Geography Basics
These are imaginary lines that geographers use to pinpoint any place on Earth.
Latitude and Longitude
Name one way historians measure time.
Timelines, Periods or Eras
True or False.
The government does NOT have any level of control in a society with a mixed economy.
False
They do have some level of control in a society with a mixed economy.
This is a resource that can be replace in a short time.
Renewable source
Which form of government is when a state is headed by a monarch.
Democracy, Authoritarian, or Monarchy
Monarchy
How many themes of geography are there?
5
Explain prehistory.
The time before people invented writing and could begin to record events
This is a tax placed on an import or export.
Tariff
This is a source that cannot be replace or is only replaced over millions of years.
Nonrenewable Source.
Unlimited or Limited?
There are no effective limits on government actions
Unlimited
True or False
An equal area projection shows the correct size of landmasses, but the shapes are distorted.
True
Name two primary sources.
Letter, Photograph, Artifacts, Autobiography, Diary
This is a limit on the number of units of a good that can be imported.
Quota
This is a loss of forest cover in a region
Deforestation
Which form of government is this?
All power is held by a single person or a small group of people.
Democracy, Authoritarian, or Monarchy
Authoritarian
This theme of geography explores how and why people, goods, and ideas move from one place to another.
Movement
Encyclopedia article, Textbooks, Newsletters, Biographies
This is a ban on all trade with a country.
Embargo
Give one reason why overpopulation can be negative in developing countries?
Provide at least one purpose of governments.
Keep order
Provide Services
Protect the common good, or well-being of the people
Which theme of geography refers to human and nonhuman features of a given location.
Place
Explain why a historian may consider a primary source unreliable.
The writer's personal opinions may influence what he or she writes.
Details may be inaccurate.
Why do countries seek economic development?
To strengthen their economy and raise their standard of living.
True or False
Lack of clean water and food can result in a decrease in infant mortality rates.
False
Increase
Define a unitary system of government in your own words.
A central government makes all laws for the entire country.