Geography and Themes
Maps, Maps, Maps
Globes and Time Zones
Terms
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There are this many Themes of Geography.
What is Five (5)?
100
A graphic on a map that stands for something else, it could be a picture, a pattern, or even a certain color.
What is a symbol?
100
The shortest distance between two points on a globe - it will appear curved on a flat map.
What is the Great Circle Route?
100
"An exact or relative spot of something on Earth."
What is Location?
100
Dr. Bruce Banner is better known by this gigantic nickname.
What is "The Hulk" / "The Incredible Hulk"?
200
It is what "HEI" stands for.
What is Human-Environment Interaction?
200
One of these on a map will show you how far a distance is, or how large something is, in "real life."
What is a Scale?
200
They are lines drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole, and are all the same length,though not parallel.
What are meridians / lines of longitude?
200
On a map, it is what tells someone the meaning of each symbol.
What is a Legend / Key?
200

It is President Biden's middle name.

What is "Robinette"?

300

Time Zones would be an example of this Theme of Geography.

What is Region?

300
In order to be considered a Compass Rose, a directional indicator on a map must show these four things - commonly just called North, South, East, and West.
What are Cardinal Directions?
300
There are this many standard Time Zones on Earth, although one is split in half covering the same "time" but on different dates.
What is "24"?
300
Splitting the globe in half creates these, and in Geography we recognize four distinct ones.
What are Hemispheres?
300

Strangely, this African mammal produces pink milk (but it is NOT strawberry flavor)

What is a hippopotamus?

400
Geography is the study of these three features of Earth's Surface.
What are physical, biological, and cultural?
400
Aside from symbols and a key, they are the two things all maps must show.
What are Distance and Direction?
400
It is the mountain range that separates Europe from Asia, and is found entirely in Russia.
What are the Ural Mountains?
400

Due to the number of islands it encompasses, beginning in 2017 the National Geographic Society changed the name of the South-Eastern Continent from "Australia" to this.

What is "Oceania"?

400
The biggest difference in time zones you can experience while crossing a land border, 3 1/2 hours, would be between Afghanistan and this Asian Country.
What is China?
500
Falling under the umbrella of Geography, it is the study of people.
What is Sociology?
500
It is a common Special Purpose Map, which shows elevation using a series of lines which signify height, thus mapping the contour of the landscape.
What is a Topographical Map?
500
Although not formally adopted by the United States and most of the world until the 20th Century, Daylight Savings Time was originally proposed by this American Inventor and Founding Father - although he meant it as a satirical joke.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
500
Projections are ways we can make a flat map out of the round globe, and this is the most commonly used and famous Cylindrical Projection.
What is a Mercator Projection / map?
500
On this day in 2005, riots and violence erupted after a Danish newspaper published controversial drawings of this historical and religious leader.
Who is Muhammad?
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