5 Themes of Geography
An example of place?
E.g. The village resides within the depths of the valley.
The part of a map that uses icons, colors, or patterns to represent certain places?
What is a map legend?
The average weather that occurs in a place over a long period of time.
What is climate?
What is a political map?
Define geography.
What is the study Earth and its peoples, places, and environments?
An example of relative location and absolute location.
E.g. What is... McDonald's is half a mile from the mall; The city is 50 degrees North and 70 degrees West, and 40 degrees East from the beach.
The part of the map legend clarifies its symbols?
What is a key?
Lines of latitude measure distance on Earth...
What is the east and west direction?
A map that contains specialized information.
What is a thematic map?
Define dynamic.
What is always changing?
An example of movement?
What are roads, paths, rivers, etc.
The part of a map shows the primary directions, north, south, east, and west?
What is a compass rose?
The line that divides Earth into section called the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the equator?
Getting information from far away.
What is remote sensing?
Define elevation.
What is how much above sea level a feature is?
An example of a region?
E.g. The Amazon consists of a large forest region where its native fauna and plants thrive
Define map scale.
E.g. What is... the scale relates distances on a map to their actual distances on Earth.
Name two cities that are in the same region.
What is Los Angeles and San Diego?
To convert the round Earth into a flat map, geographers use...
What is a map projection?
What is the starting point for measuring longitude?
An example of Human-Environment Interaction?
E.g. Some of the beaches in this state are man-made or altered.
Name all the parts of a map legend.
Key, Cartographer name, publication date, and map scale
Name the 6 essential elements of geography.
What are... Spatial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, and the uses of Geography.
Which is more accurate: a map or a globe? Why would one use a map vs. a globe?
A globe is more accurate. However, a map can show areas in greater details and are more portable.
Another component or part of the environment...
What is resources?