Social Scientists
Geography/Map Skills
Regions
Peopling of the US
Vocabulary
100

What do economists mainly study?

Money/Finances

100
What is the name of the item on a map that shows direction?

Compass/Compass Rose

100

How many regions of the US are there?

5

100

What two types of factors brought people to the US?

Push/Pull factors

100

What is the difference between an "emigrant" and an "immigrant"?

An emigrant is someone who is exiting a country and an immigrant is someone arriving to a new country. 

200

What do historians study?

The past

200

Have a team member show the four main directions with their arms/hands.

***Teacher's Discretion***

200

What region do we live in?

Northeast

200

The first people who inhabited the Americas are called _______________________.

Native Americans. 

200

What is the definition of an artifact?

An object that was made in the past. 

300

What is the main purpose of people in the government?

Make and carry out laws. 

300

What is the purpose of a map key?

It shows symbols on a map and what they represent.

300

What region is California located in?

West

300

How many original colonies were founded in the US?

13

300

What does the word "diverse" mean?

Different

400

What do political scientists study?

The government

400

What is the difference between lines of longitude and latitude?

Lines of longitude go up and down/vertically and latitude lines go horizontally.

400

What region is Florida located in?

Southeast

400

Some scientists believe that the first people came to the Americas by _____________.

A land bridge.

400

What does it mean to be a "democracy"? 

Voting in elected officials.

500

Provide an example of a natural feature and a human made feature. 

***teacher's discretion***

500

What is the definition of a scale on a map?

A diagram that shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances on Earth

500

What region experiences the most amount of tornadoes?

Midwest(Tornado Alley)

500

What motivated people from Asia to come to the Americas?

Gold/Wealth/Jobs/etc.

500

What is a plateau?

A plateau is a hill with a flat top.