8Th Grade Social Studies Final

Front 1

Absolute Location

Back 1

Longitude/Lattitude or street address.
ex. 88 North Avenue, Westport, CT 06880

Front 2

Relative Location

Back 2

in comparison to other landmarks or places
ex. a mile east of town hall

Front 3

Physical Characteristics

Back 3

PLACE that is from nature.
ex. mountains, oceans, rivers

Front 4

Human Characteristics

Back 4

PLACES that are man made.
ex. stores, streets, bridges

Front 5

Human-Environment interaction

Back 5

Humans adapt to the environment, humans modify the environment, and humans depend on the environment.
ex. clothes to adapt, bridges to modify, and eat animals to depend

Front 6

Movement

Back 6

People, goods, and ideas move.
ex. exploration, media, books

Front 7

Formal region

Back 7

Region set by government boundaries.
ex. USA, Connecticut

Front 8

Functional Region

Back 8

region centered around a point.
ex. Downtown Westport

Front 9

Vernacular Region

Back 9

Loosely defined by people's perceptions.
ex. The south

Front 10

Cold War

Back 10

1945-1991 Tension between the US and the USSR, space race and nuclear stockpiles

Front 11

Democracy

Back 11

Electing representitives- people have the power

Front 12

Totalitarianism

Back 12

Dictatorship- all power in dictator, not the people

Front 13

Capitalism

Back 13

An economic system where private businesses run most industries

Front 14

Communism

Back 14

Economic system where all resources are shared equally

Front 15

Development of nuclear weapons- USA

Back 15

1st atomic and hydrogen bombs, 1st nuclear powered submarine, but 2nd with satellite