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Studying Geography
Stack #193215
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Geography? | The study of the earth’s surface |
| What is Phycial Geography? | The study of land formations, climate, vegetation and soil |
| What is Human Geography? | How living things interact with their environment |
| What is Cartography? | The study of map makeing |
| What is Meteorogy? | The study of weather |
| What is perspective? | The way a person looks at something |
| What is Landscapes? | the scenery of a place, including human, physical and cultural features |
| What is a Formal Region? | Has one or more features that make it different from surrounding areas |
| What is a Functional Region? | Is made up of different places that are linked together that function as a unit |
| What is a Perceptual Region? | region that reflects human attitudes and feelings |
| Who wrote the book Geographia? | Ptolemy |
| What does the geographical element:The World in Spatial Terms, mean? | Location: How we define where we are (how many different ways can you defint |
| What does the geographical element:Places and Regions, mean? | Refers tot the different regions of the world such as formal, functional and perceptual |
| What does the geographical element:Physical Systems, mean? | The natural things that shape the earth |
| What does the geographical element: Human Systems, mean? | The way people change the earth |
| What does the geographical element: Environment and Society, mean? | Human Actions toward environment |
| What does the geographical element: Uses of Geography, mean? | Understanding relationships among people, places, and environments |
| What is Grid? | lines that circle the earth in east-west and north-south direction |
| What are lines of latitude? | the lines that run east–west |
| What are lines of Longitude? | lines that run north-south |
| What are parallels? | Another name for lines of Latitude |
| What are meridians? | Another name for lines of Longitude |
| What is the Equator? | The middle most parallel or line of latitude |
| What is the Prime Meridian | The middle most meridian or line of longitude |
| What city does the Prime Meridian run through? | Greenwich, England |
| What hemispheres does the equator create? | The North and South hemispheres |
| What hemispheres does the Prime Meridan create? | The East and West hemispheres |
| What two hemispheres do you livein | The North and the Western Hemispheres |
| What is a map? | A flat representation of the earth's round surface |
| What is an Atlas? | A collection of maps |
| What is a map Projection? | Different ways of projecting the round planet on a flat map |
| What is a Cylindrical Projection? | A map where the cylinder touches the globe only at the equator |
| What is a Conic Projection? | A projection that projection works as if a cone had been wrapped around the globe |
| What is a Flat Plane Projection? | A projection where the map touches the earth a one point |
| What is the Great-Circle route? | The shortest distance between two places on a flat map |
| What is a Distance Scale? | represents real distance in scale form |
| What is a map legend? | Represents the symbols on a map |
| What is a climate graph? | a graph that shows the average temprature of a given place |
| What is a population pyramid? | Shows the growth rate of a country |
Created by:
Coach Hilton
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