Longitude & Latitude
Longitude is always listed first in coordinates
False
Name three aspects of Movement
People
Goods
Ideas
True or False
Latitude go North to South
True or False
A physical map shows natural features of the earth.
True
True or False
Which continent is located the furthest South?
Antarctica
Wearing clothing is a way to __________________ the environment.
Adapt
What is the intersection point of the Equator and the Prime Meridian called?
Origin Point
_______________ is a place with shared traits.
Region
_____________ divides the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
Equator
What type of map shows special information about one topic?
Thematic Map
Which Ocean is located closest to Antartica?
Southern
__________________ means to change the environment.
Modify
What is the difference between Latitude and Longitude?
Latitude: East-West and measures North to South
Longitude: North-South and measures East to West
What is the difference between a place and a location?
Place describes the human and physical characteristics of a location.
What is a primary source?
A source that was created or from the time period being studied.
What is the difference between a scale and a key?
Scale = Distance
Key = Symbols
List the 7 continents
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
What is the difference between adapt and modify?
Adapt: You Change
Modify: Change the Environment
How is the Prime Meridian different from the Equator?
The Prime Meridian is Longitude and the Equator is Latitude
What are the three types of Human-Environment interaction?
Depend
Adapt
Modify
Is a recording of a news broadcast from September 12, 2001 a primary or secondary source?
Primary Source
____________________ is a type of map that shows national borders.
Political Map
The Earth is ROUND
Cutting down trees to build houses is an example of _________________ on the environment.
Depend
Provide an example of Absolute Location and an Example of Relative Location
Absolute: Address
Relative: Landmarks to Show Location
_______________________ is the difference between modifying and adapting the environment.
Adapting: Changing Yourself
Modifying: Changing the Environment
What is geography?
The study of people, places, and environments, & the way they influence one another.
What would you use to determine the distance between two different cities on a map?
Scale
Why is it possible that in the future there might be only 6 continents instead of 7?
Geographers and Cartographers are debating whether Europe and Asia should be considered one SUPER continent.
Provide one example of environmental problems caused by humans cutting down too many trees to meet their needs for housing, paper, etc.
Deforestation, etc.