Vocab
Questions
Specific
Quick Terms
Mystery Box
100
Thinngs that were made by people
artifact
100
pick out the nonrenewable resource (sunlight, coal, water, trees)
Coal
100
the artifact found to help unlock a lost language
Rosseta Stone
100
to find the age of an artifact
date
100
height above sea level
elevation
200
folktale that helps explain the past
legend
200
what is commmonly found at the edges of tectonic plates?
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
200
The language unlocked by the Rossetta Stone
Egyptian
200
to dig into the earth
excavate
200
percentage of the earth's surface made up of land
30%
300
natural features of the earth's land surface
landforms
300
"what is the place like?" is the question answered by which theme of geography?
Place
300
The legend involving an egg
Chinese Legend
300
to explain the meaning of a language
decipher
300
river plus all the streams
river system
400
sections of teh earth's crust that move slowly
tectonic plates
400
the part of the earth where the sun's rays strike most directly is the area called
tropical zone
400
the legend involving a mole
Romanian Legend
400
the man who went from Veince to China and Back
Marco Polo
400
exact position of a place on the earth's surface
absolute location
500
geographic theme that tells how all people and places are linked together
movement
500
the 5 themes of geography help explain
what a place is like and why
500
the legend involving a fight between the sun and moon
African Legend
500
Name the 6 essential elements of Geography
The world in spacial terms, places and regions, physical systems, human systems, environment and society, uses of geography
500
the middle layer of the earth, made of solid, hot rock
core