Types of Geography
What is physical geography?
This type of geography studies mountains, rivers, and climate.
Name a negative effect exploration had on Indigenous peoples through contact with Europeans.
Disease, starvation, loss of land, forced labor
North, East, South, West
This supercontinent existed millions of years ago when all land was connected.
Pangea
People living near the ocean often eat this type of food and may work in that industry.
Fish
What is political geography?
This type of geography focuses on borders, countries, and states.
Name one invention we went over in class that helped European sailors.
Astrolabe, Triangle shaped sails, Compass, Maps with longitude and latitude lines
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
What is the number of continents on Earth today?
7
What would be a cultural difference between someone living in a hot temperature climate and someone living in a cold one?
Clothing, food types, homes
What is cultural geography?
This type of geography examines languages, religions, and traditions of different groups of people.
Spain sent explorers to these two continents, claiming lands in present-day Mexico, Central America, and South America
North and South America
What does the International Date Line do?
Changes time zones to be the next day
What is the second largest country?
Canada
Mogollan people lived in caves in New Mexico. Why?
Protected them from heat and gave natural shelter
Flat land nearby was good for farming
Gila River nearby for water source
When a geographer maps out how state boundaries changed after a war or treaty, they are working in what branch of geography?
Political geography
Which country financed (gave $) to Christopher Columbus to explore the New World?
Spain
True or false: Countries on the Equator experience extremely cold temperatures.
False. Countries that are on the equator such as Kenya, Uganda, Colombia, and Brazil are warm all year round.
Name a U.S. state that touches the border of Mexico.
California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
How can political geography change culture?
Think colonization! Europeans took Native's land and forced them to live by their way, causing a loss of Native culture.
A geographer examining how the Nile River's flooding patterns shaped ancient Egyptian living styles would need to combine what two types of geography?
Physical and cultural geography
The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided newly discovered lands between these two dominant European countries.
Spain and Portgual
What two hemispheres are U.S and Canada in?
Western and Northern
This continent is the only one that is also considered a single country and is located entirely in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.
Australia
After European explorers arrived, Indigenous peoples were often forced to move to these isolated areas, losing access to their ancestral hunting grounds, sacred sites, and traditional resources.
Reservations