SOCIAL STUDIES GUIDE FOR THE MIDTERM EXAM
I.
Study the vocabulary from
every chapter.
Chapter 1,
Part I: INTRODUCTION
TO GEOGRAPHY
II.
Match the following
questions to the answers you already have from the rally:
1. What is
geography?
2. What is a
social science?
3. Which are the
levels of geography?
4. Provide
characteristics of regions:
5. They are a
geographer’s tools:
6. They are two
out of five themes of geography:
7. What is
absolute location?
8. What is
relative location?
9. What is
movement?
10. What is
physical geography?
11. It is the
study of the world’s people, communities and landscapes.
12. It is the
science of making maps:
13. What is
meteorology?
Chapter 2, Part II: PLANET EARTH
I.
Answer the Standardized Test Preps in the book:
· p.23: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
· p.47: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
II.
Match the two columns.
A.
1. solar energy ____
2. rotation ____
3. revolution ____
4.
tilt
____
5.
axis
____
B.
a. trip around the sun that takes 365¼ days
b. one complete spin of Earth on its axis
c. energy from the sun
d. imaginary line through the North and South Poles
e. angle of 23½ degrees from vertical, inclination
III.
Read and complete the
information. Use words from the box.
ARE MAKES UP COVER GOLFS GLACIERS SURFACE WATER SALTWATER FRESHWATER 3% OCEANS RIVERS PRECIPITATION
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Oceans ____________ 71% of the Earth’s
____________. Oceans __________ vast bodies of ___________.
Seas, ___________, bays and straits are smaller parts of _______________.
This water is _______________. People cannot drink saltwater.
_______________ is water with no salt and people can drink it. Freshwater
____________ only ______ of our total water supply.
Much of that freshwater is locked in Earth’s _________. One form of
freshwater is surface water. Surface water is found in Earth’s streams,
_____________, and lakes. Streams form after precipitation.
________________ is water that falls to Earth’s surface.
IV. Paste the water cycle diagram.
V.
Answer.
a) What is the water cycle?
____________________________________________________________
b) What drives the water cycle?
_______________________________________________________
c) Name and describe the different types of water that
make up Earth’s water supply. *
d) What are some common landforms:
_________________________________________________
e) What is the theory of Plate Tectonics?
_______________________________________________
f) Draw a diagram with the three layers of Earth:
Chapter 3, Part III: Climate and
Environment
VI.
Answer.
1. What is the
short-term changes in the air for a given place and time? __________________
2. Define
climate: _____________________________________________________________
3. Which climate
zone is on or near the equator; it is hot and humid?
_____________________
4. Which climate
zone is far from the equator and contains Subarctic and Tundra Climates?
___
5. Which climate
zone means “moderate” because it is not too hot, not too cold? _____________
6. Which climate
zone is defined for the mountains in it? ______________________
7. Which climate
zone is extremely hot during the day and cold in the night and contains the
Desert and Steppe Climates?
__________________________
8. Which three major climate zones occur at certain
latitudes? _________________________
9. In which type of dry climate do you think the
fewest people live? _____________________
Why?
____________________________________________________________________
