Geography Terms
Geographers
Study...
The Compass Rose
Five Themes of Geography
Potpourri
100
The study of the earth and its people...
What is geography?
100
This person would ask the following questions: Where are things located? Why are they there?
Who is a geographer?
100
The tool which shows direction on a map.
What is the compass rose?
100
To take a vacation I need to fly on a plane. This is an example of...
What is movement?
100
A book of maps...
What is an atlas?
200
Half of a sphere... (Hint, there are 4 of them)
What is a hemisphere? Double Jeopardy: Name the FOUR hemisphere's
200
There are _________ themes of geography.
What are FIVE themes of geography?
200
If I am facing the smart board and turn to the right, I am now facing...
What is North?
200
The two different kinds of location.
What are absolute location and relative location?
200
Intersceting lines on a map create a...
What is grid?
300
Name a physical feature of the earth
What are mountains, rivers, oceans, lakes, forests, hills...
300
I would use this theme when asking for directions...
What is location?
300
The direction opposite of East.
What is West?
300
The characteristics we use to describe a place.
What are human characteristics and physical characteristics?
300
When two things share a border or touch.
What is contiguous?
400
Lines of longitude are also known as _____________, as they hail from the Prime Meridian.
What are meridians?
400
This theme of geography explains how Humans effect the environment.
What is human and environment interaction?
400
List the cardinal directions.
What are N, S, E, W? Double Jeopardy: What silly little rhyme helps us remember the cardinal directions?
400
Having to put on a jacket because it is cold, is an example of ...
What is H&E interaction?
400
Lines of latitude run East to West, but measure ________ to _______.
What is North to South?
500
Also known as parallels, these lines begin at the equator ____________.
What are lines of latitude?
500
The phrase we use to remember the 5 themes of geography.
What is Mr. Help?
500
List the intermediate directions.
What are NE, SE, NW, SW?
500
We divide the globe into many different... (Hint- The North is cold and the South is warm)
What are regions?
500
Lines of longitude measure North to South, but measure ___________ to __________.
What is East to West?
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