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Studying Geography
Geography Themes
Geography Essential Elements
Branches of Geography
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Besides a GPS what are two other tool to help you get your location?

Map, Topographic Map, GIS

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Location, place, human-environment interaction, movement and regions
What is the five themes of geography?
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build on the five major themes of geography and include the uses of geography
What is the six essential elements?
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the two main branches of geography

What is physical and human geography?

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Human geographers study three main areas

people, communities, and climate

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How is the floor of the ocean similar to land above sea level?

The floor of the ocean has ridges, valleys, canyons, and plains, just like the land above water. They both also have volcanoes.

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An absolute location
What is a specific spot on Earth?
200

In Up, which continent do Carl and Russell travel to?

South America 

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What are the differences between authoritarian and democratic governments?

Authoritarian government basically has total control. A democracy government is a government where the people rule.

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What is movement? 

The theme that looks at how and why people and things move.

300

Whose castle is the centerpiece of Magic Kingdom?

Cinderella

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the theme place
What is the physical and human features that define it and make it unique?
300
element that deals with several of the same issues as the human-environment interaction theme
What is environment and society?
300

What is a principal of democracy? Name at least 4

Participation, The Rule of Law, Accepting the results, Regular free and fair elections, Majority Rule, Accountability, Transparency, Limited Government and Bill of Rights, Control of the abuse of power, Economic freedom, and Equality. 

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Maps and globes are similar and different. Explain how.

Maps and globes are both tools used to represent the Earth, but they differ in several ways:

Shape

Representation

Purpose 

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Describe the following words:

Equator, Prime meridian, Latitude, Longitude

Equator - divides the north and south halves of the earth

Prime meridian - divides the east and west halves of the earth

Latitude - lines that run parallel to the equator

Longitude - lines that run parallel to the prime meridian



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so people can use them to organize and guide their study of geography
What is the reason geographers created the five themes of geography and six essential elements?
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deals with issues not covered in the five themes of geography
What is uses of geography?
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Contribute to the work of other geographers by making maps that other geographers use to study different parts of the world.
What is cartographers?
400

Name the parts that make up Earths interior. 

Core, Mantle, Crust 

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They allow geographers to analyze more data at once and to get updates more often so they can track change.

What is satellite images and computers?

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the physical and human features that define an area and make it different from other places
What is an area's landscape?
500
element that combines two of the five themes of geography
What is place and regions?
500

What is the reason we study physical geography?

To learn how the physical world works and to help us prepare and adapt to changes

500

What is the difference between atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere?

Atmosphere - a layer of gases surrounding the earth

Lithosphere - the solid rock portion of the earth’s surface; includes the crust and uppermost mantle

Hydrosphere - made up of the water elements on earth; oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and water in the atmosphere

Biosphere - the part of the earth where plants and animals live