Flags and Symbols
This flag represents the United States of America.
What is the American flag?
A globe is different from a map because it is shaped like this.
What is a sphere?
Coastal communities often develop this kind of culture because of the sea.
What is trading or seafaring culture?
Proper etiquette requires standing, facing the flag, and placing your right hand here.
What is over your heart?
This tool uses satellites to help people find their exact location.
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
Farming cultures often develop in these fertile areas.
What are river valleys?
Flags often symbolize these two things: a nation’s people and its ____.
What is its boundaries (or land)?
An aerial photograph is taken from this point of view.
What is above (the air/sky)?
Nomadic cultures often form in these types of dry regions.
What are arid climates or deserts?
The flag of Arkansas has this many stars to represent the United States.
What is 25?
A GIS, or Geographic Information System, is used to do this with geographic data.
What is store, analyze, and display it?
When people move from rural areas to cities, geographers call this pattern ____.
What is urbanization?
This is the main reason why countries display flags at international events.
What is to represent national identity?
Population density maps often use these to show how crowded or spread out people are in a region.
What are colors or shading?
Geographers collect this type of information to explain patterns like population growth or climate change.
What is geographic data?