Vocab
What is the study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create?
geography
What are Earth's features in terms of their places, shapes, and relationships to one another?
Spatial
What is the flat drawing that shows all or part of Earth's surface?
map
This theme of geography describes features that make a site unique.
place
What do geographers use for visuals?
Charts, Graphs, and Diagrams
Is Australia wider than the moon?
True
What is the part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas?
region
What is the shape and nature of the land?
Landform
What is the spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire Earth
globe
Building a dam to hold back water from a town would best describe which theme of geography?
human-environment interaction
What are are products of Earth that people use to meet their needs?
Natural Resources
Scotland chose the duck as its national animal.
False, the unicorn
What are the portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time from another location?
Landscape
What is a line of latitude that runs around the middle of the Earth?
Equator
What object in space gathers images and information to help geographers make accurate maps?
satellite
This theme of geography describes where something is.
location
The two main branches of geography are _________ geography and _________ geography.
physical
human
Avocados are vegetables.
False, they are not
What are the natural surroundings of a place?
Environment
What is the location of one place compared to another place?
Relative location
What do geographers use to create, update, and compare maps?
computers
This theme looks at how people and things change location.
movement
Water—in the form of streams, rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans—covers nearly what percentage of Earth's surface?
70%
The Eiffel Tower gets taller in the summer.
True, it does
Name all of the 5 themes of geography.
Place, Locations, Region, Human-Environment Interaction and Movement
What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time?
Climate
Describe 3 differences between a map and a globe.
Maps are flat while globe is round
Maps are distorted and Globes are scale models
Maps are easy to make and carry
What theme is described as having more than one feature in common?
Region
What are 4 tools that geographers use to study the world?
Maps, Globes, Satellites, Computers, Recorders, Measuring Instruments, Notebook
Switzerland prohibits the ownership of just one guinea pig.
True, you need two