1. 1 st 6 Weeks Review World Cultures

2. 1. What are some ways people change the environment physically?  Irrigation systems  Building houses  Cutting timber for use  Planting crops  Building roads

3. 2. What are some of our civic duties?  Paying taxes  Voting  Jury duty  Volunteering  Obeying laws

4. 3. What are some things that define culture?  Customs  Beliefs  Housing  Language  Religion

5. 4. What are primary sources?  Diaries  Journals  Pictures  Passports  Autobiographies

6. 5. What are secondary sources?  Biographies  Textbooks  Encyclopedias  Magazine and Newspaper articles

7. 6. Describe the four types of economies.  Traditional-uses natural resources, lives off the land (third-world countries)  Market-supply and demand, higher quality of goods and services, limited government interference  Command-Government controls factors of production  Mixed-varying degrees of government control (most economies today)

8. 7. What is a primary industry? A secondary industry?  Primary- Agriculture, fishing, mining, natural resources, raw materials gathered  Secondary- Construction, factories, manufacturing, raw materials  finished products

9. 8. Describe the four factors of production.  Natural resources-raw materials are used to make goods. Ex: land, water, forests, minerals, soil, and climate  Labor resources-Workers are needed with the appropriate knowledge, skills, and experience to make goods or provide services  Capital resources-machines, factories, and supplies are needed  Entrepreneurs-these are the people who bring natural resources, labor resources, and capital resources together to produce goods and services

10. 9. What does limiting the power of a government prevent?  Tyranny- absolute power of a government official

11. 10. Who limits the power of a government?  Citizens limit power by giving the government its powers

12. 11. Citizens have rights in a democracy, but cannot exercise those rights at the expense of other citizens.  True

13. 12. What are some cultural characteristics of all societies?  Government  Religion  Housing  Family  Economic system  Beliefs

14. 13. What would the U.S. do if we had a shortage of oil reserves?  Increase trading with other countries

15. 14. What document did the colonists use to announce independence from Britain?  Declaration of Independence

16. 15. What does “No taxation without representation” mean?  Colonists in New England in the 1770’s shouldn’t pay taxes with out having representatives in Parliament

17. 16. Why did the colonists come to America?  Religious freedom  Escape punishment for crimes  Good land  Opportunities  Preservation of culture

18. 17. Describe George Washington.  Commander of the U.S. Revolutionary Army  Defeated the English in the American Revolution

19. 18. What were the economic resources for the colonies?  New England colonies- timber, furs, fishing, ship building  Middle colonies- grain, livestock, iron, furs  Southern colonies- tobacco, indigo, rice, farm products, furs

20. 19. What are the responsibilities of the 3 branches of government?  Executive- enforce laws  Legislative- make laws  Judicial- interpert laws

21. 20. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence and why?  Thomas Jefferson and he was declaring independence from England

22. 21. How did the Native Americans help the colonists?  They taught them farming skills  Introduced new crops

23. 22. What did the Quartering Act do?  Required colonists to house and supply the British soldiers (Redcoats)

24. 23. What is mechanization and how does it affect farm workers today?  Using machines to do work instead of physical labor  It causes fewer workers to be employed

25. 24. What is an economist?  A social scientist who studies the types of economies and their trends

26. 25. What are the Five Themes of Geography?  Region  Human Environment Interaction  Place  Location  Movement

27. 26. What does a geographer study?  The five themes of geography

28. 27. What are checks and balances?  The three separate branches of government that keep one branch from becoming too powerful

29. 28. List characteristics of a traditional society.  Uses natural resources, lives off the land (third-world countries)