The Continents
Branches of Geography
5 Themes of Geography
Geographers' Tools
This and That
100
The United States can be found on this continent
What is North America?
100
This is one of the main branches of geography and focuses on people, their communities, and the landscapes they create
What is human geography?
100
The description of where a place is
What is Location?
100
A spherical or ball shaped model of the entire earth
What is a Globe?
100
Mountains, rivers, canyons, hills, and caves are all examples of...
What are Landforms?
200
Brazil is the largest country located on this continent. This continent also lies in both the Western and Southern hemisphere
What is South America?
200
This main branch of geography focuses only on elements of nature
What is Physical geography?
200
Why and how people and things move from place to place
What is Movement?
200
A flat drawing that shows all or part of the earth's surface
What is a Map?
200
#, @, $, %, and = are examples of...
What are Symbols?
300
This continent is mostly made up of ice and has no countries on it
What is Antarctica?
300
The science of map making
What is Cartography?
300
A landscape or all the features that make a location unique
What is Place?
300
Pictures taken from above earth that help geographers make accurate maps
What are Satellite Images?
300
Social science is ...
What is a field that studies people and the relationship among them?
400
This continent is home to lions, the Nile river, and the Great Pyramids
What is Africa?
400
This is the study of water on Earth
What is Hydrology?
400
The way humans interact (affect) their physical environment
What is Human-environment interaction?
400
A tape recorder and a notebook are tools used for this
What are Interviews/Recording observations
400
This is the number of essential elements of geography
What is 6?
500
These 2 continents are located on the same giant landmass
What are Europe and Asia?
500
This is the study of weather and its causes
What is Meteorology?
500
An area that has common features making it unique from other places
What is Region?
500
The best way to learn about a place is to...
What is Go there/Visit
500
Imaginary lines that create a grid system around the earth are called lines of...
What are Lines of latitude and longitude?
M
e
n
u