Tools
Themes
Geo Inquiry
Extra
100

What geographer's tool is described here?: Show a variety of characteristics of a place but can distort the size or shape

Maps

100

What theme of Geography is defined by physical features, such as land forms, plants, animals, and weather patterns?

Question: What is it like there?

Place

100

In the process of Geographic Inquiry, which step includes using a variety of sources such as maps, interviews, photographs, satellite images, textbooks, and websites to collect information?

Acquire geographic information

100

What type of geography is "the study of the ways people interact with the Earth"?

Human Geography 

200

What geographer's tool is described here?: Accurate representation of Earth

GPS (global positioning system)

200

What theme of Geography can be used to describe how Michigan is divided into the Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula?

Region

200

In the process of Geographic Inquiry, which step includes looking for patterns, relationships, and connections?

Analyze geographic information

200

What type of geography is "the study of the natural characteristics of the Earth"?

Physical Geography

300

What geographer's tool is described here?: Used for organizing information

Graphs/Charts/Diagrams

300

What theme of Geography explains how and why people, ideas, and goods move from place to place?

Movement

300

In the process of Geographic Inquiry, which step involves investigating a geographic problem (the FIRST step)

Ask geographic questions

300

Each of the following describes what it means to be a global citizen EXCEPT:

a. Contributes to the community

b. Respects diversity (differences among people)

c. Challenges ignorance and intolerance 

d. Blames others for problems in the world

d. Blames others for problems in the world

400

What geographer's tool is described here?: Show how places change over time - taken from space or a "bird's eye view"

Aerial Photographs/Satellite Images

400

What theme of Geography describes how people affect their environment, or natural surroundings, and how their environment affects them?

Human-Environment Interaction

400

In the process of Geographic Inquiry, which step involves creating charts, graphs, and diagrams to give a summary of information 

Organize geographic information 

500

What geographer's tool is described here?: Computer-based program that layers different types of information.

GIS (global information systems)

500

What theme has the question: Where is it? 

Location

500

In the process of Geographic Inquiry, which step do we come to our conclusions? (LAST step)

Answer geographic questions

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