Transcript March 2016x
March 2016 March 2016 Geography, Culture, Europe, Russia, Southwest Asia, Africa Geography What is geography? The study of the earth’s features and its people. Geography What are the Globes are similarities and spheres maps differences are flat. between globes and maps? Geography Why are there different map projections? No map projection can show the earth accurately. Geography What type of Political map map would you use to find state boundaries? Geography What type of Physical map map would you use to find elevation, land forms and water forms? Geography What type of Population map map would you use to find population density? Geography What type of Thematic map map would you use to find economic activity? Geography A piece of the Tectonic plate Earth’s crust that moves and creates landforms. Geography A substance Magma that forms plate movement along fault lines. Geography A land feature that is formed when surface plates crush together. Volcano Geography A giant wave that can be caused by volcanic eruptions. Tsunami Geography When rocks Fault along a crack in the Earth’s surface move. Geography Something that Earthquake results in the movement along fault lines. Geography A long narrow ban of volcanoes in the Pacific Ocean. Ring of fire Geography A flat treeless plane with permanently frozen ground. Tundra Geography A large area of Taiga coniferous forest stretching through Russia. Geography Which continent is known as the peninsula of peninsulas? Europe Geography Which Asia continent is the largest? Geography Which Africa continent is the second largest? Government Hereditary ruler Constitutional that serves as a monarchy symbol for the nation. Government One person Dictatorship holds complete power over government. Government Citizens vote Direct and participate democracy in government first hand. Government Citizens elect government officials to represent them. Representative democracy Government Leaders of one Totalitarianism political party who have power over government, economy, and society. Government Heredity ruler Absolute who holds power monarchy over government, economy, and society. Government A small group of people who control the government. Oligarchy Government When people move for a positive reason? Pull factor Government When people move for a negative reason? Push factor Culture List the three monotheistic religions we have studied. Judaism Christianity Islam Culture Beliefs and Culture behavior shared by a group of people. Culture Culture is… the “blueprint for living”. Culture To leave the Emigrate country of your birth to live in another country. Culture To enter Immigrate. another country to live. Culture People who flee Refugee a country because of violence, war, or persecution. Europe What two mountains separate Western and Southern Europe? Alps and Pyrenees Europe Political and economic system of the Middle Ages. feudalism Europe What makes the Middle Ages a transition between ancient and modern times? Religious theories weakened as people became more educated. Europe What is another The Great War name for World War I. Europe Which country was forced to accept blame for World War I? Germany Europe The German government supporting the murder of 6 million Jews. Holocaust Europe German leader Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust. Europe Was the Holocaust during World War I or II? World War II Europe What was the Industrial turning point in Revolution Western European history? Europe What made the Coal Industrial Revolution possible? Europe The conflict Cold War between the United States and Russia after World War II. Europe A group whose European goal is to Union strengthen trade among countries in Europe. Europe What did the Transportation European Union improve upon to promote trade? Europe Which ancient Greece European country does the United States base its democracy?