5 Themes of Geography
Geographic Terms
Map Skills
Time Zones
Climate
100
Position on the earth's surface
What is location?
100
Vast body of salt water covering 3/4 of the Earth
What is ocean?
100
A circle showing directions North, East, South, and West on a map
What is compass rose?
100
There are 24 of these throughout the world
What is time zones?
100
This climate features wet/rainforest
What is tropical climate?
200
Humans interacting on the Earth
What is movement?
200
Triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river
What is delta?
200
Tool used to determine distance on a map
What is scale?
200
There are 9 different time zones in this country
What is United States and its territories?
200
This climate features arid or semiarid
What is dry climate?
300
Physical features and human features
What is place?
300
Piece of land almost surrounded by water
What is penninsula?
300
Tool used to show what different symbols mean
What is key?
300
Massachusetts is in this time zone
What is Eastern?
300
This climate features mediterranean, humid, subtropical, marine
What is mild climate?
400
United by similar characteristics
What is region?
400
A large area of high flat land
What is Plateau?
400
Map focusing on geography of an area
What is physical map?
400
Advancing clocks by one hour during summer months
What is Daylight Savings?
400
This climate features warm summer and cool summer
What is continental climate?
500
People adapting and changing to the environment
What is human/environmental interactions?
500
A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake
What is tributary?
500
Map showing natural or physical features of a landscape
What is topographic map?
500
Imaginary line of longitude on the Earth's surface located at 180 degrees east
What is International Date Line?
500
This climate features tundras and ice caps
What is polar climate?
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