Thinking Like a Geographer 1
Rivers, Oceans, and Seas
Climate
Countries and Regions
Vocabulary
Thinking Like a Geographer 2
100
The way we think about space on the Earth’s surface, including where places are located and why.
What is Spatial Thinking?
100
The body of water that stands between the Western Hemisphere (North and South America), and the Eastern Hemisphere (Europe and Africa)
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
Land that tends to be incredibly warm and gets small amounts of rain. Plants tend to be scarce in this area.
What is a Desert?
100
Name this Region!
What is North America?
100
Important; notable; meaningful; valuable; key
What is Significant?
100
Similarities among places; one example of this we noticed was that cities in the Arabian Peninsula are often on or close to the river, sea, or gulf.
What are Geographic Patterns?
200
A group of places with common traits and characteristics. (Examples: Central American and the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Europe)
What is a Region?
200
The body of water that is East of the Middle East region, and West of the Southwest Asia region.
What is the Indian Ocean?
200
The gradual transition from fertile and productive land to less productive land. May result in the creation or continuance of a desert.
What is Desertification?
200
Name this Region!
What is the Middle East and North Africa?
OR
What is Southwest Asia and North Africa?
200
Classify; to group; type; to organize
What is Categorize?
200
A large landmass on the Earth’s surface. (Examples: Africa, North America, Antarctica)
What is a Continent?
300
Helps explain how people affect the environment around them. (Examples: building dams to control rivers, cutting trees to build with wood, mining petroleum/oil to power cars)
What is a Human-Environment Interaction?
300
A body of water located South of the region of Europe, and North of the region of North Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
300
A very dry location, featuring high temperatures in the daytime.
What is Arid?
300
The area around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, located in the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
300
Dependable; readily available; easy to locate.
What is Reliable?
300
Helps explain how people, ideas, and animals move from one place to another. (Example: Religions like Islam in the Middle East, and other religions spreading across the globe)
What is Movement?
400
TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS
The center line separating North and South on the globe/map.
Imaginary lines that run East to West, helping us measure the number of degrees North and South.
What is the Equator?
OR
What is Latitude?
400
Two rivers considered the cradle of civilization, located in the Fertile Crescent.
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
400
The process of redirecting water to crops using channels and ditches
What is Irrigation?
400
Name this Country!
HINT: It's North of Syria and Cyprus
What is Turkey?
400
Limited; not readily available; hard to find.
What is Scarce?
400
TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS
The center line separating East and West on the globe/map.
Imaginary lines that run North to South, helping us measure the number of degrees East and West.
What is the Prime Meridian?
OR
What is Longitude?
500
Computer-based software created by and for geographers that create maps and analyze patterns using many layers of data.
What are Geographic Information Systems (GIS)?
500
The river that flows northward through the countries of Sudan and Egypt.
What is the Nile River?
500
When moisture is in the air and tends to stay. It rains often and allows for many plants to grow. (Examples: Rainforests, Swamps, Grasslands)
What is Humid?
500
Name this Country!
HINT: It's North of Saudi Arabia.
What is the United Arab Emirates (UAE)?
500
Capable of growing crops and serving as farmland.
What is Fertile?
500
An incredibly useful satellite system to find an exact or absolute location. (Hint: most phones have an app that performs this function. Most adults in your life remember a device that plugged into the car console.)
What is a Global Positioning System (GPS)?
600
TWO POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Definition: Exact point where a place is located.
Examples include (44°N, 123°W), (45°, 122°W), and (44°N, 121°W). Which state can all be found?
What is Absolute Location?
What is Oregon?
600
A body of water located South West of Iran and North East of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates.
What is the Persian Gulf?
600
Flat area of land often found next to streams or rivers that flood.
What is an Alluvial Plain?
600
Name this Country!
HINT: It's Northeast of Yemen
What is Oman?
600
Fine particles of soil, often found along riverbanks, and can make the soil fertile.
What is Silt?
600
Where a place is in comparison to other locations. (Examples: Yemen is South of Saudi Arabia; Japan is West of the United States; France is Northeast of Spain)
What is Relative Location?