Geography Basics & Worldview
This basic tool of geography displays spatial information and is essential for mapping.
What is a map?
Any method used to show Earth’s round surface on a flat map is called this.
What is a map projection?
The scientific theory that Earth’s outer shell is divided into moving plates is called this.
What is plate tectonics?
The study of weather and atmospheric conditions is known as this.
What is meteorology?
This huge ancient rock region in Canada is rich in minerals and is called the Canadian ___________.
What is the Shield (Canadian Shield)?
The five themes of geography include location, place, region, human‑environment interaction, and this.
What is movement?
This projection is excellent for nautical navigation but greatly distorts polar areas.
What is the Mercator projection?
The wearing away and transport of rock and soil by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called this.
What is erosion?
The global effect that deflects moving air and influences wind direction due to Earth’s rotation.
What is the Coriolis effect?
The narrow land bridge connecting North and South America is called this (also a region: Guatemala, Honduras, etc.).
What is Central America (the isthmus)?
The biblical command that calls humans to steward and subdue the earth, often cited as Genesis 1:28.
What is the Creation Mandate?
These map lines run east–west and measure degrees north or south of the equator.
What are lines of latitude (parallels)?
This process breaks down rock into smaller pieces by physical or chemical means.
What is weathering?
The slow ocean currents that move heat around the globe are sometimes called this.
What are drifts?
This Mexican plateau region in the country’s interior is called the Mesa ___________.
What is Central (Mesa Central)?
This term describes the absence of government, which the notes argue is unrealistic due to human depravity.
What is anarchy?
This reference line at 0° longitude passes through Greenwich, England.
What is the prime meridian?
The ancient supercontinent that scientists believe once joined today’s continents is called this.
What is Pangaea?
This cycle describes evaporation, condensation, and precipitation moving water through the environment.
What is the hydrologic cycle (water cycle)?
This chain of islands in the Caribbean forms the eastern boundary of the Caribbean Sea and curves south from Puerto Rico.
What are the Lesser Antilles?
This worldview position that treats all cultures as equally valid typically conflicts with a biblical perspective per the notes.
What is multiculturalism?
This type of projection (useful for mid‑latitude east–west regions) often minimizes distortion across those lanes and is named for a curved surface.
What is the conic projection?
This map feature connects points of equal elevation and shows terrain shape and slope.
What are contour lines?
When moist air rises over mountains causing rain on the windward side, and dry conditions on the leeward side, the dry area is called this.
What is a rain shadow?
This Pacific‑rim belt of frequent earthquakes and volcanoes includes about 75% of the world’s volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?