Gallopade 6th Grade Unit 1 Ch. 1 Vocabulary Review

Choose the correct definition of exploration.

• the act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it

• the act of settling a new area for one's home country

• the act of traveling to a land settled by a rival nation

• the act of settling in a new home in one's own country

The money and resources in a region and how they are used by producers and consumers

• geography

• physical environment

• industry

• economy

Choose the correct definition of absolute location.

• an exact point on Earth’s surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude

• a measure of a location’s distance north or south of the equator

• a measure of a location’s distance east or west of the prime meridian

• an exact point on Earth’s surface that divides the eastern and western hemispheres

Choose the correct definition of immunity.

• being unable to avoid an infection or disease

• being unable to avoid giving someone an infection or disease

• the ability to resist infection or not be harmed by a particular disease

• the ability to give someone an infection or disease

Choose the correct definition of latitude.

• a measure of a location’s distance east or west of the prime meridian

• a measure of a location’s distance south or west of the prime meridian

• a measure of a location’s distance north or south of the equator

• a measure of a location’s distance north or east of the equator

a policy of extending a country’s power and influence through colonization, military force, or other means

• isolationism

• determinism

• protectionism

• imperialism

Choose the correct definition of isolated.

• interacting with a wide variety of others

• separated from others; without interaction

• encountering others for the first time

• avoiding others with whom one has not had interaction

an astronomical instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars which could be converted to find latitude

• quadrant

• merchant

• astrolabe

• caravan

Choose the correct definition of cartography.

• an economic policy in which the goal is to gain wealth by exporting more goods than are imported

• the process or science of finding a way from one place to another, especially on a ship

• the science or practice of making maps

• the act of traveling through an unfamiliar area to learn about it

Choose the correct definition of circumnavigate.

• to travel all the way around Earth

• to travel from east to west

• to travel from north to south

• to travel all the way around one of the poles