Intro to Geography
Describes the exactly where something is located.
What is Absolute Location?
A diagram on a map that shows direction.
What is a compass?
Describes the position of a place on the earth's surface.
What is Location?
The most populous city in the United States.
What is New York City?
The dominant language spoken in Central America.
What is Spanish?
Describes the location of a place relative to another place.
What is Relative Location?
Tells you the subject of a map.
What is a title?
Describes the physical and human characteristics of a location such as terrain, height above sea level, landforms, and climate.
What is a Place?
The largest religion in Mexico.
What is Christianity?
The dominant religion in Central America.
What is Christianity?
0 Degrees Latitude.
What is the Equator?
A part of the map used to define symbols on the map.
What is a key?
How people, goods, information, and culture move from one place to another.
What is Movement?
The dominant language spoken in Mexico.
What is Spanish?
The music genre that Cuba is famous for.
What is salsa?
0 Degrees' Longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
Shows lines of longitude and latitude on a map.
What is a grid?
Describes the similarities you may find in a place. These can include language, culture, and similar historical background.
What is Region?
The dominant ethnicity in Hawaii.
What is Asian American?
The music genre that Jamaica is famous for.
What is reggae?
Imaginary lines on a globe or map that travel from north to south.
What is Longitude?
Shows how much space on the map represents a given distance on Earth.
What is a Scale Bar?
Describes how humans have changed a particular place, and how humans add to the environment around them.
What is Human Environment-Interaction?
The state in the United States that has a large number of Mormons.
What is Utah?
What languages spoken in the Caribbean Islands reflect.
What is Colonial Heritage?