FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES REVIEW: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

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FIFTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES REVIEWTHE WESTERN
HEMISPHERE

• 2012-2013

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Language

• What is the major language of the United States?

-English

• What is the major language of Latin America?

-Spanish
What is the major language of Canada?
-French and English
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Vocabulary
WEATHER OVER TIME!

• Climate is the pattern of

the act of helping to conserve (save) the
environment. An example of conservation is
Conservation is
Recycling!
Population Density is
the number of people in a certain area.
A border is
An imaginary line separating one state or country
from another.
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Government

• The United States government is a

Democracy
Legislative Branch is responsible for
Writing Laws
Executive Branch is responsible for
Enforcing Laws
Judicial Branch is responsible for
Judging Laws
The number of representatives a state has is
based on
POPULATION!
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Hemispheres

• What hemisphere is...

Latin America in?
Western!
Western!
Canada in?
The United States in?
Western!
WESTERN HEMISPHERE
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NAFTA

• NAFTA stands for

North American Free Trade Agreement
The three countries involved are
Canada
The United States
Mexico
Interdependence is
One or more countries being dependent on another
country.
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Lines of Latitude and Longitude
EAST TO WEST

• Lines of Latitude RUN______________ and
  MEASURE________________ !
• Lines of Longitude RUN ________________ and
  MEASURE _____________ !

NORTH TO SOUTH
NORTH TO SOUTH
EAST TO WEST
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Communities
A community made up of farms and homes in the
country.

• Rural
• Urban
• Suburban

A community made up of buildings in the city.
A community made up of neighborhoods in towns.
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Social Scientists

• What does a geographer do?
• What does an economist do?
• What does a political scientist do?
• What does a historian do?

A geographer is interested in looking at the
geographic features of the land as well as
animals and plants.
A economist is interested in looking at the
businesses, economy, and money that an area
makes.
A political scientist is interested in looking at
the government of an area.
A historian is interested in looking at the
history or past of an area.
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United States Regions

• Which region is known as The Birthplace of our
  Nation?
• Which region used to be a part of Mexico?
• Which region has major wheat production?
• Which region has the Sunbelt?

The NORTHEAST
The SOUTHWEST
The MIDWEST
The SOUTHEAST
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Documents

• Which documents includes the ten amendments and
  protects our rights?
• Who writes the laws for our country?
• Which document is the highest law of the land?

Bill of Rights
Congress
Constitution
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MORE VOCABULARY

• Profit
• Consumer
• Supplier
• Justice

The amount of money made by a business.
The person(s) buying a product or service.
The person(s) providing the product or service
to the consumer.
Being fair.
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River Vocabulary

• What is the mouth of a river?

Where the river flows into another water source

• What is the source of a river?
• Where is the source of a river?
• What connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic
• Ocean?

Where the river begins
In the Mountains!
The St. Lawrence Seaway
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And still more water
The St. Lawrence Seaway
The Panama Canal connects...
The Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
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Where is the mouth?
Where is the source?
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TIME ZONES

• What are the 4 major time zones?
• How much time separates each time zone?

• Eastern
• Central
• Mountain
• Pacific

ONE HOUR
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Compass Rose
North
Northeast
Northwest
East
West
Southeast
Southwest
South