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Social Studies HMS 6th grade
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09/28/2015

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The definition of geography is
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The study of Earth and its people
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A naturally formed object on Earth's surface
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landform
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The largest bodies of water on Earth are
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oceans
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Weather over a long period of time is
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climate
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Two halves of the globes are
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hemispheres
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The resources archaeologists use to study Earth are
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primary sources, secondary sources, oral history
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A first-hand experience is what type of source?
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Primary
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Sources that are created after an event by people who did not experience it are
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secondary sources
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Hominid
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A human or human-like creature that walks on two feet
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Measures distances north and south of the equator
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Latitude
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Measures distances east and west of the prime meridian
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longitude
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The main line of latitude
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Equator
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The main line of longitude
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prime meridian
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Which continent do archaeologists believe humans/hominids first appeared on?
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Africa
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Political maps show
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features people created, like cities and states, and boundaries
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The type of map that shows certain information about a place or region
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Thematic map
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Maps that show features on Earth's surface, such as landforms and bodies of water, are
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physical
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Why are maps less accurate than globes?
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They become distorted when flattened
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One of the 7 large landmasses that make up Earth is a
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continent
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