Physical (natural) or Human Geography?
The diamond mines of South Africa.
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is Human Geography?
(The diamond deposits were put there by Nature, but the mines were made by people.)
It's often described as a "river of ice."
What is a glacier?
A system that uses a network of earth orbiting satellites to pinpoint absolute locations.
Choices: human geography, map, globe, global positioning system (GPS)
What is global positioning system (GPS)
What is another name for a map key?
Legend
Most of us think of it as round, but it would be more accurate to call it a "bumpy spheroid."
What is the Earth?
The Amazon River
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is physical geography?
If you don't live on an island, then you live on the ________.
What is the mainland?
The study of the Earth
Choices: geography, maps, geology
What is geography
A spherical or ball shaped, model of the entire planet.
What is globe
What are the biggest landforms called?
Hint: There are 7 of them.
Continents
Climate
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is physical geography?
an area of low-lying land which is flooded in wet seasons or at high tide, and typically remains waterlogged at all times
What is a marsh?
0 degrees latitude line is called....
Equator
A visual representation of an area.
Choices: map, camera, phone
What is a map
What are the biggest bodies of water called?
Oceans
Population of China
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is human geography?
In most movies that show scenes in a desert, you will see sand _______.
What are dunes?
Used to measure temperature, latitude, and longitude
Degrees
A picture on a map that shows directions such as east, west, south, and north.
What is a compass rose
Which is the SECOND largest continent?
Africa
The Nature-worship of prehistoric peoples.
Physical Geography or Human Geography?
What is human geography?
England and France are separated by a famous, narrow stretch of water that's called the English _______.
What is the English Channel?
This serves as the base level for measuring elevation and depth on Earth (even though it is NOT the same level all around the planet).
What is sea level?
This is the line that separates the eastern hemisphere from the western hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the prime meridian
What is the name for a scientist who studies the surface of the earth from many points of view?
What is a Geographer?