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1
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Most of the world uses a calendar that starts counting at the birth of Jesus Christ. This calendar is called ( ) named after ( )?

A

The Gregorian Calendar named after Pope Gregory XIII.

2
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What are the largest bodies of water on earth called? Name all five.

A

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern

3
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What is climate?

A

weather conditions in a place over a long period of time.

4
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What are the five themes of geography?

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Location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.

5
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Anthropologists study what?

A

Human culture and how it changes over time (often times using fossils and artifacts).

6
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What is a “species”?

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A class of individuals with similar physical characteristics.

7
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Why would historians study the past?

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  • Learning about the past helps us understand the present.

* Learning from our mistakes helps us to not repeat them.

8
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The Earth is divided into seven large landmasses called? Name them:

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Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America

9
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The two geography themes that describe what a place is like, such as landforms, climate, plant or animal life are called
( ) and ( ).

A

Places and regions

10
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When writing longitude, what cardinal directions follow the coordinates?

A

east and west

11
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What do political maps show?

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Cities, states, provinces, territories and countries, boundaries, borders between regions.

12
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What do physical maps show?

A

A physical map shows landforms and bodies of water.

13
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What do thematic maps show?

A

Specific info like climate, distribution of natural resources

14
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Louis and Mary Leakey’s discoveries suggest human evolution started on what continent?

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Africa

15
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Define “oral history.”

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Customs told and passed down from generation to generation

16
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In calendar terms, A.D. means…

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Anno Domini which means “in the year of our Lord” in Latin