Intro to Geography
History
Terms
Latitude & Longitude
Misc.
100
History is the study of events in time; this is the study of space and place
What is geography?
100
This Roman geographer promoted the geocentric theory
Who is Ptolemy?
100
Name given to the line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern halves
What is the equator?
100
Name given to the imaginary lines that run east and west around the earth
What is parallels of latitude?
100
Name given to the imaginary lines that run north and south, stretching from pole to pole
What are the meridians of longitude?
200
The basic tool of geography
What is a map?
200
Empire from which the earliest surviving map came from
What is the Babylonian Empire?
200
Theory that the earth is the center of the universe
What is geocentric theory?
200
Distance from one degree of latitude to the next degree
What is 69 miles?
200
The issue that occurs when a globe is transferred onto a flat map
What is distortion?
300
Name given to the art of mapmaking
What is cartography?
300
Hipparchus made it easier to locate places on a map by drawing a regular pattern of intersecting vertical and horizontal lines known as this
What is a grid?
300
Theory that the sun is the center of the universe
What is the heliocentric theory?
300
City through which the 0 degree line of longitude runs
What is Greenwich, England?
300
Name given to the 12 paper stripes that cover a typical globe
What are gores?
400
Name given to the unique calling by God to man to exercise dominion over the earth.
What is the Creation Mandate
400
In 1543, this man published a lengthy argument for the heliocentric theory
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
400
Term given to the shape and elevation of the land features of an area; often new maps include symbols for this
What is topography?
400
Name given the designated meridian that is labeled 0 on the map
What is the Prime Meridian?
400
Type of map that indicates state or national boundaries, capitals, and major cities
What is political map?
500
The two main branches of geography
What are physical and human geography?
500
Name of the first great Greek geographer who first used the term geography
Who is Eratosthenes?
500
Name given to each half of the earth when it is split into two equal halves
What is hemisphere?
500
Because the 0 degree line and the 180 degree line are connected, it is sometimes referred to as this
What is a great circle?
500
The three types of map projections
What are cylindrical, azimuthal (planar), and conic?
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