Question | Answer |
What is absolute location? | The exact location of of a place. person or thing. For example longitude an latitude coordiantes, an address. city etc. |
what is relative location? | Is teh approximate locaton to something in relation to another place. For example, Kiara sits near Kyla, the swimming pool is beside the skate park |
What are the five themes of Geographical Inquiry? | Place Region Interaction of humans Movement Environment |
Eastings | vertical lines on a topographic map running north/south increasing the further east they are |
Northings | lines running on a topographic map horizontally(east/west) increasing the further north |
AR | Area Reference...eastings given first, then the northings |
Contour Lines | connect points at same height above sea level. The closer the contour lines the steeper the gradient. |
Map of the world, topographic map | |
Place | relative, absolute location and physical charcteristics |
Regions | formal, functional and venercular |
Interactions | How humans depend and adapt to the environemnt |
Movement | movement of people, goods and ideas |
Environment | How humans modify the environment |
Topographic Map | shows varying shapes, heights and slopes using contour lines |