Uncovering the Past

A cultural region is a group of places with similar

• human characteristics

• landforms and bodies of water

• climate conditions

• animal and plant life

Push factors are best described as

• influences that motivate humans to move to a new region

• events that create human change within the same community

• events that force nations to trade with one another

• influences that motivate humans to migrate away from an area

A region is

• a measure of population density

• an area divided by opposing culture

• a group of places that all share certain characteristics

• a group of states that were once part of the same country

Which historical question would most likely be addressed by a geographer?

• Who was the most effective president in U.S. history?

• Who was most responsible for the sinking of the Titanic?

• How did ancient Greece's approach to democracy influence furture societies?

• How did Japan's proximity to the sea affect its development as a civilization?

What do human geographers study?

• physical features of the earth

• types of plants and animals that live in a region

• people and the places where they live

• weather patterns of the earth

Which of the following will often cause the price of a good to rise?

• using coupons

• starting a business

• receiving a free service

• creating fewer products

What type of economy does the United States have?

• a mixed economy

• a market economy

• a command economy

• a traditional economy

_______ is a country where the governing power lies with its citizens.

• democracy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

• theocracy

________ are people who interpret the past based on what

objects people have left behind

• geologists

• historians

• writers

• archaeologists

The lines of _______ run north and south on a map and measure east and west of the Prime Meridian.

• Aatitude

• longitude

• equator

• Tropic of Capricorn