Map of the World
How many continents are there in the world?
What is geography?
the study of the Earth and how it is influenced by human and physical factors
What is the meaning of location
is the place or position of something.
Name all five oceans?
Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean
Name all six geographic features?
What is Absolute location?
Exact location using longitude and latitude
What is a physical map?
landscapes and geographic features
What is the definition of a hemisphere? What are the four hemispheres?
Hemisphere - half of a sphere. Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western hemisphere.
What are three questions a geographer would ask?
How has this place change over time? Where did it happen? How does location affect this event?
How do you find relative location?
By using the location of three other places around it... and a compass
What is a thematic map? Name 2 things you might find on a thematic map.
Natural resources
Eurpoe
What is one negative and positive of living near Plains and Mountains?
Mountains - Protection, Dangerous
Describe the relative location of North America
North America is North of South America, West of the Atlantic Ocean and East of the Pacific Ocean
If I wanted to find out about the Himalayan Mountains, Sahara Desert and Tsunamis in Japan I would use a...
Why?
Physical map - Landscapes and geographic features
Historians are using the term Oceania to describe what major continent..
Name all aspects of DOGSTAILS
Date, Orientation, Grid, Scale, Title, Author, Index, Legend, Source
Describe the relative location of Asia.
Asia is East of Europe, North of the Indian Ocean, Northwest of Australia.
If I wanted to find out the number of countries who are affected by climate change and their affect on the oceans and lakes I would use a...
Political, thematic and physical map.