Family, History, and Geography Review

Vocabulary-style flashcards covering family structures, heredity, resources, historical figures like Lord Harris, and geographical concepts such as map coordinates and population pyramids.

Nuclear family

A family made up of parents and their children.

Extended family

A family that includes relatives like grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Single-parent family

A family with one parent raising the child/children.

Functions of the family

Provides love, support, protection, education, and basic needs.

Parents' roles

Provide care, guidance, discipline, and support.

Children's roles

Respect parents, help with chores, and follow rules.

Responsibilities

Tasks people must complete to help the family work properly.

Conflict

A disagreement or problem between people.

Causes of conflict

Misunderstanding, different opinions, and lack of communication.

Heredity

Traits passed from parents to children through genes.

Inherited traits examples

Eye colour, hair type, and height.

Environment

Surroundings and experiences that influence a person, such as family, school, friends, and culture.

Primary source

Original information from the time of an event, such as interviews, photographs, diaries, and letters.

Secondary source

Information created using original information, such as documentaries.

Lord Harris

George Robert Harris, 3rd Baron Harris, a governor of Trinidad who helped introduce reforms in education and government.

Physical resources

Natural resources from the environment, including water, forests, minerals, and land.

Human resources

People and their skills.

Skilled labour

Labour that requires training, education, or special skills, like engineers, nurses, and teachers.

Unskilled labour

Labour that requires little training, such as some manual jobs.

Latitude

Imaginary lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator.

Prime Meridian

$0^\circ$ longitude.

Cardinal points

North, South, East, and West.

Intermediate points

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest.

Population Pyramid

A graph showing the age and sex structure of a population.

Wide base (Population Pyramid)

Indicates many young people or a high birth rate in the population structure.

Narrow base (Population Pyramid)

Indicates fewer young people or a low birth rate in the population structure.