Remote Sensing and GIS
A map that shows elevation using contour lines
What is a Topographic map
The largest ocean on Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean
This term refers to the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas, which has been a major trend in the 21st century.
What is Urbanization
This U.S. state is mentioned in the lyrics of Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver.
What is West Virginia
This beloved animated character and her talking backpack have helped kids explore maps and geography for over two decades
Who is Dora the Explorer
This type of color scheme is used in maps to highlight deviations from a central value, often with two contrasting colors fading toward a neutral midpoint.
What is a diverging color scheme
This famous set of islands in the Pacific helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution by natural selection.
What are the Galapagos Islands
The world’s most spoken first language
What is Mandarin Chinese
This famous explorer traveled to China in the 13th century, and has a popular swimming pool game named after him
Who is Marco Polo
This early 20th-century scientist proposed the theory of continental drift, suggesting that Earth's landmasses were once a single supercontinent called Pangaea.
Who is Alfred Wegener
The most widely used satellite program for land observation, first launched in 1972.
What is Landsat
The two primary gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere.
What are Nitrogen and Oxygen
This research method focuses on understanding human experiences through interviews, observations, and open-ended questions
What is qualitative research
The video game franchise known for its highly detailed open-world maps, including Vice City.
What is Grand Theft Auto
This medieval Viking explorer beat Columbus to North America by about 500 years.
Who is Leif Erikson
NDVI stands for this
What is Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
The largest desert in the world by area
What is Antartica
The human-made boundary that separates North and South Korea
What is the DMZ
This song by Johnny Cash lists U.S. and world cities in its lyrics
What is I've Been Everywhere
The creator of ColorBrewer
Who is Cynthia Brewer
This GIS tool is used to determine what is within a given distance of a location.
What is a Buffer
The name for the point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s origin
What is the epicenter
The term for a megacity that is economically and politically dominant
What is a Primate City
In The Lord of the Rings, this region is home to Mount Doom
What is Mordor
Often considered the "father of biogeography," this 19th-century naturalist independently developed a theory of evolution by natural selection alongside Charles Darwin.
Who is Alfred Russel Wallace