Maps
Economics
Governments
Environments
Continents
100
The part of the map that shows north, south, east, west
What is the compass rose
100
Economic form in which tradition plays a major role. Cottage industry and subsistence farming are the major forms of business.
What is traditional
100
a government form that is either absolute or parliamentary?
What is Monarchy
100
the place most people settle by?
What is Water
100
the continent you live on
What is North America?
200
System of lines North, South, East, and West that form a grid to determine locations on the Map.
What is longitude and latitude
200
Form of economy in which all decisions are based on the governments decisions.
What is command
200
a government form that is ruled by a person who comes to power through violence and answers to no one.
What is Dictatorship
200
the breaking down of rock from larger pieces into smaller pieces through chemical means
What is Chemical Weathering
200
the only continent that is also a country
What is Australia
300
Shows the correlation between the distance in miles or kilometers and inches.
What is the scale
300
G.D.P. (stands for what)
What is gross domestic product
300
government of the people, by the people, and for the people?
What is Democracy
300
Erosion
What is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces by moving wind, water, or ice?
300
the plateau continent
What is Africa
400
when shapes of areas around the poles on a map look different because of the round map being placed on a flat surface.
What is distortion
400
Form of economy in which economic decisions are made by the individual, not the government.
What is Free Market or free enterprise.
400
the form of government found in North Korea, China, Vietnam, and Cuba?
What is Communism
400
An underwater earthquake
What is a tsunami
400
the continent with the largest river
What is South America
500
the part of the map that shows what symbols or colors on the map mean.
What is the key/legend
500
A form of government which business is partly owned by the government and partly owned by private individuals: also known as a mixed economy
What is Socialism
500
What is a form of government in which the leader is "god's" representative on earth.
What is a theocracy?
500
This is the technical term for one plate going under another and forming volcanoes
What is subduction
500
The peninsula of peninsulas
What is Europe