Geography Basics
The imaginary lines on maps that allow geographers to pinpoint locations
What is longitude and latitude?
forms over tropical ocean waters
What is a hurricane?
this is the role of the government in a mixed economy
providing goods and services that benefit all members
Why did the Pilgrims come to North America?
To escape religious prosecution
includes the sun, planets, and celestial objects that orbit the sun
What is the solar system?
can form quickly and without warning
What is a Tornado
What are Mexico’s two most valuable exports?
What are Mexico’s two most valuable exports?
What are the 5 major religions?
Christianity Judaism ,Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam
Any 1 of 5 themes of Geography
What is location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region.
A zone around the Pacific where most active volcanoes are located
What is the Ring of Fire?
What is the difference between a renewable resource and a nonrenewable resource?
renewable resources can naturally replenish themselves while nonrenewable resources cannot.
What theme of geography describes the physical and human features of a location?
place
Another name for a mapmaker
What is a cartographer?
natural disaster results in crop failure and dust storms
What is a drought
Cuba’s government today is different from other countries in the Caribbean because it is what?
They have a command economy while others have a mixed market
What methods did the Incas use to unify their large empire?
Making sure they all spoke the same language