A geographer's tools include:
maps and globes, satellite images, and notebooks and tape recorders.
What does your street address describe?
Absolute location
The study of weather and its causes is what?
Meteorology
The study of the world, its people, and the landscapes they create
Georgraphy
Information such as where people's ancestors come from is often shown on what?
A map.
What are the two main branches of geography?
physical geography and human geography
Which kind of question might a geographer studying at a local level ask?
How do people in a town or community live?
Land, water, climate, plants, and animals are all part of an area's
environment
the study of the world's landforms, bodies of water, and other natural features
Physical geography
True or False?
Geographers divide the world into two regions based on latitude and longitude.
False
Name TWO of the five themes of geography.
Movement
Regions
Place
Human-Environment
What might a geographer studying at a local level ask?
How do people in a town or community live?
A geographer who studies roads and routes is dealing with the theme of
Movement
the study of weather and its causes
Meteorology
True or False.
There are no similarities between the five themes and six essential elements of geography.
False
What do globes show?
The world as it really is.
The Rocky Mountains are a region defined by
physical characteristics
Why do Geographers divide the world into regions?
To compare different places.
the study of water on Earth
hydrology
What is a scientific question that a geographer might ask?
What caused the Rocky Mountains to form.
Questions about why rivers flow in a certain direction are part of what?
Physical Geography
Two basic types of satellite images are?
true color and infrared.
Common needs of all humans are food, water, and
Shelter
a part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas
Region
True or False.
With new technology, geographers can perfectly show a spherical area on a flat surface.
False