Key Concepts
This concept describes the natural and cultural characteristics of a place, including its built environment.
What are environments?
This is the largest ocean on Earth.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
The Eiffel Tower is found in this European capital.
What is Paris?
On a map, this explains what symbols and colours represent.
What is a key or legend?
This is the number of sides on a hexagon.
What is six?
This concept refers to the arrangement of features across the Earth's surface.
What are patterns?
This imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
The ancient city of Petra, famous for buildings carved into rock, is located in this country
What is Jordan?
On a standard map, north is usually found in this direction.
What is the top of the map?
In chess, this piece moves in an L-shape.
What is a knight?
Erosion, migration and desertification are all examples of this.
What are processes?
This is the world's largest desert.
What is Antarctica?
The Great Barrier Reef lies off the coast of this Australian state.
What is Queensland?
A map scale of 1:50,000 means 1 cm on the map represents this distance on the ground
What is 500 metres?
This is the capital city of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
Different groups may disagree about building a dam because they have different values and worldviews. This concept explains those differences.
What are perspectives?
This is the only continent that lies in all four hemispheres
What is Africa
This South American country is home to Machu Picchu.
What is Peru?
On a topographic map, contour lines that are very close together indicate this type of slope.
What is a steep slope?
In 2012, this country appointed a cat named Chief Mouser to help control mice at its government offices.
What is the United Kingdom?
Meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs describes this concept
What is sustainability?
This is the deepest known point in the world's oceans, located in the Mariana Trench.
What is Challenger Deep?
This Himalayan country is home to Mount Everest and is bordered by India and China.
What is Nepal?
A location at 40°S, 175°E is in this country.
What is New Zealand?
In 2001, this fast-food chain sent a pizza to space as part of a Russian space station resupply mission.
What is Pizza Hut?