Intro Social Studies
Terms
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- Antrhopology
- the study of mankind's variety, cultures, and human characteristics.
- Economics
- the study of production, distribution, and consumption of wealth.
- Ethics
- the study of standards of conduct. RIGHT AND WRONG.
- Geography
- the study of the sruface of the earth
- History
- the recorded events of the past
- Philosophy
- the study of the basic nature of knowledge, thought, existence
- Psychology
- the study of the mind and the way that peple think and act
- Political Science
- the study of government, organization, principles, and politics
- Sociology
- the study of social groups
- Five themes of geography
- location[absolute and relative], place[physical and human characteristics], human-environment interactions, movement, region[physical and human]
- What colors signify elevation on maps?
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brown --> green.
brown=highest
green=lowest - How many time zones on earth?
- 24 time zones.
- Does the earth spin clockwise or counterclockwise?
- clockwise
- Which way are latitude lines? Longtitude?
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Latitude- horizontal
Longtitude- vertical - What affects climate?
- large bodies of water, elevation, equator
- absolute location
- exact location of a place described by global coordinates.
- basin
- area of land drained by a given river and its branches; rea of land surrounded by higher elevation
- bay
- part of a large body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally smaller than a gulf
- canyon
- deep and narrow valley with steep walls
- cape
- point of land that extends into a river or ocean
- channel
- wide strait or waterway between two landmasses that lie close to each other; deep part of a river or other waterway.
- cliff
- steep, high water of rock, earth, or ice.
- continent
- one of the seven large landmasses on the earth
- cultural feature
- charateristic that humans have created ina place, such as language, religion, housing, and settlement pattern
- delta
- flat, low-lying land built up from sil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouch
- divide
- stretch of high land that separates river systems
- downstream
- directionin which a river or stream flows from its source to its mouth
- elevation
- height of land above sea level
- glacier
- large, thick body of slowly moving ice
- gulf
- part of a lage body of water that extends into a shoreline, generally larger and more deeply indented then a bay
- highland
- elevated land area such as a hill, mountain, or plateau
- hill
- elevated land with sloping sides and rounded summit
- island
- smaller than a continent, land area, completely surrounded by water
- isthmus
- narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas
- lake
- a sizable inland body of water
- lowland
- land, usually level, at a low elevation
- meridian
- one of many lines on the global grid running from the North Pole to the South Pole; used to measure degrees of longtitude
- mesa
- broad, flat-topped landform with steep sides; smaler than plateau
- mountain
- landwith steep sides that rises sharply from surounding land
- mountain peak
- pointed top of a mountain
- mountain range
- a series of connected mountains
- mouth
- place where a stream/river flows into a larger body of water
- parallel
- one of many lines on the global grid that circle the earth north or south of the Equator; used to measure degrees of latitude
- peninsula
- body of land jutting into a lake or ocean
- plain
- area of level land, usually a low elevation and often covered with grass
- plateau
- area of flat or rolilng land at a high elevation
- relief
- changes in elevation over a given area of land
- river
- large natural stream of water that runs through the land
- sea
- large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land
- sea level
- position on land level with surface or nearby ocean or sea
- sound
- body of water between a coastline and one or more islands off the coast
- source
- place where a river or stream begins, often in highlands
- strait
- narrow stretch of water joining two larger bodies of water
- tributary
- small tiver or stream that flows into a large river or stream; a branch of the river
- valley
- area of low land between hills/mountains
- volcano
- mountain created as liquid rock/ash erupt from inside the earth