Vocabulary
Name an example of a LANDFORM
WHAT IS.. (answers will vary, Ms. Braun will clarify)
Cuba and North Korea are both VERY close to having this type of economic system.
What is: COMMAND?
The imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
WHAT IS THE EQUATOR
This continent is also a country.
WHAT IS AUSTRALIA
The world's largest ocean
What is THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Someone who has been forced to leave their home due to conflict or persecution
WHAT IS REFUGEE
The 3 branches of the United States Government
WHAT IS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
JUDICIAL BRANCH
Half of the globe is called this
WHAT IS A HEMISPHERE
A symbol that shows the directions - north, south, east and west
WHAT IS A COMPASS ROSE
These are the five themes of geography.
What is: Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction?
Height above a given level, especially sea level.
WHAT IS ELEVATION
A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power. (hint: 2 word answer)
WHAT IS ABSOLUTE MONARCHY
The location of a place compared to another item or place.
What is RELATIVE LOCATION
The reference line of 0 degrees longitude.
WHAT IS THE PRIME MERIDIAN
The 5 major world religions.
WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY, BUDDHISM, ISLAM, JUDAISM, HINDUISM
Belonging to a group made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent
WHAT IS ETHNICITY
The 3 basic questions that every economic system must answer.
WHAT IS
What is produced
How is it produced
For who is it produced
The type of map, comparable to a flattened orange peel, is an equal-area projection.
WHAT IS Goode Homolosine
Features of the earth's surface, such as landforms, water systems, climate patterns, and plant and animal life
WHAT IS PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OR PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
any part of the natural environment that people need and value
WHAT IS NATURAL RESOURCES
Define Globalization
How trade and technology have been the world into a more connected and interdependent place
Economic AND political system in which the gov't controls the economy by owning its farms and businesses
WHAT IS COMMUNISM
The distinctive characteristic of a ___________ map is the use of elevation contour lines to show the shape of the Earth's surface.
WHAT IS TOPOGRAPHIC
The largest island country (archipelago) in the world.
WHAT IS INDONESIA
The amount of timezones that the world is divided into.
WHAT IS 24