Praxis II Social Studies Terms

(biome) mountain regions around the world with an altitude of 10,000 feet or above and lies below the snow line of a mountain
Climate: snow, high winds, ice, and cold

(biome) located on most continents- with flat plains, rocky hills, and mountain slopes
Climate: hot and dry (fire and droughts are common)

Generally located near an ocean, which aids in the wind and precipitation. found throughout the world
climate: four separate seasons- spring, summer, fall, and winter

A) located in the Tropic of Cancer and Capricornb) Found near the arctic
Climate: 2 typesa) hot and dry with little rainfallb) extreme cold and snow, mostly barren

With large rolling terrains of grasses, flowers and herbs, also known as prairies; located in the interior of continents and in the middle latitudes
Climate: 2 typesa) tall grass, humid, and very wetb) short grass, dry and hot summers, with cold winters

Almost all lie near the equator, located in norther South America, central Africa, and southern Asia
Climate: year round warmth and high rainfall levels

With rolling grasslands and scattered shrubs and isolated trees (near the equator and around the edges of tropical rainforests) found in Africa, south america, northern australia, and india
climate: warm temperatures year round with 2 seasons: winter (long and dry) and summer (short and wet)

With a needle leaf forest that is cold and barren, strethces across northern europe to northern asia and northern north america, located at the top of the planet just below the tundra biome
climate: winters are cold with much snow and summers are warm, humid, and rainy

A vast and treeless area covering the northern part of the world from latitude 55 degrees to 7 degrees north; located in the northern hemisphere, the ground is permanently froen and trees cannot grow
climate: cold, dark winter with a soggy, warm summer in which the sun shines 24 hours a day

1) by consuming natural resources and changing natural patterns2) by building structures3) by competing for control

Land, water, and air

Resources that can replenish themselves after they are used ( animals, plants)

Resources that can be cultivated and used only once ( minerals, oil, natural gas, coal)

Resources that must be used when, where, and as they occur (water, sunlight, wind)

No written records, so knowledge of the time and the gains that were made are only evident through the existence of continued achievements