Monday, January 8, 2018

3RD SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY NOTES FOR MIDTERMS 2018

STUDY THE FOLLOWING ESSAY IDEAS AND VOCABULARY.  USE YOUR NOTES THAT WERE GIVEN IN CLASS TO STUDY ALSO.

Draw a globe showing lines of latitude and lines of longitude. Describe what the lines of latitude measure and lines of longitude measure on a map. 

What was apartheid? How do you think apartheid negatively affected all the people of South Africa?

Canada has a diverse culture.  What groups have contributed to Canadian culture? Describe what religions are important in Canada.

Identify the different landforms that make up Mexico.  How does the climate in Mexico affects how and where people live?


Why did early explorers end up in Canada rather than Asia? Identify Canada’s first inhabitants and how they reached North America?

What is a flat area of land without trees 

North America and Asia was connected by a strip of land called?

Trading goods without using money is called

Canada is organized into how many provinces?

A group of provinces and territories joined together

Which French explorer sailed up the St. Lawrence River?

In 1610, this English explorer sailed into a body of water in New York and is named after him

.What is the climate like in Mexico’s desert

regions                 tundra             lowland               coastline                        territory

land bridge                  bartering                 provinces                territories            confederation 

a. lending                            borrowing                      bartering         . trading

Jacques Cartier                 Henry Hudson               Christopher Columbus

 industry                           prime minister           ancestor               bilingual                         . tourist 

 Environment                 Landforms               Natural resources         mountain                plateau

Plain                 geography