What is geography
Why did geography emerge?
Understand what happened in the world.
Which methods are employed in geographic studies?
inductive, deductive, experimental, and dialectical
Which geographic resource is known for showing two hemisphere'
World map
It's the first value to be reported in a coordinate.
Latitude
First person to defined geography
Eratosthenes
What are the three branches of geography?
Physical, biological, and human
Which methodological principle tells us the dispersion of a phenomenon?
Principle of relationship or connection.
This geographic resource is outdated even if the images are high quality?
Satellite image
This imaginary line separates the earth into western and eastern hemispheres.
Greenwich meridian
Is known as the chocolate belt.
The region between both tropics.
What is geography?
Science that studies the physical, biological, and human phenomena of the earth's surface.
Which principle tells us the transformation process of geographical feactures?
Principle of evolution.
This geographic resource must be interactive?
GIS
Transform the following degree coordinate into decimal: 89°98' 83'' S, 42°64'99''E
(−90.656389°, 43.094167°)
It is the largest country in the world.
Russia
What's the study field of geography?
Geographical space.
What's the difference between the inductive and deductive methods?
Inductive goes from specific to general, and deductive goes from general to specific.
Why is the earth's representation distorted?
Because of the Earth's shape.
How do we cal the lines that indicate the warmest areas on the Eart?
Tropics
Has the longest continuous coastline.
Brazil
What type of strategies does geography use to study the phenomena?
Scientific strategies.
Which principle tells us why or what causes an event?
Causality.
What molds the way we think about the world?
These are 24 imaginary and arbitrary lines.
Time zones.
It is home to the biggest pyramid in the world
Mexico