Geography Basics
The study of Earth’s land, water, people, and places.
What is geography?
This tool on a map helps you find north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
Mountains, rivers, and deserts are examples of these natural parts of Earth.
What are physical features?
When people leave one country to live in another, it’s an example of this.
What is migration?
The study of past events is called this.
What is history?
If you tell a friend you live at “123 Main Street,” you’re giving this type of geographic detail.
What is location?
North, South, East, and West.
What are cardinal directions?
Human-made things like cities, countries, and roads.
What are cultural features?
Water, trees, and minerals are examples of these things people use from nature.
What are resources?
Tools, pottery, and jewelry left behind by ancient people are examples of these.
What are artifacts?
An area that has something special or different about it.
What is a region?
Directions like Northeast or Southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
A plateau, valley, or hill are all examples of this kind of land shape.
What is a landform?
All the living and nonliving things in an area.
What is the environment?
Your social studies teacher's name is?
What is Mr.Hanlon?
When the Earth is divided into northern, southern, eastern, and western parts, each part is called this.
What is a hemisphere?
Because the Earth is round, cartographers use this method to make a flat map.
What is a map projection?
A map that shows land and water features.
What is a physical map?
If you wanted to know which parts of the U.S. get the most rainfall, you would use this type of map.
What is a special purpose map?
These people collect and analyze evidence about the past.
Who are historians?
A desert is dry and hot most of the year. This is an example of its long-term pattern of weather, called what?
What is climate?
On a map, one inch equals 100 miles in real life. This comparison is shown using what map element?
What is a scale?
If you wanted to know the borders between the United States and Canada, you would use this type of map.
What is a political map?
This type of map uses shades of color to compare things like population or election results.
What is a choropleth map?
What is the security guard's name in The Night at the Museum?
What is Larry?