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Social Studies Study Guide
Chapter 1: Introduction to Geography
Name______________________
Date ______________________
1. Define Geography: The study of the Earth and people and their interactions
2. Define the five themes of geography
A. Location- Where something is on Earth
B. Place- the location of something
C. Regions-areas on Earth with features that make them different from
other areas
D. Movement- how ideas and products get from place to place….
Television, radio, computers, telephones, and transportation
E. Human-Environment Interactions-how humans affect the environment
Such as litter, air pollution and how the environment affects humans
Such as climate, hurricanes, tornadoes
3. Name the 5 regions of the United States:
A. Northeast
B. Southeast
C. West
D. Mid west
E. Southwest
4. Physical Features: give 2 examples natural resources or landforms found in a
place: mountains, rivers, forest
5. Human Features: give 2 examples features built by humans, such as
Buildings, roads, farms, bridges
6. Define Culture: people ways of life
7. Define Heritage: a culture that comes from the past and continues today
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8. Give an example of a Primary Source: records made by people who took part
or saw an event: diaries, photographs, artifacts
9. Give an example of a Secondary Source: a record of an event by someone
who was not at an event at the time it happened
*****Map Skills*****
Define the following terms:
1. Absolute Location: the exact location on Earth….the use of longitude and
latitude lines
2. Relative Location: the location of something in relation to some other place
3. Map Scale: compares the distance on a map to the distance of the real world
4. Inset Map: a smaller map inside a larger map
5. Locator: a picture of a globe which shows where the main map is located
within the state, country, or continent
6. Map Key: explains what the symbols are the map stand for
7 Grid System: pattern of squares formed by the lines of latitude and
longitude
8. Lines of Latitude: the east and west lines on a map called parallels
9 Lines of Longitude: North and south lines on a map called
Meridians
10. Equator: the parallel marked 0 degrees
divides the northern and southern hemispheres
11. Prime Meridian: the meridian marked 0 degrees
divides the western and eastern hemispheres
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Social Studies Study Guide
Chapter 1: Introduction to Geography
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Name______________________
Date ______________________
Label and Name each continent and ocean. Name the two main lines on the map
1. North America
8. Pacific Ocean
2. South America
9. Atlantic Ocean
3. Africa
10. Indian Ocean
4. Europe
11. Arctic Ocean
5. Asia
12. Prime Meridian
6. Australia
13. Equator
7. Antarctica