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study for geography
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is a piece of land with water on three sides? | peninsula |
| land covers what percent of the earth? | 30% |
| elevation is? | height above sea level |
| the largest ocean is? | Pacific ocean. |
| the hottest temperature was found at what lattitude line? | 0 degrees |
| what is a GIS? | Global information system. |
| environment | natural surrondings |
| there are____ themes in geography | 5 |
| latitude line are lines that run? | vertical |
| longitude are line that run? | horizontal |
| water covers | 70% |
| drought | long time without water |
| northern and southern hemispheres hasve? | opposite seasons |
| sortest day of year | winter |
| valleys mountains plains are? | landforms. |
| ________climates are hot | tropical |
| basin has the largest rain forest in the world | Amazon |
| coal and oil are | fossil fuels |
| wide spread cutting of forests | deforestation |
| study of land and climate____ | physical geography |
| study of culture____ | human geography |
| somebody who studies geography__ | geographers |
| area that shares common characteristics________ | regions |
| three uses of geography are? | land climate and culture |
| GPS is a? | Global positioning system. |
| a globe is a | spherical model of the earth. |
| the earth has____hemispheres | 4 |
| exact position of a place on the earths surface____ | absolute location |
| a map contains a | map key, scale bar, compass rose, and a title |
| a way of presenting information vizually | graphs |
| graphic way of presenting information clearly | charts |
| graph in which a symbols represent quantities | pictogragh |
| combonation bar and line graph giving information about temperature and precipitation. | climo graph |
| individuals make desicions about what to produce____________ | market economy |
| government makes decitions about what to produce__________ | command economy |
| geographers divide the world into___________regions | culture |
| people express their culture thrugh__________ | art |
| language- | allows people to communicate |
| people who share a common culture/language or history- | ethnic group |
| __________helps people answer questions about lifes meaning | religion |
| individual who takes control of a government and rules the country as he or she wishes. | dictator |
| a market economy is based upon | free enterprise |
| civilizations are highly developed____________ | cultures |
| a local form of language | dialect |
| way of life of a group people who share similar beliefs and customs | culture |
| an economic system sets forth rules on how goods and services are produced and___________ | sold or exchanged |
| culture diffusion is the process of spreading______________to other cultures | new knoledge and skills |
| largest continent | Europe and Asia |
| highest mountian | mount everest |
| largest lake | caspian sea |
| longest river | nile |
| largest freshwater lake | superior |
| smallest continent | australia |
| millvilles absolute location | 39N 75W |
| Millvilles relative location is __________ of pennsylvania | SE |
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