Map Skills
Climates
Energy Resources
Culture
Vocabulary to Know
100
What is the equator?
An imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
100
What is a temperate climate?
A temperate climate is a climate that has 4 seasons and average temperatures.
100
What is human-environment interaction?
This theme examines the many ways in which people interact with their environments.
100
What is location?
The theme of geography that describes where something is.
100
What is geography?
The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
200
What are lines of longitude?
Imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South Poles.
200
What is the difference between weather and climate?
Weather is observable daily and changes with the seasons.
Climate is the average weather in an area over a long period of time.
200
How do humans interact with their environment?
Humans use resources to provide for everything we need.
Food, shelter, energy to power our cities.
200
What is culture?
Culture is the set beliefs, customs, language, religions, traditions of a group of people or a region of people.
200
What is the equator?
The imaginary line at 0 degrees that divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere.
300
What is the Prime Meridian?
The imaginary line that divides the earth between the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.
300
If I wanted to go visit the country of Ecuador in South America what climate would I most likely experience?
A tropical rainforest climate.
300
What type of energy resource would hydroelectric energy be? Renewable or nonrenewable?
Renewable energy.
300
What are regions?Areas that share common characteristics.
Areas that share common characteristics.
300
What is a physical map?
A physical map displays all of the Earth's natural features. This includes rivers, mountains, elevation, and lakes.
400
What is the continent that is located east of North America?
Europe.
400
If I wanted to visit the country of Tanzania in Africa, which climate would I most likely experience?
A savanna climate.
400
I have a town of 1000 people. Almost everyone in our town is a coal miner. What kind of energy are we working with? Renewable or nonrenewable?
This is a nonrenewable energy source.
400
In this region of the world many people speak Spanish, they celebrate Dia de Muertos, Noche Buena and Semana Santa because most people are Catholic, they eat foods with rice, beans and tortillas.
What region is this?
Mexico and Central America.
400
What is social studies?
A field that studies people, the environment, cultures, the past and the relationships among them.
500
What is the city we live in that is located in the Northeast region of the United States?
New York City.
500
If I was going to travel to the continent of Europe, what kind of map would be the most helpful for me to use if I want to visit the cities of Paris, London and Rome?
What kind of climate would I be experiencing?
A political map.
A temperate climate.
500
What is the difference between a renewable energy source and nonrenewable energy source?
Renewable energy is mostly clean energy that has an unlimited supply like water, air or solar energy.
Nonrenewable energy is energy that has a finite amount on earth. Once it runs out, it will be very difficult to produce more like fossil fuels.
500
This region of the world celebrates Thanksgiving, it is a cold but temperate climate, the people harvest a lot of maple syrup and speak both French and English. What North American country is this?
This country is Canada.
500
What is a compass rose?
A compass determines location. It shows you in which direction something is located. North, East, South West.