study cards 7th grade culture and geography unit study cards

Chronological

A record of events, starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred

Interval

A period of time between events

Geography

Study of physical features on the Earth’s surface

Artifact

Anything made, used, or modified by humans and give us information about life from the past

Primary Source

A document or other object that was created by someone who witnessed or lived through a historical event

Secondary Source

Document or other objects created after an event by someone who did not see it or live during the time when it occurred

Hemisphere

Half of a sphere, specifically one of the halves which the earth is divided

Hemisphere

Half of a sphere, specifically one of the halves which the earth is divided

Prime Meridian

The earth’s zero line of longitude

Equator

The earth’s zero line of latitude

Culture

The way of life for a group of people including belief system, common language, and shared ways of doing things

Cultural Diffusion

The spread of ethnic ideas and customs to other areas of the world

Civilization

A human society with a advanced level of development in social and political organization and are advanced in the arts and science

To travel from North America to Europe you would go

East

To travel from South America to Australia you would go ______ across the ____ ocean

West, pacific

To travel from Europe to North America you would travel_____ and cross the ____ ocean

West & Atlantic

To travel from Antarctica to Europe, Asia and North America you would travel in what general direction____

North

To travel from Africa to Antarctica you would traval

South

The continent of __________ is east of Asia across the ____________ Ocean.

North America and Atlantic

The_______ Ocean separates Africa and Australia

Indian

The continent of_______ and Asia are really part of the same land mass

Europe

North America is in the western and _____ hemisphere

Northern

_________ and _______ are the two continents that are entirely in the southern hemisphere

Australia and Antarctica

Asia is almost entirely in the northern and _____ Hemisphere

Eastern

The______ Separates the northern and southern hemisphere

Equator

The______ Separates the eastern and western hemisphere

Primary Meridian

A primary source is

Some object or document made by someone who witnessed or lived through a historical

Secondary source

A document or other object created after a event by someone who did not see or live it during the time in occurred

What does the G stand for in GRAPES?

It stands for geography, which is location, landforms bodies of water and climate

What does the R stand for in GRAPES?

Religion, which is belief systems, God‘s, prayers, place of worship

What does the A Stand for in GRAPES?

The A Stands for achievement, which is inventions, contributions, Art, literature, and science

What does the P stand for In GRAPES?

It stands for political, which includes government, laws, leaders, and military

What does the P stand for in GRAPES?

It’s stands for political, which is government laws, leaders, and military

What does the E stand for in GRAPES?

It stands for economics , which is trade money, barter, services and business

What does the S stand for in GRAPES

It stands for social structure which includes status classes, like Noble, servant and slave

3492 BCE

35th century BCE

6 CE

1st century

620 BCE

7th century BCE

620 BCE

7th century