MAPS
A model of Earth with the same round shape as Earth itself.
What is a globe?
The percentage of the Earth that is covered by water
what is 71%
The fundamental questions that geographers often ask
what is where are things located and why are they there?
deforestation refers to
what is the removal of trees from forests for commercial purposes?
Canada has this type of government system
what is a parliamentary democracy?
A computer-based system that stores and uses information linked to geographic locations.
What is a geographic information system (GIS)?
The thinnest layer of the Earth
What is the crust?
The process by which rocks are broken down into smaller particles by natural forces over time
What is weathering?
A term in geography that describes the process of people, goods, or ideas moving from one place to another
What is movement?
NAFTA stands for
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement?
This type of map shows political units, such as countries or states. They may also show capitals of countries or major cities.
What is a political map?
A thick, rocky layer around the core.
What is the mantle?
The study of human and nonhuman features of Earth
What is geography?
Goods that are shipped into a country
What is an import?
This type of map shows the location or distribution of specific human or physical features.
What is a special-purpose map?
This city is the location of the prime meridian
What is Greenwich, England?
North, South, East and West are known as
What are cardinal directions?
Goods that are shipped out of a country.
What is an export?
This type of map shows physical, or natural features of a place.
What is a physical map?
This natural disaster is caused when tectonic plates break apart into smaller plates, and the crumbling causes shaking.
What is an earthquake?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What is the prime meridian?
This head of the Canadian government is elected by parliament
Who is the Prime Minister?