Definitions
Themes
Maps
Potpourri
Latitude/Longitude
100
This term literally means "to write of the Earth"
What is geography?
100
This theme looks at how and why people and things move.
What is movement?
100
This man was the first to demonstrate that the Earth was spherical
Who is Aristotle?
100
The number of time zones in the world today
What is 24?
100
Lines that circle the globe in east-west directions.
What are latitude lines?
200
The system used to transfer locations from the Earth's surface to a flat map
What is projection?
200
This theme describes how people act with their environments .
What is HEI (Human Environment Interaction)?
200
This can be shown on a map by a bar, written words, or in a ratio. (one of the TODALSS)
What is scale?
200
The movement of jobs from one country to another country to find, among other things, cheaper labor costs
What is outsourcing?
200
The Prime Meridian goes through this town in England.
What is Greenwich?
300
This computer system can capture, store, query, and display geographic data.
What is a GIS (geographic information systems)?
300
This theme of geography describes features that make a site unique.
What is place?
300
This system accurately determines the precise position of something on Earth
What is GPS (global positioning system)?
300
The area in which a TV network like KARE-11 or WCCO-4 are popular and available to view is an example of this type of region.
What is functional region?
300
Latitude lines are also known as
What are parallels?
400
This term means the study of the world’s landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features.
What is physical geography?
400
This theme relates to areas that share common characteristics.
What is region?
400
According to the text, the oldest known map is a drawing of this
What is a town (village)?
400
Showing the round Earth on flat maps will do this to some details of a map.(relative size, shape, direction, direction)
What is distortion?
400
This line of longitude measures 180 degrees east or west (you change days when crossing it)
What is the International Date Line?
500
This term is the study of cultural features, such as economic activities and cities
What is human geography?
500
Your street address describes this theme.
What is (absolute) location?
500
The science of map making is known as
What is cartography?
500
A state is a good example of this type of region because it passes laws, collects taxes, and has legally recognized boundaries.
What is a formal region?
500
The north and south poles measure this many degrees
What are 90?
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