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Almanac - Correct Answer A reference book with facts and figures Atlas - Correct Answer book of maps Climate Map - Correct Answer Maps that show the weather patterns like temperature and rainfall in an area. Conic Map - Correct Answer a map projection made by projecting Earth's thr...

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HISET Social Studies || ANSWERED & GRADED
Almanac - Correct Answer A reference book with facts and figures



Atlas - Correct Answer book of maps



Climate Map - Correct Answer Maps that show the weather patterns like temperature and rainfall in an
area.



Conic Map - Correct Answer a map projection made by projecting Earth's three dimensional surface
onto a cone wrapped around an area of the Earth



Economic Map - Correct Answer shows the important resources of a country or region.



Gnomic Map - Correct Answer map projection made by projecting onto a flat paper from just one spot
on the Earth



Mercator Map - Correct Answer A rectangular map used as a navigation tool in which the lines for
longitude and latitude are straight and parallel. Distortions increases as you move further from the
equator.



Physical Map - Correct Answer A map that shows mountains, hills, plains, rivers, lakes, oceans, etc.



Political Map - Correct Answer A map showing units such as countries, states, provinces, districts, etc.
Each is normally a different color



Thematic Map - Correct Answer a map that shows a particular theme, or topic



Topographical Map - Correct Answer a type of map characterized by large-scale detail and contour lines
representing elevation changes.



Contour Lines - Correct Answer lines that connect points of equal elevation

,Equator - Correct Answer 0 degrees latitude



Hemisphere - Correct Answer half of the earth



Key - Correct Answer section of a map that explains the map's symbols and shading



Legend - Correct Answer A list that identifies patterns, symbols, or colors used in a chart



Prime Meridian - Correct Answer 0 degrees longitude



Time Zones - Correct Answer areas sharing the same time



Climate - Correct Answer Overall weather in an area over a long period of time



Hills - Correct Answer area of raised land that are lower and more round then a mountain



Mountains - Correct Answer Formed by two continental plates colliding and forcing each other
upwards.



Plains - Correct Answer a large area of flat land with few trees



Plateaus - Correct Answer a raised area of land, such as a hill or mountain, with a flat top



Sea Level - Correct Answer The average level of the ocean's surface at any given time



Capitalism - Correct Answer An economic system based on private property and free enterprise.



Communism - Correct Answer a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

, Mixed Economy - Correct Answer an economic system combining private and public enterprise.



Socialism - Correct Answer A system in which society, usually in the form of the government, owns and
controls the means of production.



Child Labor Laws - Correct Answer Laws passed over many decades, beginning in the 1830s, by state
and federal governments, forbidding the employment of children and young teenagers, except at certain
carefully specified jobs.



The Economic Opportunity Act - Correct Answer a law, enacted in 1964, that provided funds for youth
programs, antipoverty measures, small-business loans, and job training



Minimum Wage Laws - Correct Answer Beginning in March 1937, the Court suddenly revealed a new
willingness to support economic regulation by both the federal government and the states. It upheld a
minimum wage law of the state of Washington similar to the New York measure it had declared
unconstitutional a year earlier.



The Sherman Anti-Trust Act - Correct Answer an 1890 law that banned the formation of trusts and
monopolies in the United States



Capital - Correct Answer money for investment



Consumers - Correct Answer People who buy and use goods and services.



Demand - Correct Answer Consumer willingness and ability to buy products



E-commerce - Correct Answer the buying and selling of goods over the internet



Equilibrium - Correct Answer A state of balance

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