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BJU Cul Geog. 1
BJU Cultural Geography 9th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Copernicus | Argued for the idea that the sun, not the earth is the center of the universe. |
| Eratosthenes | A Greek mathmetician who became the first great geographer and calculated the circumference of the world. |
| Hipparchus | A Greek philosopher who developed a grid to make it easier to locate places on a map. |
| Mercator | A Flemish mapmaker whose map, which became the standard of the time, allowed sailors to plot their courses in a straight line. |
| Ptolemy | The most famous Roman geographer who promoted the idea that the earth is the center of the universe. |
| Contour Lines | What separate colors on a relief map |
| Equator | Divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres |
| gores | Paper strips that make up a globe |
| great circle | An imaginary line that cuts the earth into 2 hemispheres |
| Latitude | Distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees |
| Longitude | Distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees |
| meridian | Line of longitude |
| parallel | Line of latitude |
| geocentric | "earth centered" |
| Name the 2 main branches of geography | physical geography and human geography |
| Imaginary lines running north and south around the world | parallels of latitude |
| Imaginary lines running east and west around the world | meridians of longitude |
| verbal directions (not using map) | mental map |
| political map | map that shows national boundaries, capitals and major cities |
| legend | box that explains what various symbols on a map stand for |
| basic tool of geography | map |
| topography | detailed land features(mountains hills, elevations, rivers, swamps etc.) |
| cartography | art of map making |
| Degrees | points on a map referring to feet |
| seconds | sixty subdivisions between each line of latitude |
| distortion | occurs in flat maps |
| map projection | method used to show the earth's round surface on a flat map |
| name 4 types of map projections | Mercator's, conic, azimuthal, Robinson's |
| physical map | shows mountains, rivers, lakes elevation and other natural features |
| scale | calibrated marks that indicate distance |
| Identify all items in the mnemonic device "Mr.Lip" | Movement, Region, Location, Interaction, Place |
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