Studying History
What do you call people who study history?
People who study history are called historians.
What do you call people who study geography?
People who study geography are called geographers.
Define history.
(A) The study of people.
(B) The study of oceans.
(C) The study of the past.
(C) The study of the past.
How can we memorize the 5 themes of geography? (Think of acronyms.)
My Hand Really Loves Pizza.
How many continents do we have?
7 Continets
Why do people study history?
(A) To figure out the distances between cities and regions.
(B) To understand cultural similarities and differences.
(C) To know the types of rocks that are located in an area.
(D) To discover which plants and animals are native to a place.
(B) To understand cultural similarities and differences.
Give an example of a landform.
Answer may vary.
Examples:
Mountains
Valleys
Oceans
Hills
Define Fossils
(A) A part or an imprint of something that was once alive.
(B) Big dinosaur bones.
(C) Rocks from long ago.
(A) A part or an imprint of something that was once alive.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
(A) Food, water, sun, log, and plants.
(B) Movement, Human Environment Interaction, Region, Location, and Place.
(C) My Hand Really Loves Pizza.
(B) Movement, Human Environment Interaction, Region, Location, and Place.
Micronesia
What do you call people who study what people left behind in the past?
People who study what people left in the past are called archaeologists.
What two lines help us create coordinates for absolute locations?
(A) Latitude and Longitude.
(B) North and South lines
(C) West and East lines
(A) Latitude and Longitude.
Define Environment.
(A) The trees around us.
(B) The people around us.
(C) All living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.
(C) All living and nonliving things that affect life in an area.
What are the two types of location?
(A) Absolute and Relative Location
(B) Absolute and Absent Location
(C) Related and Relative Location.
(A) Absolute and Relative Location
How many oceans do we have?
5 oceans.
What is an example of a primary source?
(A) Biography
(B) Encyclopedia
(C) Personal Diary
(D) History Textbook
(C) Personal Diary
Where did early people settle by?
(A) At North and South Poles.
(B) Near sources of water, such as rivers.
(C) In the middle of dry areas, such as desserts.
(D) In the Himalaya and Rocky Mountain ranges.
(B) Near sources of water, such as rivers.
Define Climate
(A) Sun and rain.
(B) Snow and autumn
(C) The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
(C) The pattern of weather conditions in a certain area over a long period of time.
Why is it important to know the 5 themes of geography?
(A) Because they help us with our environment.
(B) The themes help us understand the building blocks of geography.
(C) So we know our oceans and continents.
(B) The themes help us understand the building blocks of geography.
How many islands make up the CNMI?
14 islands.