7 Grade Notes

th

Chapter 1
{ Lesson 1
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #1:

What covers the surface of the Earth?
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #1 Answer:

Landforms such as mountains, plains,
desserts, canyons, hills. Large bodies of
water such as oceans, seas, lakes and
rivers.
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #2:

What is the difference between climate
and weather?
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #2 Answer:

The atmosphere at a particular place
and time is weather. The weather
conditions at a particular place over a
period of time is climate.
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #3:

How do geographers organize the
study of geography?
Lesson 1 Geography of the World

Essential Questions #3 Answer:

Into major themes (location, place,
region, movement, and human-
environment Interaction).
Lesson 2 Mapping the World

Essential Questions #1:

What were important advances in maps?
Lesson 2 Mapping the World

Essential Questions #1 Answer:

The work of Ptolemy and projections.
Lesson 2 Mapping the World

Essential Questions #2:

What are the main elements of maps?
Lesson 2 Mapping the World

Essential Questions #2 Answer:

Landforms, bodies of water, latitude
and longitude lines, compass rose, scale
Lesson 2 How Maps Help Us Study
History

Essential Questions #3:

How can new technology make better maps?
Lesson 2 How Maps Help Us Study
History

Essential Questions #3 Answer:

By making them more accurate.
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #1:

How do we learn about ancient societies?
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #2 Answer:

By studying the artifacts left behind.
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #2:

What do anthropologists study?
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #2 Answer:

Physical anthropologists study the
physical traits of humans. Cultural
anthropologists study human culture.
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #3:

Why do theories about the past change?
Lesson 3 Discovering the Past

Essential Questions #3 Answer:

New evidence and new interpretations
of evidence.
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #1:

Why do historians ask questions about the
past?
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #1 Answer:

Asking questions helps historians focus
their research and provide specific
answers.
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #2:

How do historians answer their questions?
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #2 Answer:

By critically studying primary and
secondary sources.
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #3:

What do historians do with their evidence?
Lesson 4 Interpreting the Past

Essential Questions #3 Answer:

Interpret the evidence and present their
interpretations in the form of articles,
books, or museum displays.