What is it?
The study of everything on earth including climate, land, people, and places.
Geography
An area with one, or more, common features that relate to each other and areas around it.
Region
Large land masses exist on Earth.
Continents
Name all 3 parts of a common map.
Name the two special map types that work together to interpret weather conditions.
Climate and Precipitation Maps
The way a person, or people, look at something.
Perspective
What are the two features of a region?
Physical and Human Features
Name the main latitude line and longitude line separating our planet into hemispheres.
Prime Meridian and Equator
The shortest route between two locations on the planet.
great-circle route
Name the two special map types that interpret human interaction/involvement on Earth.
Population and Land Use (Resource) Maps
These are the two main branches of Geography.
Human Geography and Physical Geography
This type of region reflects human feelings and attitudes.
Perceptual Region
What are the other names given to lines of latitude and longitude?
Parallels and meridians
Name the three types of map projections.
Cylindrical, conic, and flat-plane
Also called "age-structure diagrams" these graphs compare the people's age and gender within a certain group.
Population Pyramid
Name two subfields (occupations) that require geography to do their job.
Cartography and Meteorology (others owed with explanation)
The latest of the 6 Essential Elements to be added to the group.
Hint: The ________ of ____________
The Uses of Geography
This type of measurement is used to determine the lines and their crossings on a globe.
Degrees
This word means to be "connecting", or "Bordering."
Contiguous
Types of maps that show the elevation, layout, and shapes of land.
topography
Largest cartographer agency in the United States (hint: USGS).
United States Geological Survey
The 5 Themes of Geography are...
Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human Environment Interaction
This is the world's largest lake.
Caspian Sea
Name the two famous explorers who mapped out their respective journeys in Southeast Asia and the Americas.
Cheng and Christopher Columbus
This type of topography map connects and compares different elevation levels and points to each other using lines and numeral numbers.
Contour Map