FTCE Elementary Education Study Bank Solution Manual Rated A+
Political features - Answers Towns and cities; county, state, or national borders
Low latitudes - Answers The region located from the equator to latitude 23. 5° north and south
Tropical rain forest - Answers Moist forest exhibiting high biodiversity, located mainly in the equatorial
lowlands in central Africa, southeast Asia, and the Amazon basin.
Savannah - Answers Climate located in the low latitudes north and south of the rain forest; dry in the
winter and wet in the summer, experiencing an average of 10 to 30 inches of rain.
Desert - Answers A climate located in the lower latitudes north and south of the Savannah; the hottest
and driest parts of the earth; receives less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.
Middle latitudes - Answers The region located from latitude 23. 5° to 66. 5° north and south
Mediterranean climate - Answers A climate located in the middle latitudes between latitude 30° and 40°
north and south characterized by wet, mild winters and dry, warm summers. Includes Southern
California
Humid subtropical climate - Answers Located in the middle latitudes, a warm and moist climate and
coastal areas north and south of the tropics that receive warm ocean currents and warm wind year-
round. Includes the south eastern United States
Marine climate - Answers The warm and rainy climate located in the middle latitudes in areas that are
near or surrounded by water.
Humid continental climate - Answers Located in the middle latitudes, the agriculturally productive, true
four season climate. Found in the northern and central United States
Steppes or prairie - Answers A climate located in the middle latitudes far from the ocean, characterized
by flatlands and minimal rain fall
High latitudes - Answers Latitudes from 66. 5° north and south to the poles
Tundra - Answers Located in the high latitude north of the taiga; Extremely cold and long winters,
ground is frozen for most of the year and becomes mushy during the short summer.
Taiga - Answers Located in the high latitudes south of the tundra; contains the worlds largest forest
lands, extreme in mineral wealth and many swamps and marshes
Industrialization - Answers The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
Urbanization - Answers The development of cities; at the advent of the 19th century industrial
revolution, when unskilled jobs in factories attracted rural workers to cities, offering them higher wages.
Anthropology - Answers The study of humans and their cultures
, Sociology - Answers The study of groups, institutions and society
Primary socialization - Answers What a child learns the values, actions, and attitudes that are
appropriate for members of his or her particular culture
Secondary socialization - Answers Occurs when an individual learns the appropriate values, actions,
attitudes, and behaviors as a member of the smaller group within a larger society
Institutions - Answers Extensions of course social values and I created in response to varying individual
and group needs. At the macro level government, private enterprise, religious institutions and academic
institutions. At the micro level, local communities and the family unit
Sumerians - Answers Ancient near Eastern people who emerged around 2500 BCE; develop irrigation,
agriculture, education, math, astronomy, religion, or in literature, city states, governance and
administration
Cuneiform - Answers Sumerian development; The earliest known example of writing using characters to
form words (not pictographs).
Assyria - Answers Sumerian Near East; established military dominance and played an important role in
regional trade
Babylonia - Answers Sumerian Mesopotamia; developed courts and an early codified rule of law -the
code of Hammurabi - "an for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
Nile Valley - Answers The fertile land on the banks of the Nile river conducive to agriculture and
irrigation
Athens - Answers Ancient Greek city - state that became a revolutionary democracy controlled by the
poor and working-class is around 460 BCE; the first known democracy
Julius Caesar - Answers Roman military leader who forced the corrupt senate to give him control and
begin transitioning Rome from a republic to an empire ; assassinated in 44 BCE.
Augustus Caesar - Answers Name given to Octavian following his defeat of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra;
first emperor of Rome in 27 BCE
Pax Romana - Answers 200 year period of peace in Rome.
System of alliances - Answers The complicated diplomatic and military alliances among European
powers that led to the outbreak and magnitude of WWI
Trench warfare - Answers Trenches on the Western front during
Treaty of Versailles - Answers Treaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans
after World War I.
Political features - Answers Towns and cities; county, state, or national borders
Low latitudes - Answers The region located from the equator to latitude 23. 5° north and south
Tropical rain forest - Answers Moist forest exhibiting high biodiversity, located mainly in the equatorial
lowlands in central Africa, southeast Asia, and the Amazon basin.
Savannah - Answers Climate located in the low latitudes north and south of the rain forest; dry in the
winter and wet in the summer, experiencing an average of 10 to 30 inches of rain.
Desert - Answers A climate located in the lower latitudes north and south of the Savannah; the hottest
and driest parts of the earth; receives less than 10 inches of rainfall a year.
Middle latitudes - Answers The region located from latitude 23. 5° to 66. 5° north and south
Mediterranean climate - Answers A climate located in the middle latitudes between latitude 30° and 40°
north and south characterized by wet, mild winters and dry, warm summers. Includes Southern
California
Humid subtropical climate - Answers Located in the middle latitudes, a warm and moist climate and
coastal areas north and south of the tropics that receive warm ocean currents and warm wind year-
round. Includes the south eastern United States
Marine climate - Answers The warm and rainy climate located in the middle latitudes in areas that are
near or surrounded by water.
Humid continental climate - Answers Located in the middle latitudes, the agriculturally productive, true
four season climate. Found in the northern and central United States
Steppes or prairie - Answers A climate located in the middle latitudes far from the ocean, characterized
by flatlands and minimal rain fall
High latitudes - Answers Latitudes from 66. 5° north and south to the poles
Tundra - Answers Located in the high latitude north of the taiga; Extremely cold and long winters,
ground is frozen for most of the year and becomes mushy during the short summer.
Taiga - Answers Located in the high latitudes south of the tundra; contains the worlds largest forest
lands, extreme in mineral wealth and many swamps and marshes
Industrialization - Answers The development of industries for the machine production of goods.
Urbanization - Answers The development of cities; at the advent of the 19th century industrial
revolution, when unskilled jobs in factories attracted rural workers to cities, offering them higher wages.
Anthropology - Answers The study of humans and their cultures
, Sociology - Answers The study of groups, institutions and society
Primary socialization - Answers What a child learns the values, actions, and attitudes that are
appropriate for members of his or her particular culture
Secondary socialization - Answers Occurs when an individual learns the appropriate values, actions,
attitudes, and behaviors as a member of the smaller group within a larger society
Institutions - Answers Extensions of course social values and I created in response to varying individual
and group needs. At the macro level government, private enterprise, religious institutions and academic
institutions. At the micro level, local communities and the family unit
Sumerians - Answers Ancient near Eastern people who emerged around 2500 BCE; develop irrigation,
agriculture, education, math, astronomy, religion, or in literature, city states, governance and
administration
Cuneiform - Answers Sumerian development; The earliest known example of writing using characters to
form words (not pictographs).
Assyria - Answers Sumerian Near East; established military dominance and played an important role in
regional trade
Babylonia - Answers Sumerian Mesopotamia; developed courts and an early codified rule of law -the
code of Hammurabi - "an for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
Nile Valley - Answers The fertile land on the banks of the Nile river conducive to agriculture and
irrigation
Athens - Answers Ancient Greek city - state that became a revolutionary democracy controlled by the
poor and working-class is around 460 BCE; the first known democracy
Julius Caesar - Answers Roman military leader who forced the corrupt senate to give him control and
begin transitioning Rome from a republic to an empire ; assassinated in 44 BCE.
Augustus Caesar - Answers Name given to Octavian following his defeat of Mark Anthony and Cleopatra;
first emperor of Rome in 27 BCE
Pax Romana - Answers 200 year period of peace in Rome.
System of alliances - Answers The complicated diplomatic and military alliances among European
powers that led to the outbreak and magnitude of WWI
Trench warfare - Answers Trenches on the Western front during
Treaty of Versailles - Answers Treaty particularly known for its harsh reparations towards the Germans
after World War I.
