Social Studies Study Guide Part 2-Sections 1 -3 (pp. 5-21)

Chapter One Study Guide - Part 2 (pp. 5 – 21)

1. Study these Elements of Geography: World in Spatial Terms, Human Systems, and
Environment and Society.

2. Know where the 7 continents and four oceans are located on a map.

Answer the following questions. You use the back of this paper, if necessary

3. What are the four major landforms?


4. What is a common cause of earthquakes?



5. What happens at the core that can cause volcanoes?



6. What is the connection between tectonic plates and continental drift?



7. How can scientists tell that the Pangaea theory is possible?



8. What are the three forces that can change the earth’s surface?


9. What are the three climate zones?

9A. What determines the temperature in these zones?



10. Give an example of a renewable resource:



11. What makes fossil fuel a non renewable resource?


12. Give another example of a non renewable resource:


13. Why do we need to preserve our natural resources?


14. How have natural resources affected the history of the United States?