10th Grade History Mid Term Exam Study Guide
Midterm Exam Review
Chapter 1: * The Five themes of Geography: 1. Location- where a place is A) Absolute location-describes a place’s absolute address (latitude and longitude) B) Relative location-- what is actually at that location 2. Place- A) Physical characteristics- God-made B) Cultural characteristics- man-made 3. Human/environment interaction 4. Movement- earth’s plates, migration, ocean currents 5. Region- areas that have something in common (physical and climate) * Cartographer- a professional mapmaker * Lines of latitude run east to west for the purpose of measuring distances north and south of the equator * Lines of longitude run north and south for the purpose of measuring distances east and west of the equator. * Grid address-where lines of latitude and longitude intersect each other (coordinates) * 4 landforms: 1. mountains 2. hills 3. plains 4. plateaus * prime meridian- 0 degrees longitude * equator- 0 degrees latitude
Chapter 2: * The Bering Strait covers what was once a land bridge called Beringia which connected Alaska to northeastern Asia. Large herds of animals wondered across the land bridge in search of grazing land and hunters followed them/ * The mound builders were the Adena, The Hopewell, and The Mississippian culture. They built monuments of earth in the shape of mounds and stored artifacts in them. * The Cliff-dwellers were the Anasazi pueblos. The built houses on the walls of canyons and under overhangs of caves.
* 5 requirements for a civilization:
1. Some form of writing or method of keeping records 2. An organized government 3. Religion 4. Cities 5. Social classes * Hunter- gatherers- hunt animals and also gather seeds, berries, nuts, and the roots and bulbs of plants
Chapter 3: * Feudal system- lords were granted land. They ruled their lands, or manors, like tiny independent kingdoms. They made
Chapter 1: * The Five themes of Geography: 1. Location- where a place is A) Absolute location-describes a place’s absolute address (latitude and longitude) B) Relative location-- what is actually at that location 2. Place- A) Physical characteristics- God-made B) Cultural characteristics- man-made 3. Human/environment interaction 4. Movement- earth’s plates, migration, ocean currents 5. Region- areas that have something in common (physical and climate) * Cartographer- a professional mapmaker * Lines of latitude run east to west for the purpose of measuring distances north and south of the equator * Lines of longitude run north and south for the purpose of measuring distances east and west of the equator. * Grid address-where lines of latitude and longitude intersect each other (coordinates) * 4 landforms: 1. mountains 2. hills 3. plains 4. plateaus * prime meridian- 0 degrees longitude * equator- 0 degrees latitude
Chapter 2: * The Bering Strait covers what was once a land bridge called Beringia which connected Alaska to northeastern Asia. Large herds of animals wondered across the land bridge in search of grazing land and hunters followed them/ * The mound builders were the Adena, The Hopewell, and The Mississippian culture. They built monuments of earth in the shape of mounds and stored artifacts in them. * The Cliff-dwellers were the Anasazi pueblos. The built houses on the walls of canyons and under overhangs of caves.
* 5 requirements for a civilization:
1. Some form of writing or method of keeping records 2. An organized government 3. Religion 4. Cities 5. Social classes * Hunter- gatherers- hunt animals and also gather seeds, berries, nuts, and the roots and bulbs of plants
Chapter 3: * Feudal system- lords were granted land. They ruled their lands, or manors, like tiny independent kingdoms. They made