Vocabulary
5 themes of geography
Regions
Physical characteristics
Types of maps
100
Study of distribution and interaction of physical and human features on the earth
What is geography
100
Where is it?
What is location
100
Defined by a limited number of related characteristics
What is formal region
100
Center of the earth
What is inner core
100
Three dimensional representation of the earth
What is a globe
200
Each half of the globe
What is hemisphere
200
What is it like?
What is place
200
Organized around the set of interactions and connections between places
What is functional region
200
Hot molten liquid
What is in the outer core
200
Topographic map
A general reference map
300
Slipts the earth in the center
Where is the equator located
300
How are place similar or different?
What is region
300
Region in which people perceive or see the characteristics of the region in the same way
What is perceptual
300
Thick solid layer of rock surrounding the core
What is mantle
300
A way of making the earth's surface that reduces the distortion caused by converting three dimension
What is map projection
400
Movement
People goods and ideas move from one location to another.. What is this called
400
Relative location
The library is three blocks west of the park. What type of location is this
400
Crust
____ is the rocky surface layer that's very thin
400
Map
Two dimensional graphic representation of selected parts of the earth surface
500
Series of satellites that orbit more than 100 miles above the earth
What is landset
500
Absolute location
Geographers use a grid system of imaginary lines for perecisely locating places on the earths surface
500
Enormous moving pieces of the earths lithosphere
What is tectonic plates
500
Cartographer
A _____ is a mape maker
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