Vocab Terms part 1
Vocab Terms part 2
5 Themes of Geography
Maps and Map Making
American Lands and Climate
100
is the study of people, their environments and their resources
What is geography
100
when the wind and ocean currents interaction to create a cyclic phenomenon
What is El Nino
100
location, place, interaction, movement, and region.
What are 5 themes of geography
100
coordinates are made up of ....... lines
What is longitude/latitude
100
mountain/plains/ and other landforms can be found in
What is North America
200
an account of what has happened
What is history
200
Height above sea level
What is altitude
200
What is relative location?
What is near the place
200
makes it easier to tell time
What is standard time zone
200
coastal plains
What is a physical region
300
measures east to west
What is longitude
300
condition of Earth’s atmosphere at a given time or place
What is weather
300
what is coordinates for a place?
What is exact location
300
what is a hemisphere
What is half of the Earth either N/S/E/W
300
6)Mediterranean 7)Highlands 8)Humid Continental 9)Subarctic 10) Steppe
What are climates
400
measures North to South
What is latitude
400
imaginary line that splits the Earth in half from N/S hemispheres
What is the Equator
400
What do the 5 themes of geography do ?
What is connection between history and geography
400
has made modern mapmaking more accurate than the mapmaking of centuries ago.
What is computers and satellites
400
river and lakes benefit people of the US by....
What is varies
500
plain that is above sea level
What is plateau
500
imaginary line that splits the Earth in half from E/W hemispheres
What is Prime Meridian
500
Give me an example of how one of the 5 themes is used ?
What is varies
500
Difference between the mercator and the robinson
What is mercator inaccurate/ robinson accurate
500
1)Pacific Coast 2)Interior Plains 3)Rocky Mountains 4)Appalachian Mountains
What are physical regions
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