Geography Terms
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West.
What are the two main languages in Canada?
English and French.
What type of climate do the Andes Mountains have?
Highlands.
Which mountain range separates Europe and Asia?
Ural Mountains.
What is absolute location?
Precise point where a place is located on earth. The exact location.
What grouping of lakes make up the world’s largest freshwater lakes?
The Great Lakes
What country is largest in area and population?
Brazil.
What is the most common land use in Europe?
Commercial farming.
What is relative location?
Where a place is located in relation to another place.
Why is the population density so low in Alaska when it is such a large state?
The environment is harsh and cold.
What is the largest mountain range in South America?
Andes Mountains.
Why is population shrinking in some areas?
Drop in birth rate.
What are the 5 themes of geography?
Location, Human environment location, region, place, and movement.
Better climates, more jobs, easier transportation.
Name and describe the three subregions of Latin America.
Mexico, Central America, South America.
Why does Iceland, Finland, and Sweden have such a low population density?
It has a cold environment.
What are the different types of thematic maps?
Political, physical features, climate zones, vegetation zones, population density, economic activity.
Where in North America would you find tundra and subarctic climate zones?
Northern North America
What are the two most widespread economic activities in Latin America?
Livestock raising and subsistence farming.
What is the most common vegetation zone across Europe and Asia?
Forest-deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forest.