Social Studies - Unit 1 Vocabulary

What is an area with unique physical features, natural resources and climates.

• Climate
• Region
• Natural Resource
• Economy

What are natural landforms and bodies of water such as mountains and lakes?

• Physical Features
• Regions
• Pilgrims
• Explorers

What are the the weather conditions of an area over a long period of time?

• Humid
• Places
• Climate
• Economy

What is a resource that humans use that comes from the earth (also called raw materials)?

• Natural Resource
• Physical Features
• Middle Passage
• Climate

The wealth and resources of a place are called _________<br />

• Economy
• Climate
• Regions
• Population

Farming is also known as what word?

• Agriculture
• Colony
• Pilgrims
• Weather

What was the the transfer of plants, animals, culture, humans, technology, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Christopher Columbus’s voyage in 1492?

• Middle Passage
• Columbian Exchange
• Columbian Escape
• Triangular Track<br />

A land that is owned by a motherland is called a

• camp
• grassland
• colony

The early settlers in America who left England for religious freedom

• planters
• agents
• Pilgrims

Which is the triangular trade route that carried enslaved Africans, cash crops, and goods between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies.

• Columbian Exchange
• Triangular Trade Route
• Triangular Track<br />
• The Mississippi River