Communities
What types of housing can people live in?
Houses, apartments, etc.
What is a globe?
a ball shaped object that represents Earth.
What does a map show us?
Where the location of something (or someone) is.
What is physical geography?
Physical Geography is the study of the natural features on the earth's surface.
What is Human and Cultural Geography?
Human and cultural geography look at how humans interact with the earth and help shape the world they live in.
What are some services in your community?
What are the 7 pieces of land we live on called?
Continents
What are two types of maps we use?
Political and physical.
What are different examples of types of bodies of water?
Lakes, streams, oceans, rivers, waterfalls, etc.
What does it mean to exchange something?
What are goods?
Goods are things that you can touch with your hands.
What does a compass rose show us?
Directions north, south, east, west.
What does a political map show?
Political boundaries created by people - cities, borders, countries, states, etc.
What are examples of different types of landforms?
Mountains, forests, grasslands, deserts, cliffs, canyons, etc.
Who creates money?
The government.
What are services?
A job you pay someone else to do.
What do we call the imaginary line that runs around the middle of the earth?
The equator.
What does a physical map show?
A physical maps shows us what the land and water is like - oceans, lakes, other bodies of water, mountains, valleys, etc.
Is there more water or land on the earth?
There is more water on the earth. 71%!
What type of government does the United States have?
A democracy.
What are the names of the city, county, and state where you live?
City:
County: Hennepin
State: Minnesota
What are longitude and latitude lines?
Imaginary lines that run north-south (longitude) and east-west (latitude) to show us a location on the earth.
Do maps ever change?
Yes! All the time because people create them.
What type of land do we live on in Minnesota?
Mostly plains with a lot of lakes.
What are important parts of our culture?
Religion, language, food, clothing, housing, government.