🌎 WHERE IN THE WORLD?
What is geography?
The study of the distribution and interaction of Earth’s physical and human features.
Why are maps and globes important
They show where things are located on Earth.
What does a human geographer study?
People, where they live, how they move, and how they use the land.
What does a physical geographer study?
Earth’s natural features and processes.
What is a region?
An area with one or more common features that make it different from surrounding areas
What is a Glacier
A large area of moving ice.
Why is geography sometimes called a spatial perspective?
Because spatial means how things are arranged in space.
What would most likely appear on a political map?
Countries and borders.
Name one thing a human geographer might study.
Where people live.
Name three things a physical geographer might study.
Climates, plants, and soils.
Name three major world regions.
name them
What is a lake
An inland body of water.
What is absolute location?
The exact position of a place on Earth.
Which map is best for studying mountains and elevation?
A physical map.
Name another thing a human geographer might study.
Why people move from place to place.
Is a mountain range a human or physical feature?
Physical feature.
Which geography theme means where a place is on Earth?
Location
What is a bay?
Part of a large body of water that is smaller than a gulf.
What is relative location?
Where a place is compared with other places.
What is the purpose of a map legend or key?
It explains what the symbols and colors mean.
What is an example of human-environment interaction?
anything
Which is a physical feature: city, highway, farm, or mountain range?
Mountain range.
Which theme explains how people and things travel from one place to another?
Movement
What is a peak?
The top of a mountain.
South Dakota is north of Nebraska and south of North Dakota. What type of location is this
Relative location.
What does a map scale show?
The actual distance between places.
Which theme studies how people depend on, adapt to, and change their surroundings?
Human-Environment Interaction.
Which theme describes the physical and human features that make a location unique?
Place.
Which theme deals with areas that share common characteristics?
Regions
What is a delta?
An area where a river deposits soil or sediment near its mouth.
What does longitude measure?
Distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.
What is a mental map?
A picture of a place that you have in your mind.
A geographer studying population, languages, religions, and cities is studying what?
Human geography.
Which theme describes the physical and human characteristics of a location?
Place
What is a bluff?
A high, steep face of rock or earth.
What does latitude measure?
Distance north or south of the Equator.
Is a highway a human or physical feature?
Human feature.
Which theme deals with the relationship between people and their surroundings?
Human-Environment Interaction.
What is a basin?
A bowl-shaped area of land surrounded by higher land.
What tool helps find the exact location of a place on Earth?
Latitude and longitude.
What is a river?
A natural flow of water that runs through the land.