Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Themes and Elements
Plates, Sun, Water and Seasons
Mixed Bag
100
The science of making maps
What is cartography?
100
Spinning on an axis
What is rotation?
100
Example: Memphis is 200 miles west of Nashville
What is location?
100
The theory that there are large pieces of land under the earth's crust
What is plate techtonics?
100
This level of geography focuses on the impact one area has on the rest of the world
What is global geography?
200
The scientific study of human society and social relationships
What is social science?
200
An orbit around another object
What is revolution?
200
Example: The spread of populations and the popularity of hunting, led to the extinction of the Bali Tiger
What is human-environment interaction
200
This is the step after water evaporates into the air
What is condensation?
200
This level of geography could focus on where to build a gymnasium
What is local geography?
300
A point or place in relation to another point or place
What is relative location?
300
The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
300
Example: The Great Plains
What is region?
300
The study of water on earth
What is hydrology?
300
This is one of the elements of geography?
What is world in spatial terms, place and region, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, the uses of geography
400
The study of the world's physical features
What is physical geography?
400
The movement of sediment from one place to another
What is erosion?
400
A railroad was built that connected the east coast and the west coast
What is movement?
400
This can happen when plates slide against each other.
What is an earthquake?
400
This is the most useful tool of a geographer?
What is a map?
500
The study of the physical features of the world, human activity, and the landscapes they create
What is geography?
500
Creeks, lakes, and streams
What is surface water?
500
Shinto and Buddhism are Japan's two main religions
What is place?
500
This season occurs in the U.S. when the axis is tilted towards the sun
What is summer?
500
This branch of geography studies how people exchange goods and services
What is economic geography?
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