Geography & Earth
This imaginary line runs horizontally and tells you how far north or south you are from the Equator.
What is latitude?
This term refers to the beliefs, customs, and practices that a group of people share.
What is culture?
A person who buys a product or uses a service is known as this.
What is a consumer?
This branch of government is responsible for creating and passing new laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the process where a river's current carries away sand and rock, carving out a new landform.
What is erosion?
A person who writes a biography about a historical figure is using this type of source
What is a secondary source?
This term describes the human work and effort that is used to produce goods and services.
What is labor?
This is the process by which a person from another country can become a citizen of the United States.
What is naturalization?
This layer of the Earth is a hot, liquid metal, while the layer beneath it is a solid metal ball.
What are the outer core and inner core?
This term describes how a society is organized, with specific rules and roles for different groups and institutions.
What is a social structure?
When the supply of a product is high, but the demand for it is low, this happens to its price.
What is that the price goes down?
The right to vote and the responsibility to pay taxes are both examples of the duties of a:
What is a citizen?
This is the theory that the Earth's crust is made up of large, constantly moving pieces that cause earthquakes.
What is plate tectonics?
This is the process where an idea, custom, or item, like pizza or a video game, spreads from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
This type of economic system is based on tradition and customs, with little to no change over time.
What is a traditional economy?
This is the name for a government system where the citizens have the power and elect their leaders.
What is a democratic government?
You must travel west of the Prime Meridian to reach this many degrees of longitude to be five hours behind Greenwich Mean Time.
What is 75 degrees?
This is a chronological record of events, which historians use to organize and understand the past.
What is a timeline?
These are the two types of capital, one being tangible items like tools and machines, and the other being a person's skills and knowledge.
What are physical capital and human capital?
This is a system that allows each branch of the government to limit the powers of the other two, preventing any one branch from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?