Themes of Geography
What is Location?
0 Degrees Longitude
What is the Prime Meridian?
GIS
Belief in God or another form of god or higher power
Religion
Genesis 1:28 Talks about Humans having dominion over the earth
What is the Creation Mandate?
What is the Great Circle?
Typically found in the corner of a map, this indicates how to read the symbols etc.
What is a Legend?
Places that implement rules, regulations and laws to make a society better and keep it functioning
What are Institutions?
Giving verbal directions to any given place
What is a Mental Map?
Goods, diseases and people
Movement
Line that separates the east and the west
What is Longitude?
This orients the Map in a specific direction
People who share the same values, beliefs or ideas
What are Social Groups?
A tradition, belief and idea that make up a community of people
What is Culture?
A specific area sectioned off by name
Region
0 degrees East
This indicates how much of an area a map is covering in relation to the map size
What is Scale?
Places that are explained by two primary understandings; Property and Characteristics
What is Aesthetics?
Name three types of Map Projections
What are Gores, Cylindrical, Mercator Goode's, Robinson, Azimuthal, Conic?
How people move and contribute to any area
What is Human Environment Interaction
Line that separates the North and South
What is Latitude?
Little lines indicate specific distances of elevation on any given map
What is a Contour Map?
Scenery that is in the World we live in
What is the Physical Environment?
GPS
What is Global Positioning System?