Social Studies Intro ChapterJeopardy!

Note: This is a great review for your upcoming Social Studies test and contains most, but not all, of the information on your study guide!

Landforms and Geography

Proud to Be an American

Maps and More Government Melting Pot

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This is the highest mountain range in the US

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Pacific Ranges

Back to the board

This is the longest mountain range in the US

Rocky Mountains

Shading on a map which shows mountains or hilly areas

Relief

Name the five main vegetative regions of the US

Forests, Grasslands, Tundra, Deserts, Tropical

This area has some of the most unusual landforms in our nation,

including the Grand Canyon

Colorado Plateau

This is the plan for our country, which serves the people by

providing ways to make, carry out, and interpret the laws of our land.

Constitution

This is another name for the first ten amendments to the

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Citizens benefit from this system, which allows equal

opportunity for people to own and operate their own business

Free enterprise

The largest number of immigrants come from these two areas

Asia and Latin America

Immigrants from all over the world have made contributions

to the US, which have brought a great deal of this to our country.

Cultural diversity

These maps show cities, states, and countries. They use lines

to show borders.

Political

DAILYDOUBLE

Name the six regions of the US

West, Mountain, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, and

Southeast

This is what you call the exact location of a place expressed by

latitude and longitude

Absolute location

This is a small map set into the main map, which shows where

the area of the main map is located.

locator

This is a region that is formed when many people are affected by a

natural resource

Economic region

This is the type of government in the US, meaning that people choose representatives to run

the national government

Democratic

Name two rights of citizens protected by the Bill of Rights

Freedom of Religion, speech, assembly, right to bear arms

(there are others as well)

This is how often voters in the US elect a president

Four years

This is a person who is born in a country or who chooses to become a member of that

country by law

Citizen

Name four responsibilities of citizens

Obey the law, volunteer, vote, pay taxes, being informed of

issues, take part in government

This is the development and growth of cities

Urbanization

DAILYDOUBLE

This is an area where people share the same languages,

beliefs, and customs

Cultural region

This is what you call information that comes from the time being

studied

Primary source

This is what you call all the surroundings in which people,

plants, and animals live

Environment

These are the six major ecosystems

Croplands, forests, coasts/oceans, urban/suburban,

arid/rangeland, freshwater

FINALJEOPARDY

Latitude & LongitudeWrite down how much you want to use on this question, fold it up and give it to

the person running the game.

Name the four major differences between latitude and longitude

lines

Latitude Longitude

Equator at 0 degrees Prime Meridian at 0 degrees

Lines run east and west Lines run north and south

Measure distance North and South of the Equator

Measure distance east and west of Prime Meridian

Also called parallels Also called meridians

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