The exact place where a geographic feature is found; Describes a place in comparison to other places around it.
What is absolute;relative location
100
Three dimensional representation of the earth; Two dimensional representation of the earth.
What is globe; map
100
Type of satellite that provides absolute location to the user.
What is GPS
100
Theme of geography that asks the question where is it?
What is location.
200
The objective for Ch. 1: Section 1
What is Five Themes of Geography
200
Each half of the globe is called?; imaginary line that divides the north and south halves.
What is hemisphere; equator
200
Mapmaker that reduces some types of distortion by using different types of map projections.
What is cartographer.
200
Very first step in the science of mapmaking.
What is surveying.
200
Theme of geography that presents the question, what is it like?
What is place.
300
The objective of Ch. 1: Section 2
What is Geographers Tools
300
Imaginary line dividing the earth east and west.
What is Prime Meridian.
300
Way of drawing the earths surface that reduces distortion caused by presenting a round earth on flat paper.
What is map projection.
300
Satellite that sotres information about the world in a digital database.
What is GIS.
300
Theme of geography that talks about how people relate to the physical world
What is human environment interaction
400
The objective of Unit: 1
What is Basics of Geography
400
Lines that run parallel to equator; lines that run from pole to pole and mark the east and west positions of the hemisphere.
What is latitude; longitude
400
General Reference map that is a representation of natural and man made features on earth.
What is topographic map.
400
How far across the earth a person, idea, or a product.
What is linear distance.
400
Theme of geography that identifies how people, goods, and ideas move from one location to another.
What is movement.
500
How do geographers study the world?
What is by looking at location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction.
500
Three types of regions;
What is formal, functional, perceptual.
500
Two of the best known satellites. First one is a series of satellites that orbit the earth in 16 days; Second one is a weather satellite system that gather conditions of the atmosphere.
What is Landsat; GOES
500
Greek word in which geography comes from.
What is geographia
500
Theme of geography that identifies how places are similar or different.