5 Themes
Key Terms
Maps
Graphs/Tools
Misc
100
Knowing where you are.
What is location?
100
The study of the earth and its people.
What is "geography"?
100
This map consists of countries and cities.
What are political maps?
100
This graph shows the whole of something (100%).
What is a circle graph?
100
Giving an exact positon or location.
What is absolute location?
200
Describes how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
What is movement?
200
Imaginary line that circles the earth midway splitting the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres (0* Lat)
What is an equator?
200
List two examples of a "general reference" map.
What are "political" and "physical" maps?
200
This graph shows changes over a period of time?
What is a line graph?
200
Comparing two places using direction.
What is relative location?
300
This is how people interact with their natural surroundings.
What is human and environment interaction?
300
These lines are meridians and run north and south.
What is longitude?
300
Identify the 4 of the 5 "Parts of a Map".
What are title, legend (key), compass rose, grid system, and scale?
300
This graph compares data visually.
What is a bar graph?
300
How many hemispheres are there on earth?
What is four? (North, South East, and West)
400
This is an area that shares common characteristics.
What is a region?
400
These lines are parallels and run east and west.
What is latitude?
400
This map shows the distribution or the amount of a certain topic.
What is a thematic (special purpose) map?
400
A system that uses radio signals to determine exact location.
What is a "GPS" (Global Positioning System)?
400
This part of a map shows direction.
What is a "compass rose"?
500
What is an area that is described with both human and physical characteristics?
What is a place?
500
This is the imaginary line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres (0* Longitude Line)
What is the prime meridian?
500
List two examples of a "special reference" map.
What are climate, landuse, annual rainfall, natural resources, and vegetation maps?
500
Computer hardware and software that gather, store, and analyze geographic information.
What is a "GIS" (Geographic Information System)?
500
The two types of geography are
What are human and physical?
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