Unit 1 Vocabulary Quiz

•The study of the world, its people, and the things that they create is known as ____________________.

• Geography

• Compass Rose

• Latitude

• Continent

Describes how people interact with the environment, and how the environment responds is known as ____________________.

• Movement

• Place

• Human Environmental Interaction

• Region

Both the human and physical characteristics of a location is known as ____________________.

• Region

• Movement

• Location

• Place

Explains what the symbols on a map represent is known as ____________________.

• Compass Rose

• Map Key

• Continent

• Culture

The distance North or South from the Earth’s Equator that a place is known as ____________________.

• History

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Location

What it means to be the citizen of a country and how the government in that country works is known as ____________________.

• Place

• Economics

• Sources

• Civics and Governance

The events that have occurred in the past and how we process them is known as ____________________.

• Culture

• Sources

• History

• Geography

A civilization’s monetary system and how the majority of individuals make a living; how trade effects a civilization is known as ____________________.

• Economics

• Civics and Governance

• Longitude

• Compass Rose

The distance East or West from the Prime Meridian that a place is

• Scale

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Region

A figure on a map used to display the orientation of the cardinal directions is known as ____________________.

• Map Key

• Compass Rose

• Sources

• Continent