Themes of Social Studies
Thinking Like a Historian
Timelines and Time Terms
Geography Basics
Themes of Geography
100

What is the study of past events called?

What is History?

100

What term describes the time before written records?
 

Prehistory

100

What shows a sequence of events in the order they happened?
 

What is a Timeline?

100

What is the term for the surroundings where people live?
 

What is Environment?

100

Human-Environment Interaction studies how humans affect the __________ and how the environment affects humans.


What is environment?


200

What does Geography study?
 

What is The Earth?

200

Name three examples of artifacts that tell us about past lives.
 

What are tools, pottery, or weapons?

200

What does B.C. stand for?

What is Before Christ?

200

 Physical geography studies natural features like what?
Name at least two!

What is landforms, climate, plants, and animals?

200

Place describes a location by its __________ and __________ characteristics.
 

What is physical and human?

300

Civics studies government __________ and citizenship duties.
 

What is Processes?

300

 Fossils are remains of what type of living things?
 

What are plants or animals?

300

What does A.D. stand for?

What is Anno Domini?

300

 Human geography studies people, their ____________, and how they interact with the environment.
 

What is culture/community?

300

Movement describes how what three things move from one place to another?

What are people, things, and ideas?

400

Economics is the study of the production and distribution of what?
 

What is goods and services?

400

Who studies past cultures from artifacts?
 

What is an Archaeologist?

400

What are the modern equivalents of B.C. and A.D.?
 

What is B.C.E. and C.E.?

400

The environment is the ___________ surroundings where people live.


What is natural?

400

 Regions are areas with common __________ like climate or culture.

What are characteristics?

500

What social studies component focuses on rules, laws, and citizen responsibilities?

What is Civics?

500

Who studies human origins and culture?

What is an Anthropologist?

500

What does B.C.E. and C.E stand for?

What is Before Common Era and Common Era?

500

What does GPS and GIS stand for?

What is Global Positioning System and Geographic Information Systems?

500

Location describes the exact spot on Earth using __________ and __________.

What is latitude and longitude?