came to conquer the empires, disease ended up killing what percent of the population?
What is 90%
What country colonized Quebec?
What is France
Who is Lucy?
What is one of the oldest human remains found in Africa- died over 3 million years ago
1.What is economy?
2. If the supply (what's in the store) of goods decreases, what will happen to the price of the good?
1. What is the wealth and resources of a country or region
2. Increase
The imaginary lines of latitude and longitude intersect each other and are used together to do what?
What is to locate a specific point on a map
What was this called when the exchange of ideas, goods, resources, as well as diseases between the two western and eastern hemispheres that began during the European exploration?
What is the Columbian Exchange
Who was the first explorer to circumnavigate (go) around the world (he died on his journey)?
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
What was the main food for the native Americans of the Great Plains?
What is buffalo
How old do you have to be to vote?
How many branches of government are there in the United States government?
What is 18 years old
What are 3 branches of government: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial,
What is the purpose of a "Political Map"?
To show boundaries and borders between territories
1.What empire created very accurate calendars that are similar to what we use today?
2. What is the official language of Mexico?
1. What is the Maya empire
2. What is Spanish
What is Henry Hudson known for?
What is discovering a river in New York (Hudson River)
How did early man transition from being nomads to living in complex civilizations? Put them in the order that happened first to last.
* They trapped animals and raised livestock (OG/GOG)
* They realized they could plant their own crops (NOMADS)
* They began to build permanent structures at trade points, organized governments, and economies were created (FRED/FRANCIS)
* They began trading with larger groups and outside tribes at trading points, usually near rivers (MAGDA/LEILA/ROHAN)
* They began to trade with their tribe members (SABA/BATU)
What is:
* They realized they could plant their own crops (NOMADS)
* They trapped animals and raised livestock (OG/GOG)
* They began to trade with their tribe members (SABA/BATU)
* They began trading with larger groups and outside tribes at trading points, usually near rivers (MAGDA/LEILA/ROHAN)
* They began to build permanent structures at trade points, organized governments, and economies were created (FRED/FRANCIS)