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The Five Themes of Geography
The Five Themes of Geography
The Geographer's Tools
100
What is geography?
The study of the Earth, our home.
100
Lines of _________ are east-west circles around the globe.
Latitude
100
Hundreds of years ago, people knew very little about the land and water beyond their own homes. Their maps showed only the areas they traveled. Other places were depicted how?
They were either left out or depicted as an empty space on their maps. Sometimes they filled the empty spaces with drawings of lands, creatures and people from myths and stories.
200
Name 4 of the 5 themes of Geography.
Location, Place, Human-Enviornment Interaction, Movement, Regions.
200
The Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, England, is _______ degrees longitude.
0 degrees longitude.
200
It is impossible to show the Earth on a flat surface without some ________.
Distortion.
300
__________ and ___________ can help you find the absolute location, or geographic address of a place.
Latitude and longitude lines
300
Longitude lines, also called _________, circle the glove from the north to the south.
Meridians
300
This map is widely considered to be the most accurate of all of the map projections available.
The Robinson Projection
400
The Equator and the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into two equal ___________.
Hemispheres.
400
What is the total number of degrees between the South Pole and the North Pole?
180 degrees. 90 from the South Pole to the Equator and 90 from the Equator to the North Pole.
400
What are some advantages and disadvantages of using a globe to show the Earth's surface?
The advantage is that is in an accurate representation of the Earth. Distances and shapes of landforms are correct. Globes, however, are difficult to carry and don't show small areas in great detail.
500
One degree of latitude is equal to about _________ miles. *I will accept answers to within 10 miles*
69 miles
500
On maps, geographers use color and shape or special symbols to show regions. One map may show a _____, a region of flat land.
Plain
500
Name 4 aspects or "things" that you would find on any reputable map.
Compass rose, title and subject, distance scale, key, and grid.