Humanities 7 - Term 1 Review

Unit 1 -- Community

100

What is the definition of "ubuntu"?

Ubuntu means "a person is a person through other people"

200

What are the three of our year-long essential questions for Humanities?

Is geography destiny? How does geography shape who we are? How do we shape geography? How does geography help us understand our world?

300

If a community is not made up of friends, what is it built of?

A community is built of people who feel they are part of something bigger...like a shared goal

Unit 1 -- Mapping and Boston

100

Name the seven regions of the world (according to the textbook).

US and Canada, Latin America, Europe and Russia, Africa, Southwest and Central Asia, Monsoon Asia, and Oceania and Antarctica

200

Name three types of thematic maps

Population density, political, topographical/physical features, climate, transportation, vegetation

300

What is the difference between ABSOLUTE location and RELATIVE location?

absolute location describes a precise location (coordinates on a map), and relative location describes the location of one place compared to another

Unit 1 Vocabulary (Map Features)

100

True or false: a map's cardinal directions help us understand a map's orientation

True: a map's orientation tells us the directionality of a map (whether "up" is north, south, east or west)

200

After the prime meridien, the next most important meridien of longitude (which is on the other side of the world) is known as

the International Date Line

300

Because the _____________ is tied to climate, even though it's imaginary, this is something "true" about maps.

the Equator

Unit 2 Legacy of Conquest and Exploration

100

Define primary source and secondary source, give an example of each

Primary source = document/object created during the time period being studied (ex. letter, journal entry, etc.) Secondary source = document/object created AFTER the time period being studied (ex. textbook)

200

Fill in the blanks: Explorers first started to sail around the world or _______________ it because they were seeking an alternative route from the _______________ to reach the _________________ so they could make more profits.

circumnavigate Silk Road Spice Islands

300

When Taínos and Spaniards began trading they started what was known as the _________________. Give an example of something only the "New World" had before, and something only the "Old World" had (label your answer)

the Columbian Exchange Old World = pigs, cows, horses, chickens/eggs, sugar, bananas New World = chocolate, potato, tomato, beans, corn