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Themes of Geo
Section 1 Vocab
Section 2 Vocab
Section 3 Vocab
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The theme of geography that explains how and why people move in and out of a place?
What is movement?
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The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create.
What is geography?
100
A general description of where a place is by telling what it is next to.
What is relative location?
100
The study of weather and what causes it.
What is meteorology?
100
Local, regional and global.
What is are the three levels that geographers might look at to study the world?
200
The description of the landscape and what makes a place unique, or different from other places?
What is place?
200
All the human and physical features that make it unique.
What is landscape?
200
An exact location given with a complete address or latitude and longitude coordinates.
What is absolute location?
200
The study of water on Earth.
What is hydrology?
200
Maps are flat, globes are round. Maps can show more detailed information or more specialized information about a place, but globes usually show only physical or political information. World maps are distorted, but globes show accurate information.
What is the difference between a map and a globe?
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Areas that share common characteristics?
What are regions?
300
This is a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
What is a region?
300
The natural land, water, climate, plants, animals of an area.
What is the environment.
300
The science of making maps.
What is cartography?
300
It helps people prepare for natural hazards.
What is the reason why it's important for people to understand physical geography?
400
The way people change their environment, or the way the environment affects people.
What is human-environment interaction?
400
This is a flat drawing that shows all or part of the Earth's surface?
What is a map?
400
A part of something bigger.
What is an element?
400
The study of the world's physical features -- its landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants.
What is physical geography?
400
The are used to make maps and to study the world.
What are satellite images used for?
500
The description of where a place can be found.
What is location?
500
What is a field that studies people and the relationships among them?
What is a social science?
500
The five themes of geography and the six essential elements.
What are the two ways of organizing geographic information?
500
The study of the world's people, communities, and landscapes.
What is human geography?
500
Economic geography, urban geography, study of climates, plants and soils.
What are other fields of geography?