Geography Basics
Themes of Geography
Features of Civilization
Mix of Both Geo&Civ
Random Trivia
100
List All 7 Continents
What is ... Europe, Asia, Antarctica, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania
100
___________ loos at the physical characteristics and human characteristics of an area.
What is ... place?
100
Name all 8 features of a civilization.
What are... cities, job specialization, arts/architecture, government, public works/tech, social class, writing, religion
100
The study of and analysis of the earth's people and the landscapes that make up the earth's surface.
What is ... Geography?
100
Type of government in which religion determines those in positions of power and codes of law.
What is a Theocracy?
200
The two types of geography we can categorize the 5 themes in are _____________ and _____________.
What are ... Human and Physical?
200
Your house address is an example of _______________ Location
What is ... absoulute?
200
NAME THIS FEATURE
As farmers settled in fertile river valleys, they began to grow surplus or extra food. This extra food increased the population of the settlements. Soon settlements became permanent and developed organizations. When the need arose walls were built to define the boundary of the settlement though they still relied upon and were connected to the surrounding farmlands
What is ... Cities?
200
Humans started to settle and build civilizations around this geographical feature.
What is ...River Valleys?
200
The job specialization in which people were trained to write and record is known as a __________.
What is a scribe?
300
We divide hemispheres based on these lines.
What is the equator and prime meridian?
300
In Human-Enviromental Interaction, humans can either __________ or __________ the environment.
What is ... adapt and modify?
300
In this feature of civilization, citizens give up certain liberties by following rule of law in order to receive protection and organization.
What is Government?
300
Movement refers to the way __________ , _________, and _____________ move from one place to another, and how these 3 things interconnect the world around us.
What is ... People(humans), resources (goods/services), and information/ideas ?
300
The official first written records were in this form of writing.
What is Cuneiform?
400
The ocean that borders most of Europe
what is The Atlantic
400
Name all 5 themes of Geography
What are Location, Place, HEI, Movement, Region
400
NAME THIS FEATURE...
As jobs became more specialized so did the status and needs of certain individuals. The need for a knowledgeable and educated religious leader was more respected than an unskilled worker. Herders were needed and respected for the food, while masons were needed for building. The slave was on the lowest rung of the social ladder warriors and kings were on top.
What is ... Social Class (hierarchy also accepted)
400
This is an example of ___________ in modern society.
What is Job Specialization
400
an independent sovereign city which serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life over its surrounding territory.
What is a City State?
500
the approximate coordinate points for Istanbul are
What is... 40N and 30E
500
The Caribbean is an example of this type of geography.
What is ... region?
500
NAME THIS FEATURE
The government would order these, although costly, to aid and benefit the public. Such things as a wall to protect from attack or a canal to aid in irrigation would help insure the survival of a people
What is ... Public Works?
500
This word is part of a feature of religion and means "many gods"
What is... Polytheism?
500
The ____________ happened 10,000BCE-5000BCE and would change the course of human history.
What is the Neolithic Revolution1/