Vocabulary
Direction
Facts
Religion
Random(may not be from unit 2)
100
Geography-
study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth
100
What are two different “types” of directions
Cardinal directions
Intermediate directions
100
absolute location
describes a place’s exact position on Earth (long. and lat.)
100
About what year did Christianity start?
~30 AD
100
What is the capital of India?
New Delhi
200
Geographical Information Systems(GIS)
Computer based system that stores and uses information linked to geographic locations
200
What are the cardinal Directions
North south east and west
200
Map Projections definition
Showing the Earth as 2-D To show flat image of earth’s surface, different projections have been developed
200
Judaism
200
Jainism
300
GPS Global Positioning System
Network of 24 satellites used to pinpoint locations on Earth
300
These things Form a global grid.Can describe any position on earth.
Longitude and Latitude
300
Themes help to answer two basic questions
Where are things located?Why are they there?
300
(sacred text is Veda)
Hinduism
300
Common cultural traits are?
norms
400
Locator Map
shows where the area on the map is located within a larger space
400
Longitude
Imaginary North-South (up and down) lines that run from the North to South poles
400
Geography’s Five Themes
5 Themes
Location, Place ,Region, Movement and ,Human-Environment Interaction
400
About how many Jews are there worldwide?
~14 million
400
People began farming around the Nile River about how many years ago
7000
500
What is the graph called that measures birth and death rates
Demographic Transition Model
500
Latitude
position north or south of the equator
latitude is divided into 180 degrees
500
Robinson Projection
500
Witch religion has the Quran as their sacred text
Islam
500
The Silk Road