The Earth
Name the four hemispheres and the two imaginary lines which divide them.
What is . . . Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, divided by the equator -and- Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere, divided by the Prime Meridian.
This explains map symbols and shading
What is a map key/legend
Name three climates that have wet summers.
What are topical wet, humid subtropical, maritime, and both continental.
0° North Latitude Line
What is the equator
In culture, what is the most basic unit of any society?
What is the family
Loss of accuracy - changing the looks of something
What is distortion
These act like large rivers in the Earth's oceans and help spread Earth's heat and shape climates.
What are ocean currents.
These lines are also called parallel lines and run east to west, but measure North to South.
What is lines of latitude.
What must be present in every culture . . . many say this is the "basis" for the culture?
What is language
What is caused on Earth by rotation and the tilt of the earth?
What is . . . seasons by the tilt of Earth and day/night by the rotation of Earth.
Give three characteristics of the climate near the equator.
What is tropical, constant precipitation, intertropical convergence zone, rain forest ecosystem, heavy rainfall year-round, hot temperatures.
This line is at 0 degrees and runs North to South and separates the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What is the Prime Meridian.
The four parts of the definition for culture?
What are beliefs, customs, practices, and behavior of a particular nation or group
On Earth, these are the latitude zones.
Hint: There are three.
What are polar zones, temperate zones, and tropical zones (also known as high latitudes, mid-latitudes, and low latitudes).
If an area has similar temperatures and precipiation, it would be called what?
What is a climate region
These lines run north to south and measure east to west of the Prime Meridian.
What are longitude lines or meridians
Name the three primary types of maps.
What are physical, political, and special-purpose.
The ocean current travel clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the souther. This is called __________________.
What is the Coriolis Effect.
What city and country does the Prime Meridian pass through.
What is Greenwich, England
The manner in which cultural traits are spread
What is migration or cultural diffusion