Bodies of Water
Types of Maps
Landforms
Keys of Geography
Supply and Demand
100
A narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
100
These maps are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states, and counties, the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.
What is a political map?
100
a landform that forms at the mouth of a river, where the river flows into an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, or reservoir. They form from deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth.
What is a delta?
100
Can be absolute (specific) as in coordinates of a map using longitude and latitude or it can be relative - examples: next door, nearby, a short drive, down the road a ways.
What is location?
100
is how much of something people want
What is demand?
200
A water channel that is usually made by human activity.
What is a canal?
200
This type of map displays the natural features of the earth - the location and names of mountains, rivers, valleys, ocean currents, and deserts.
What is a physical map?
200
This is a flat, elevated landform that rises sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side.
What is a plateau?
200
An area that is defined by everything in it. All have features that give them personality and distinguish them from other _________.
What is place or places?
200
The higher the _____________; the higher the price.
What is demand?
300
These are bodies of salt water smaller than oceans and are usually located where the land and ocean meet. Typically,they are partially enclosed by land.
What is a sea?
300
The difference in elevation (or height) between parts of the Earth's surface. The height of the land, in conjunction with information about the slope and shape,
What is relief?
300
deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
What is a canyon?
300
an area that is defined by certain similar characteristics. Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical, natural, human, or cultural
What is region?
300
The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something
What is price?
400
The headwater or source is the beginning of this
What is a river?
400
Lines that show the measure of elevation on a topographic map.
What is a contour line?
400
a large area of flat land with few trees
What are plains?
400
refers to the way people, products, information and ideas travel from one place to another. This can be local such as how did you get to school today, or it can be global such as how did humans get to North America
What is movement?
400
Supply and demand act like a sea-saw with ___________ in the middle. ______________ goes up when ___________ go up.
What is price; price goes up when demand goes up
500
Area where a freshwater river or stream flows into an ocean or a lake.
What is an estuary?
500
A cylindrical map projection in which the meridians and parallels of latitude appear as lines crossing at right angles and in which areas appear greater farther from the equator.
What is a Mercator Projection?
500
a large landform that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak.
What is mountain?
500
Human-___________ interaction looks at the relationships between people and their ____________; how people adapt to the _______________ and how they change it. Hint: all 3 words are the same
What is Environment?
500
The _______ ____ _________ says that as the price of something increases, producers will produce or offer more. The opposite is also true ... if the price of something decreases, producers will produce or offer less.
What is the law of supply?
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