Vocabulary Section 2
Geography Section 2
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Geography Section 1
Vocabulary Section 1
100
A round model of the Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shapes.
What is a globe?
100
Because globes are not practical to carry or easy to use, these were invented.
What are flat maps?
100
The capital of Arkansas.
What is Little Rock?
100
Someone who analyzes the Earth from many points of view.
What is a geographer?
100
The study of the Earth's surface and the processes that shape it.
What is geography?
200
One of the four compass points: north, south, east, west.
What are cardinal directions?
200
It is impossible to show the Earth on a flat surface without some of this.
What is distortion.?
200
The capital of Mississippi.
What is Jackson?
200
When geographers work, they are guided by two basic questions.
Where are things located? and Why are they there?
200
A unit of measure used to determine absolute location.
What is a degree?
300
The section of a map that explains the symbols for the map features, also called a legend.
What is a key?
300
The most accurate way to present information on the islands, continents, and bodies of water is to put it all on this.
What is a globe?
300
The capital of Pennsylvania.
What is Harrisburg?
300
Things that geographers study. (Hint: there are five)
What are oceans, plant life, landforms, people, and how the Earth and its people affect each other?
300
A large area of flat or gently rolling land usually without many trees.
What is a plain?
400
The size of an area on a map as compared with the area's actual size.
What is the scale?
400
The only difference between a globe and the Earth itself is this.
What is the scale?
400
The capital of Washington?
What is Olympia?
400
Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions.
What are the five themes of geography?
400
An area with common characteristics such as climate, land, population, or history.
What is a region?
500
A misrepresentation of the true shape of something on a map.
What is distortion?
500
This geographer created a flat map to help sailors navigate lone journeys across the globe.
Who is Gerardus Mercator?
500
The capital of Wisconsin.
What is Madison?
500
Geography shows the relationship between these two things.
What are people and the environment?
500
Any of the imaginary lines that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator.
What are parallel lines?
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