Question | Answer |
What are the two major branches of Geography? | Physical Geography, Human Geography |
A particular space with physical and human meaning. | Place |
A community of plants and animal life that depend upon one another, and their surroundings, for survival. | Ecosystem |
Study of weather and weather forecasting. | Meteorology |
Exact spot at which the place is found on the globe. | Absolute Location |
The Earth is divided into halves called_______? | Hemispheres |
A region defined by a common characteristic, such as production of a product. | Formal Region |
A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it. | Functional Region |
A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than objective data. | Perceptual Region |
What is Cartography? | The Science of map making. |
What is Interviewing? | A method geographers use when examining the ways peoples attitudes and beliefs have led to the changes in the physical environment. |
Scientific instruments used by geographers are____________? | Computers and Satellites |
Cultures | Human social structures, lifestyle |
Physical Geography | Study of Earths physical features |
Geographic Educator | Geographer who teaches |
Geographers test their research by using ________? | Statistics |
The developments of _________ has transformed the process of map making. | Computers |
What are the 2 major branches of Geography | 1.Human 2.Physical |
Geographers study _____ ______ to learn how people in different places are governed. | Political Science |
Define Hemisphere. | Half of the sphere or globe. |
Name the 4 Hemispheres | Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern |
What is Absolute Location? | Exact place where something is located. |
What is meteorology? | The study of weather and weather forecasting. |
Define ecosystem. | Community of living things that live and work together. |
Define place. | Particular space that has physical and human meaning. |
What is relative location? | Location in relation to other places. |
Name the 3 regions. | Formal, Functional, Perceptual |
What is a Formal Region? | A region defined by a common characteristic. |
What is a Functional Region? | A central point and the surrounding territory linked to it. |
What is a Perceptual Region? | A region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data. |
Why do Geographers use maps? | Geographers work can be easily explained on maps, and allow visual comparisons between places and regions. |
Why are statistics important? | Geographers use statistical tests to see whether their ideas are valid |
Why do geographers study history? | To help them understand what places looked like in the past, |
What does G.I.S stand for? | Geographic Information System. |
Why do geographers use the G.I.S? | To look back and see how it changed over time. |
What is the G.I.S? | Computer tools for processing and organizing details and satellite images with other pieces of information. |
What is the Prime Meridian? | A "line" that separates the East and West Hemispheres. |
What is the Equator? | A "line" that separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. |
What is the Tropic of Cancer? | The path of the sun. |
Define Human-Environment
Interaction. | The study of the inter-relationship between people and their physical environment. |
Compare Economic and Physical Geographers. | Economic- Examines human economic activities and their relationship to the environment
Physical- Studies Earth's features and the geographic forces shaping them. |