Landforms & Bodies of Water
Earth's Revolution and Seasons
The Globe
Climates and Biomes
Other Geography
6th Grade Social Studies
100
Rivers, lakes, and oceans are ______________.
What are Bodies of Water / Waterways?
100
The four seasons.
What are Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter?
100
There are four halves of the Earth, also known by this term.
What is a hemisphere?
100
The term used to describe rain, snow, sleet and hail.
What is precipitation?
100
The four cardinal directions.
What are North, East, South, and West?
100
This ancient civilization was located on the Nile River in Northern Africa.
What is Egypt?
200
A low point between mountains or hills.
What is a valley?
200
One year is this long.
What is 365 1/4 days?
200
These vertical lines run from north to south and measure points in the eastern and western hemispheres.
What are lines of longitude?
200
The climate zone in which Rhode Island is located.
What is the temperate climate zone?
200
The globe is this 3D round shape.
What is a sphere?
200
This ancient civilization was included thinkers such as Socrates, Pericles, and city-states like Sparta and Athens.
What is Greece?
300
A large flat stretch of land with grass and not many trees.
What is a plain or grassland?
300
This happens 2 times a year where daylight is longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another.
What is a solstice?
300
These horizontal lines run from east to west and measure points in the northern and southern hemispheres.
What are lines of latitude?
300
The 3 zones which separate the earth into different climates.
What are tropical, temperate, and polar?
300
The biggest continent with the most people.
What is Asia?
300
This civilization was located on the Italian peninsula and eventually controlled all of the Mediterranean Sea. Julius Caesar was an important person in this civilization.
What is Rome?
400
A body of fresh water surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
400
This happens 2 times a year where daylight is equal in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is an equinox?
400
These 2 important lines, one of latitude and one of longitude, separate the Earth into the four hemispheres.
What are the Equator and Prime Meridian?
400
This biome is characterized by less than 10 inches of rainfall - it is the driest biome.
What is a desert?
400
These 2 continents are located fully in the western hemisphere.
What are North America and South America?
400
This ancient civilization was located in Asia, and had lasted more than 2000 years. Confucius was an important thinker in this civilization.
What is China?
500
A large piece of land that is elevated and flat on top.
What is a plateau?
500
This day is celebrated in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21st.
What is the Winter/December Solstice?
500
The term used as a location found with longitude and latitude.
What are coordinates?
500
This biome is located in the tropical climate zone, and has the most precipitation and biodiversity (amount of plant and animals).
What is a rain forest?
500
This is a type of map that shows the location and boundaries of cities and states.
What is a political map?
500
The ancient land of the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent or Mesopotamia?