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Chapter 1-3 Test
World Geography PreAP Mrs.Burks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The 5 themes of geography are... | regions, movement, human-environment-interaction, location, place |
| location includes what two major parts? | relative location absolute location |
| place includes what 5 major parts? | physical geography human geography cultural geography |
| movement includes what 3 major parts? | people, goods, ideas, flora and fauna |
| what is location? | where is it? |
| what is place? | what is it like? |
| what is region? | how are areas similar of different? how are areas unified? |
| region includes what 3 major parts? | perceptual, formal and functional |
| what is human environment interaction? | how do people relate to the physical world? how do we work with it? change it? |
| what is movement? | how do people, ideas and products move from one location to another |
| what are the three major parts of movement? | linear, time, psychological distance |
| what is the prime meridian? | the imaginary central line running from the north pole to the south pole going thru Greenwich, England |
| what is the equator? | the imaginary central line between the poles |
| what is the solstice? | earth's poles point at their greatest angle away from the sun |
| what is the equinox? | 12 hrs of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness |
| what is the tropic of cancer? | 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator |
| what is the tropic of capricorn? | 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator |
| what are the tropics? | low latitude areas near the equator |
| what are the polar regions? | areas around the poles |
| what is weather? | condition of atmosphere at given time and place |
| what is temperature? | measurement of heat |