World Cultures Warm-Ups 2015-16

Day 1

What is meant by interdependence? How do we depend on other countries/states/places?

Day 2

What are the three natural resources that are most important to people and why?

Day 3

What are some decisions people might be able to make more effectively with good understanding of geography?

Day 4What is an example of human-environment interaction?

Day 5

What is the difference between an ocean and a sea?

Day 6

What do legends on a map do? Why is this important?

Day 7

What are the 5 oceans?What are the 7 continents?What are continents broken into?

Day 8

What factors might lead people to migrate from one place to another?

Day 9What challenges would a country

face due to the following:A small, or decreasing populationA larger, or increasing population

Day 10

What resources (natural or otherwise) might attract people and industry to a particular region?

Day 11

What is the difference between a push and pull factor? Give one example of each.

Day 12

Explain the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy.

Day 12

What are people who flee a country called? What challenges would each of the following have:

The people fleeingThe country they are entering

Day 13

How have computers changed people’s lives? What are other examples of cultural changes?

Day 14

Name anything you know about another culture besides your own. Then, make up a question of something you want to learn about another culture.

Day 15

What products do you use from another country? How does foreign trade affect culture?

Day 16

What is the main difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?

Day 17

Cultures are constantly changing. Give an example of a cultural change in your community.TechnologyLanguageFoodConflicts among groups

Day 17

How do people use waterways?

Day 18

Give is an example of the following in Europe:A waterwayA peninsula

Day 19

What are Europe’s natural resources and how have these affected their economy?

Day 20

What factors affect Europe’s climate?