SS Test #1

Question 1

What are the four parts of Global Studies?

Answer 1

History, geography, economics, political science

Question 2

What is history?

Answer 2

The knowledge of the past, and understanding it will affect the future

Question 3

Primary sources

Answer 3

Firsthand accounts of history journals, diaries, and autobiographies

Question 4

Secondary sources

Answer 4

Information created after the event has occurred textbooks and biographies

Question 5

Culture Diffusion

Answer 5

The movement of ideas and culture from one group to another

Question 6

Interdependence

Answer 6

The dependence of countries on each other for development

Question 7

What is political science?

Answer 7

Study of the structure, activity, and behavior of government

Question 8

Totalitarian government

Answer 8

Government that creates laws to maintain their own power. They do not consider the needs of the people in their decisions. The population has no real input into the functions of government

Question 9

Democracy

Answer 9

Government creates laws that reflect the will of the people, and the government changes the will of their population

Question 10

Direct democracy

Answer 10

Every person has a say in every matter

Question 11

Republic

Answer 11

People votes representatives into power to run the government

Question 12

What is economics?

Answer 12

Study of resources and how they affect people and cultures in their development. The idea of scarcity is the number or amount of resources found in an area

Question 13

Traditional economy

Answer 13

No money exchanged. Bartering (trading) of goods and services. Labor intensive, very little surplus produced.

Question 14

Capitalist

Answer 14

Market economy. Supply and demand. people produce goods, that meet the demand of the population..

Question 15

Socialism

Answer 15

Command Economy, the government sets the amount of goods made, and their price. Also known as communism. No individual ownership.

Question 16

Mixed Economy

Answer 16

When capitalism and socialism are combined and used in a country.

Question 17

What are the four types of resources?

Answer 17

Natural, human, capital and information

Question 18

Naural resources

Answer 18

Land, water, trees, coal oil. These are not man-made, and usually non-renewable

Question 19

Human

Answer 19

Labor, abilities, and talents of the population

Question 20

Capital

Answer 20

Machines and tools that make work easier: money is an example

Question 21

Information

Answer 21

Knowledge, books, collective understanding

Question 22

Archipelago

Answer 22

Group of islands with shared cultural identity

Question 23

Isthmus

Answer 23

Narrow piece of land that connects to larger pieces of land

Question 24

Lake

Answer 24

Body of fresh water surrounded land

Question 25

Plateau

Answer 25

Evaluated land that's flat at it's peak

Question 26

Strait

Answer 26

A smaller body of water that connects two larger bodies of water

Question 27

Plains

Answer 27

Large area of flat grassy land lacking of trees

Question 28

Gulf

Answer 28

Bodies of water surrounded by land on all sides but one (good for trade)

Question 29

Mountain

Answer 29

Evaluated land that ends at a peak, very rocky and tend to be taller than hills

Question 30

Hill

Answer 30

Evaluated land that is rounded and tends to have vegetation

Question 31

Political Map

Answer 31

Borders of the countries, capital cities, and major cities

Question 32

Physical Map

Answer 32

Elevations of land above sea level

Question 33

Population Map

Answer 33

Show the population density of a given area

Question 34

Environment/climate map

Answer 34

Shows the average daily weather and ecosystem of an area

Question 35

Economy Map

Answer 35

Shows the major economic work of a region or area

Question 36

Culture

Answer 36

The belief, tradition, language and norms shared by a group of people

Question 37

Customs and traditions

Answer 37

Unwritten rules of culture

Question 38

Ethnocentric

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Judging one culture by your own culture's standards

Question 39

Racism

Answer 39

Believing that one culture/group is naturally superior to another group

Question 40

Geography Theme 1

Answer 40

Location - latitude and longitude, used to find a specific place on Earth

Question 41

Geography Theme 2

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Place - description of an area that has similar characteristics

Question 42

Geography Theme 3

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Region - larger areas on earth with similar physical characteristics, languages and cultures

Question 43

Geography Theme 4

Answer 43

Interaction between people and their environment - people either change their environment to fit their needs or adapt to the environment they live in

Question 44

Geography Theme 5

Answer 44

Movement - Cultural diffusion: the movement of ideas and culture from one group to another - Interdependence: The dependence of countries on each other for development