Download 7 Social Studies Chapter 1 Study Guide *Terms to know: ______

7 Social Studies
Chapter 1 Study Guide
*Terms to know:
_____________ Low, flat land.
_____________ Height above sea level.
_____________ Spinning of earth on its axis.
_____________ Earth’s trip around the sun.
_____________ Movement of large sheets below earth’s surface.
_____________ Elevated, flat land.
_____________ Large sea waves caused by undersea earthquakes.
_____________ Movement of ideas from place to place.
_____________ Theme of geography that studies the relationship
between people and their surroundings.
_____________ Triangular formation of soil deposited at the mouth
of a river.
_____________ Changing in order to live in a certain place; for
example, wearing sunscreen or using bug spray.
_____________ Occurs when the sun’s direct rays are over the
equator; marks the first day of spring and fall.
_____________ Natural features of the earth, such as mountains
hills, plains and plateaus.
_____________ Natural animal life of a place.
_____________ Natural plant life of a place.
Plate tectonics
flora
fauna
plains
plateau
tsunami
Rotation
revolution
landforms
adaptation
communication
Delta
equinox
elevation
human-environment interaction
______________ Narrow strip of water separating two large
landmasses.
______________ Wearing away the earth’s surface.
______________ Breaking down of rocks.
______________ Study of earth and its people.
______________ Underwater valley.
______________ Strip of water wider than a strait separating
two large landmasses.
______________ Occurs at the beginning of summer and winter.
______________ Asks the question “What is it like?”
______________ Smaller pieces/divisions of earth.
______________ Asks the question “Where is it?”
______________ Where something is when compared to another place.
______________ Where something is using latitude and longitude.
______________ Narrow strip of land connecting two landmasses.
______________ Finger of land almost completely surrounded by
water.
______________ Theme of geography that studies people and ideas
going from place to place.
Weathering
isthmus
erosion
peninsula
movement
Geography
solstice
place
location
relative location
Absolute location
trench
strait
channel
region
*You will need to be able to label the seven continents (Asia, Africa,
Australia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica) and four
oceans (Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic) on a map.